The material your pads are made out of can significantly affect this. I swapped from leather pads to suede and I find the new ones far warmer than the old but that doesn’t bother me.

If you can experiment with different pads you might find something that works for you.

Though be warned that the material can also affect the house cancelling performance so you have decided on that compromise too.

That’s because in the last 50 years someone somewhere was stupid enough to drink the battery. You can’t blame that on the latest generation.