I was wondering what other though myself, but decided I would test it more first before asking as I haven't experimented much with mine yet. The difference may be more or less noticeable depending on headphones used, but so far with a brief a/b on my Abyss Diana MR there is a subtle perceived...

So far I have found the bass ported pads immune to seal differences. Annoyingly I tend to prefer a different pad (vegan and bass ported vegan) and pad position (vegan pad in normal position and with stitch join at the upper rear position) on a song by song basis. After tyring out the...

Just to share my experience with long cables lengths. I have Fostex TH-X00 (3m fixed single ended cable) and Abyss Diana MR (Abyss 3.5m balanced XLR cable) and I've never had any heat issues with my unit with either headphones, nor have I noticed any extra temperature rise from one over the...

Does anyone know if the headband is synthetic or genuine leather?