Upate on the Nighthawks I just put the velour pads back on and fired up The Last Of Us. Basically I noticed with the stock pads in quiet scenes where there's dialogue voices would have a slight echo of warmth and it's now completely gone. Pads and really loose so the sound escapes nicely. I'd say there's no or minimal hint of boxiness to the sound. definitely reminds me of a better version of the X2 with some Denon/Fostex thrown in there. Soundstage is pretty large in dolby headphone and also in music kind of like the TH900 and larger than the HD650..they leak sound like a biatch though.
I'd imagine the pleather aspect of your pads would still restrict them, try the pure velours on them, I'd imagine they'd be pretty excellent with your mods.
I'd imagine the pleather aspect of your pads would still restrict them, try the pure velours on them, I'd imagine they'd be pretty excellent with your mods.