I had purchased another brand of hybrid velour/PU pads for my Philips SHP9500s, and those did provide better clamping force and comfort, but they ended up placing the drivers further away from the ears and absolutely ruined the mids and made hearing details in games super difficult.I purchased these, and they are much, much closer to the stock pad sound. I don't have my original pads to compare them to, but these provide the same feeling on-ears and seem like the same sound signature as new stock pads. They were super easy to install, with left and right being labeled internally; it probably takes all of 30 seconds if you know how to remove the stock pads.I do wish the clamping force was a little bit better, but that seems to be a flaw of the headphone design itself and if trying to remedy with aftermarket pads, sound signature will likely change for the worse. Overall fantastic value.