Really great undistorted sound with that setup... Very highly recommended ... Before I had an fiio e7 as the dac, and it distorted at higher volumes... Also an ipod 5th generation also distorted th bass at high volumes... I think the magic is coming from he odac ....

I have, Grado ps500... It plays any trance fine, and I'm listening to some ambient / psy chill right now, something I have never done before, just an amazing sound from the deepest drum, to the highest notes... My bose qc3 is no where near this clarity... Neither my shure 535 inner ears... The...

I admire anyone who can live with these cans, I tried whole heatedly for a week, but had to surrender them back because of the harshness. I wish I had the discipline to have worked through the urn in, I'm sure after 4 months they would have smoothed out... I admire the fact that I could turn the...

People with grado ps 500 listen to their music collection :more than look for other headphones, am I right. :)

Grado ps 500 = psytrance , skazi sounds utterly amazing, especially the album my way, Some of the mid bass boomy tracks like malice in wonderland - mad moments needs a bit of eq, -2 or 3db @ 90 htz, q= .8 using rockbox end ipod, All of my psytrance sounds amazing on these cans, even the faster...

Just about 50 hours of breakin, does any one notice when you turn the volume above comfortable levels the bass distorts. It may be my jds c421 op2227 amp causing this as its adding even more warmth, I'm wondering if the more analytical objective 2 will work well with these ps500s

Just wondering why everyone's complaining that an open back headphone is lacking in the sub bass department, maybe a closed back design would be more suitable?

I'm new to this malarkey , and as a fresher, I would like to understand how any 2 people can have a critical debate about their headphones unless they are comparing the same cd, same source, same amp, etc, any ideas how to extract the truth from all this debate. I have ps500, I am very happy...

I would like to recommend the jds labs c421, very nice sound

I would like to recommend the jds labs c421 op2227 , the sound is beautiful