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Originally Posted by Andrew_WOT /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Depends.
In general pads from different manufacturers esp. from different phone designs (open/closed) yield horrible results.
Beyer velour pads on K271S produce absolutely bassless, thin sound. On the other hand AKG velour pads designed for this specific phones do not change sound at all and in fact add some bass comparing to pleather because of the better seal.
So as a rule stay with pads designed for specific phones. The only exception I know of is Beyer manufacture leather pads, from my experience those were quite bad on DT880.
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Why would the manufacturer of the pad make any difference? Imo, there are many pad properties which could theoretically affect the sound.
- Fit both from the pad to the headphone and the pad to the ear/head (varies seal and bass leakage)
- The distance the pad puts between the drivers and your ear (varies the physical volume of air the driver has to play with and interact with your ear)
- The type of fabric used to make the pad (different fabrics can lend to different sound reflection/absorption properties)
- The physical pliability the fabric has (varies seal and bass leakage)
- The compression characteristics of what's inside the pad (varies seal and bass leakage, possibly distance from driver)
I feel there are logical explanations as to why different pads yield different results. The people who made them isn't a logical explanation for sonic variance between pads, in my mind. And if I were to guess, K271 pads have a vinyl inner lining and lip (more sound reflection, less bass absorption, better seal around the outer plastic baffle) so in this way, sonically, they might react similar to a (p)leather pad, preserving bass. Whereas Beyer's are all velour if I'm not mistaken and might leak and absorb more bass. K271 pads are also rather thin whereas Beyer velour's are a bit thicker, yet squishier. This might have an impact on driver distance and if I were to guess again, the Beyer's would set your ears slightly further away, increasing physical ear chamber volume, decreasing bass punch.
These are only my thoughts, however, not facts. I'm just spewing out what goes through my mind whenever I listen to music.
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Originally Posted by XaNE /img/forum/go_quote.gif
they might change the sound signature slightly nothing u can notice
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If you agree that pads change sound signature slightly, what makes you the expert on Lunatique's ears? How would you know whether they could/couldn't hear a difference?