Got the pads They are of good quality. Have the same dimensions as the originals. The sound signature changed a little I think the mild grittiness of upper mids is a bit tamed now. Bass response is a little augmented. But bass is not boomy! The upper treble is a bit livelier but not sibilant. I like what I hear.
He sent me a headband too. The headband needs a bit of tweaking to install. I will discuss this with him.
One has to remove the plastic mount with inner fabric from the original pads carefully, to install this.
When I tried to remove the headband, I saw the quality of materials used in this headphone. I carefully removed the two drivers from the steel headbands. The material is of very poor quality. The screws used to fix the drivers and inner plastic parts are just mediocre stuff. I can not believe these Cans cost 2999 USD.
They sound wonderful, however. It is an engineering achievement that they produce this kind of sound quality from just cheap materials like this. Hifiman charging us for that technology! Wonderful Can with world-class sound quality made out of cheap materials (for a premium price)!!
