These are the pads that comes with HE6SE v1 right? Do you mind doing a quick comparison in terms of sound on the stock pads vs palipads?
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Fantastic. Makes sense 
Good design is good design.
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If youāve been keeping up with HIFIMan, thereās a lot of controversy over their silent revisions and pad changes. So depending on when a product was made will determine if you are using and older or newer design. My PaliPads were ordered directly from HIFIMan. They are different vs the stock pads, they are on mine at least. I believe the material in the pads may be different. I have no way of determining what pad or what pad revision came stock.
All I know for a fact is that I am using fresh 2021 PaliPads from HIFIMan. I preferred them to all the other pads tested for neutrality without EQ applied.
In addition to my own testing I referenced these measurements and impressions. I also used Andrewsā suggested EQ as the basis of my own.
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Yea youāre right, all the silent revision is so confusing for everyone.
Thanks for explaining and sharing your opinions on the pads!
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Since today is my birthday, I decided to jump ahead and plug these into the iFi Pro iCAN. Wow, these are impressive headphones. While they were good with the other amps, these really shine with the iFi.
Very big/full sound and a pretty wide stage, IMO. The bass is present, but not overpowering at all. The mids are the same, present, but not forward. Just strikes me as well balanced headphones.
I am not a loud listener and starting off with high gain and volume ranged from 10:00-11:00. After a few hours I kept backing it down and ended up around 9:00. I then dropped to mid gain and raised it to about 12:00. Perfect.
It kind of reminds me of my Focal Elexās. They are not a bassy headphone, they are not a mids monster and they are not real trebly. But they do the whole package very well.
I think these are a keeper. Very curious to compare them to Elexās and Monoprice M1570ās after I am finished A-Bāing amps.
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After they burn in fully they settle into a really nice spot smoothness wise without losing any detail too. Macrodynamics on them really gives a nice realism and feel when paired right. Sounds like the big boy ifi is doing them some justice!
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Iām glad you jumped the gun & listened to them on a better amp.
I havenāt tried them on a huge cross section of amps, but when I went speaker amp vs. Jot 2, I could see why you need the power. The Jot 2 did some things better, but you didnāt get that punch, those micro details. Itās a good headphone but when it has that extra power a switch is hit and it becomes special.
It was to the point where although there were some characteristics I liked a little more with the Jot 2, Iād miss a detail or that extra kick (not sure how to describe it). I just couldnāt shake what was missing and sold the Jot 2 right away.
EQ makes it better, too. I have some profiles Iāve dug up from forum searches if you are interested. I think Iām using Oratoryās EQ with a little more bass (Iām an unrefined child, what can I say) for what Iām currently listening to.
Enjoy and look forward to hearing more of your thoughts on them. For me, they cured looking for that next thing, that better headphone.
Edit: Happy Birthday!
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I think it will be harder to go back to the other amps, but I want to get a feel for all three.
I am not sure about the EQ. The Vio V220 needed it. Might play with the LP, but honestly the iFi is sounding pretty good as is. I donāt feel that anything is really lacking or coming on too strong. It is early days yet though.
After thinking about it, I should clarify that I have bass boost and 3D maxed out, so theyāre not really lacking EQ. 
Yeah itās funny, the burson opamps are like their own EQ and pads are as well. I use no real EQ at all now and couldnāt be happier with them. I do pop on atmos gaming performance mode for gaming though.
I am curious about the grill idea. I might try taking them off next week and look for differences.
The grill thing comes down to a couple factors. Soundstage goes up but not drastically, tames high frequency resonance but not by much and a byproduct of that is the mids seem a touch fuller. Bass detail is where I think it makes the most difference. It makes the bass clarity quite a bit better. There was a guy that definitively proved that the steel grills were actually effecting the frequency response because of how strong the magnets pull on high powered sources. Iāve heard people say they donāt like what the grills do but they were also on pretty weak amps.
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I will just start by removing mine for a day and see what I notice.
summarize it pretty well. It canāt be a mid monster because its lower mid dip and upper mid focus
I spent the entire day listening to these headphones and was Very impressed! These are amazing.
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Happy birthday buddy 
glad to hear youāre enjoying the 
on that set 
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Happy Burfday!
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Thank you and I have them back on this morning. I am really enjoying them. Hope I still feel like this in a few weeks.
Sounds to me like you will. I didnāt know you had an iFi Pro iCAN. What a dude! Thatās a serious piece. Congrats, and happy listening.
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I picked it up used as that was the only way I could afford it. And it was still the most expensive head-fi purchase I ever made. 
It is GREAT with the HE6se V2ās, M1570ās and T60 Argons.
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