Thanks for more helpful input. The Clear pads are on sale for $79 pair. Although that's not cheap, it seems to fall inline generally with other after market pad, Dekoni pads etc. I might consider them. I can always put the originals back on. Albeit after losing 80 bucks. Well see. Thanks for the info

I really appreciate the in depth response. I'll study these a bit and see what I can gather. I'm fairly new to reading detailed fr days but get the gist at a larger level. These will help.