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"It Is as Simple as This: They are Fantastic"The Grado PS500e is the younger brother to the PS1000e, with newly redesigned 1.73" speaker and the improved eight-conductor cable design along with a smaller metal and wood hybrid air chamber. Both the hidden mahogany core and powder-coated aluminum housing parts under-go damping treatments that help control and dissipate resonances, for an undistorted flow of the musical signal. The new e-Series version of the Grado PS500 Professional Series headphone continues the evolution from the original model PS500 through the award-winning PS500i to the latest enhanced version, the PS500e. The PS500e boasts an overall sound that is pure Grado, with warm harmonic colors, rich full-bodied vocals, excellent dynamics, and an ultra-smooth top end. The PS500e is a compact monitoring tool that will put a smile on the face of the most demanding music professionals, as well as the most demanding audiophiles. "Terrifically Insightful""The Grado PS500s are terrifically insightful – a trait handed down from the PS1000," notes England's What Hi-fi? magazine. "The sound they produce is airy and spacious, with all the different instruments sounding separate and clear." "Compared to the Grado PS 1000… For one-third the price you will get two-thirds of the performance. This is my kind of math!" reports Robert H. Levi at PositiveFeedback.com. "It is as simple as this: They are fantastic, they kill everything below $1200 out there and come in at $600. I think you'd be crazy not to audition a pair," writes George Walker Petit at SonicScoop.com. UHPLC Copper Voice CoilsThe PS500e boasts voice-coils that are wound from ultra-high purity, long crystal (UHPLC) oxygen free copper. The copper is slowly drawn through the die in extremely small increments and is annealed following each drawing operation. Ultra-high conductivity copper yields the clearest transmission and lowest coloration possible. The sound of UHPLC copper is smoother, cleaner and more dynamic. Vented Diaphragm DesignContributing to the PS500e's amazing sound quality is the vented diaphragm design that incorporates a large, hybrid air chamber. This design concept lowers the frequency resonance (distortion) of the diaphragm and extends bass response. The diaphragm is made of a low mass polymer, carefully formed to broaden resonant modes to reduce their amplitude. The diaphragm mass is determined with the compliance of the suspension in mind so that the desired low frequency resonance is achieved. The diaphragm's total mass is calculated to provide exceptionally wide bandwidth, while avoiding break-up at lower frequencies. All metal work s machined from a special non-resonant, very hard alloy. Grado utilizes a special processing method to increase the material's porosity. This complex treatment ensures that the earphone chamber has no 'ringing', which might obscure detail or add coloration.
"The Grado PS500s are terrifically insightful – a trait handed down from the PS1000." "The sound they produce is airy and spacious, with all the different instruments sounding separate and clear." - What Hi-fi? magazine "Compared to the Grado PS 1000… For one-third the price you will get two-thirds of the performance. This is my kind of math!" "As an audiophile friend of mine said when he heard the 500s compared to a mountain of other cans, 'these are great headphones.' Yes, my friends, the PS 500s are great headphones, and most highly recommended if you want the best bang for your buck – and want Made in America, too!" - Robert H. Levi, PositiveFeedback.com "It is as simple as this: They are fantastic, they kill everything below $1200 out there and come in at $600. I think youd be crazy not to audition a pair. - George Walker Petit, SonicScoop.com |
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