Now I know why I often feelt like I disagreed with you, when in reality it wasn't the case. It's because of the terms that you use. You see, what I got from your first phrase, is that both the PS1k and the e, have a harsh sounding treble, and a mid bass hump, but the e's treble, and mid bass hump, but the effect is less obvious with the e, than it is with the old PS1k.
I would say that the e have less mid bass presence, wich gives them a more balanced sound, and the e's treble is also more polite, wich makes them more forgiving wich can be a very good thing, with brighter recordings.
I have also noticed that we listen to different kinds of music, I like pretty much every style of music, exept, Rap, Hip Hop, Metal, and Hard Rock, so this might explain our different opinions.
Also, I'm sure that I'm not telling you anythig that you don't already know, when I say that younger people are more ''sensitive'' to high frequencys, I don't know your age, but I'm 94, so I'm probably less ,sensitive than you are in the higher register. Also the fact that I wear an hearing aid must surely be another factor to consider.
Tell the truth M.H, did I had you going there for a second? Seriously though, I'm 49, and I don't have and hearing aid.
Like I've said before, even though you prefer the e, and I prefer the old ones, we pretty much agree on everyting, it's just that we don't use the same terms, to decribe basically the same thing.
The thing is once you've used a term like ''harsh'' to describe the sound of the flagship model, once you get to the SR325, you're pretty much left with terms like, ''ice pick in the ear''.
I hope that you be offended by my post, because, like I've said, we agree on pretty much everything regarding the PS1k, and the PS1ke, we simply use different words to describe what we hear.
So, no hard feelings, buddy
Lol, not 94? I'm 43...so we're in the same range. I would say that either's treble is overly harsh...but can be with the wrong recording and I'm comparing it to my other headphones (all non-Grado's). That might be our different view points on the treble. I'm more used to "neutral" headphones.
I agree with you in terms of absolute harshness, neither are that...you know the SR325.
Never any hard feelings...it's just audio. Not like it's something important or something....
I'm glad you feel that way, because respect is very important to me. The fact that we don't see each other, makes it harder to evaluate the tone of the other person. This is why I think it's important to make proper use of the smylies.
For some people, the ''agree to disagree'' concept, is not an option. They'll never admit that they might be in the wrong.
Oh! and as I have said before, my native tongue is French, so if you, or others, notice any grammar mistakes on my part, please, don't hesitate to correct me.
That's the problem with on-line emails, chats, etc... you lose the facial expressions to get the tonality and queues to get the whole picture. I seriously think our differences in preferences here is where we're coming from. I'm mostly an HE1000/SR-009/LCD-X kinda guy...so thus my preference for the PS1000e; you're more of a "Grado fan", so the PS1000 appeals more to you as it's more in that classic vain (please correct me if I'm wrong). But I think we both agree that the differences aren't that big and they sound more alike than not. That or it's a Leaf fan vs. Habs fan thing.
I remember tearing up while I was listening to Sofia Peterson's version of Hallelujah, with a pair of 009, so I think that this qualifys me as a Stax fan, or at least a 009 fan, not owner, but definately fan.
