Also, as far as pad mods go, I find that my trimmed bowls with dress sock lining are fantastic both acoustically and ergonomically. I trimmed down my bowls to reduce transducer distance, which of course brought up the quantity of bass, but I needed to reel in the tightness, so I padded the now "donuts" with a cotton dress sock. I rolled it to create about a half inch of distance from the transducer, a happy medium. The padding also works a bit like the electric tape mod by preventing bass leakage via the sides of the pads. Finally, the extra radius provided by the sock padding makes the pads circumaural, thus enclosing the bass and bringing a bit more tightness. The standard hole cut in the bowls already provides more than enough room for those sparkly highs to keep shining. A fantastic mod that's pretty much reversible, cept the trimming. The mod may be a bit dark for those with 125is and below, as the 225i is really quite sparkly up top. Below are some pics...thought I believe posted about these at the end of the old thread...
Kojaku