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Jan 17, 2020
Comfortable, a clear upgrade in pretty much everything
Very comfortable earpads which is a great improvement over the originals. The originals hurt my ears as they were simply too thin which made my ears touch the drivers. These ones solves that by being way thicker while still maintaining roughly the same sound quality. Obviously, thicker earpads means being further away from the driver and thus the sound signature is bound to change a bit, the bass gets a little bit less impactful and the sound less in-your-face. I preferred the original sound signature, but what use is the very best sound when you can't handle listening for more than a little while and will always feel uncomfortable? You also quickly get used to the new sound signature and there is no lack of bass or sound quality, no doubt about that.
Thanks to being further away from the driver, there are two main pros that you absolutely can't win against. The first is that it gets way more comfortable as you're not really touching anything with your ears. The second is that it gets way less hot as it's less cramped. Some might also prefer the slightly altered sound signature.
These are undoubtedly the absolute best in terms of price-to-value. They're cheap enough to be about the same as a new pair of original earpads and they're comfortable and of good quality enough to make the price justified ten times over. While things such as dekoni earpads are certainly of better quality, comfort and manages to retain more of the original sound, they're also way more expensive, most people would feel like the extra expenditure is unnecessary as these manage to fix all the flaws of the original.
I recommend them to everyone who is bothered about the comfort of the original and want something good at a relatively low price. If the word "limit" and "budget" isn't in your dictionary, you might as well go with something such as dekoni earpads, but bear in mind that these ones are way more value for your cash even if you can find better ones if you don't mind the price.
The go-to alternative for most people, no doubt about that. 5/5 if we take price into consideration.