i got my new pads through, and after A/B'ing them with the pleather pads I'm sorry to say i have to disagree with mrarroyo.
i find the bass doesn't drop as low, and the mids and highs sound slightly muffled. they don't isolate as well either (in or out). the seemed to lose some detail as well, and the soundstage was reduced as well. maybe that's just because of the muffling, but either way, they were not to my tastes.
I'm not saying hes wrong, everyone has an opinion and by no means do i vote mine above anyone's, but to me, i prefer the pleather.
the only reason i can think of is that they are not clamping hard enough on the sides of my head. i do have a thin head (i can have the headband on minimum stretch quite comfortably) and so the lack of clamp is letting the sound escape, therefore the bass pressure is lost and the drivers are further away from my head so the highs are lost as well. they just seem to leak too much for me. i took the middle foam bits out, which helped
slightly but i still switched back to the pleather.
i listen to drum n bass so the low down bass is important to me. the highs were less harsh, but now that Ive equalised my 'phones a bit the harshness is reduced anyway. the mids were a complete loss to me though, sounding muffled, flat and a bit dull. they just weren't exciting to listen to anymore.
maybe they just aren't for me, or just not for skinny heads, but i thought i should give some feedback just to warn others they
may not be right for everyone.
however, for £15 you may as well have a go.