I found that just inverting the bowl pads made them more comfortable with out changing the presentation too much. It is amazing that grado has had horrible cable design and uncomfortable pads for such a long time. It seems like a lot of people can't stand grado headphones for one of those two reasons, though usually the second reason. It seems like old joey would do something about it.
If anybody sees a pair of c-pads in a forsale forum would you give me a heads up if you don't take them for yourselves of course?