The original pads became a bit too sticky for my taste in the summer so i bought some dekoni pads instead, but they were terrible and extremely attracted to dust so instead i tested out a couple of china specials on aliexpress and found these to my liking.. the velour variety in this listing...

underrated banger. better audio: Interestingly not available on deezer or spotify.

It seems to be unobtanium in Europe these days.. even on the used market.

Had this thing in my posession a short while ago.

Plastic Mode - Summer Time (1985)

This thread reminds me of a video i saw a while back where an elderly japanese gentleman had his own transformator connected to the grid in order to get the purest sound.. to some this quest for perfection can become an obsession (for the disco freaks).

These just dumped into my mailbox. Intitial impressions is that they are more comfortable than the dekoni velour pads and seems to be more true to the original in terms of sound signature, the sparkle that was lost with the dekoni velours has been regained. Used the inserts from the dekoni pads...