Not sure what I think of these so far. They have a nice rich smooth quality too them, and lend well to feeling like your in an intimate room with the piece, but I find them a bit lacking in punch and imaging. Bass feels textured and smooth, but maybe I'm wanting something a little tighter. Taking the pads out helped with the imaging, although I'm finding occasionally a little gritty. I'm guessing the black pads are probably right for me, but I'm trying to let each settle in a bit.
These also aren't as comfortable as I expected from everyone's raving. But, I'm probably too used to the ultralight X2's. I did live with DT770s for years with no problem.
And I'm not going to complain about this since I knew it going in, but it is interesting the bit of sub-bass wearing glasses sucks out. I think the glasses impact is maybe a little exaggerated overall, except in this one area.
Other thoughts:
The way these smooth out Synthwave / Outrun to make it more musical is pretty amazing.
So far so good on female vocals, mostly.