Pads are one of those things that are 100% personal choice. I've had good results from LGMs and the 50mm backed coust pads from like 2005 but sold some Koxx Yellows within a day of buying them as I couldn't get them to work for shit. Others loved them. If they work for you, great. If not, thats the way the cookie crumbles. If you can't get anyhting to work for you, theres something you're doing that is wrong.