Terrific review! You covered all the bases here--packaging, design, comfort, sound. Thanks for a very comprehensive review of a headphone I'd never heard of. I might get interested in these if there were good alternative pads.

@Pharmaboy Thank you! I always try to cover all aspects with detail. I was told by Sivga today that it shouldn't be much longer until they release the pads, so that's good news

Yes these sound excellent, Sivga need to up the size of the unit to 100-110mm along with giant pads IMO. Glad to know they are working on new pads for this one.