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# HE-500 + Modified AKG K551 pads

• All pleather was peeled off the top of the pad

• Pleather on the inside of the pad was left untouched

• Foam spacer rings added to increase depth of pad

All significant peaks are smoothed out. Tonality is borderline warm. 

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