I've seen a lot of discussion on how pad swapping changes the tuning for various open back headphones. To me this makes sense as open back headphone pads are typically porous to some degree, and I imagine the delivered sound is modified by passing through these porous pads.
However, I haven't been able to find much about whether pad swapping affects closed back headphones, which usually have thicker, nonporous earpads. If closed backs are more forgiving to third party pads then that's a pretty significant advantage over paying insane amounts for original replacements (e.g. $180 for clear pads). Has anyone tried measuring pad swapping for closed backs?
However, I haven't been able to find much about whether pad swapping affects closed back headphones, which usually have thicker, nonporous earpads. If closed backs are more forgiving to third party pads then that's a pretty significant advantage over paying insane amounts for original replacements (e.g. $180 for clear pads). Has anyone tried measuring pad swapping for closed backs?