droopy1592
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Well ... well ... sound experience is different in every person. I would suggest to try them first. I have read here many, many times that PS500e are the "dark" side of Grados. If you are in love with the bright side probably PS500e are not for you. So, be sure to order it with the choice to return them. My .02
Dark with TONS of detail. I LOVE them. I like dark phones but the grado ps500e *with G cush* has a thick layer of icing on top (in a good way) with all of the extra detail and wonderful soundstage WITHOUT being bright.
I was at a headphone meet and was unimpressed with any of the phones there (stax, ether flow, el-8, hd 800 and s version, and a few others) except the LCD2.2 pre fazor (another dark phone). It has creamy bass and midrange and a smooth but recessed top end so yeah I loved it too. The PS500E was as quick as any phone there with bass but lacked the sub bass by a fair margin. However it excels at everything else and NOT one headphone there topped it on rock or jazz music. I heard detail in the guitar rifs that no other headphone there reproduced and it made it seem more real with no odd timbre or any coldness with many of the other headphones there.
PS500E is my favorite headphone but it's only losing time to the LCD2.2 i just bought only because of the bass and creaminess and I'm just finding out what it is good at.
PS500E is a great headphone and I still prefer it to everything out there, even the LCD 2