CanadianMaestro
Headphoneus Supremus
I have also owned the PS500e but I prefer the 225e with the tape mod.
The wood cups underneath the aluminum shells of the 500 seem to improve musicality. As do the metal grilles on 225i.
I have also owned the PS500e but I prefer the 225e with the tape mod.
I have also owned the PS500e but I prefer the 225e with the tape mod.
The wood cups underneath the aluminum shells of the 500 seem to improve musicality. As do the metal grilles on 225i.
I have the 325es which I love. I love the clarity and the high treble doesn't bother me too much. I was thinking about getting the ps500e hps but I'm worried they might sound muffled or too warm in comparison. Would this be the case or is the ps500e still just as clear sounding but less harshness?
I recently purchased a barely used / nearly new 325e from a fellow Head-Fi'er who says he only used it literally for a couple of hours, and I believe him... looks brand new and I think might explain why they sound "too" bright for me. I compared against the Alessandro MS2i and found them substantially brighter. Haven't done enough comparison because I have the MS2i here at home and the 325e headphones at the office presently, but I found when comparing the 325e to my HE-400 and HD 600 headphones that the 325e were too bright by comparison.
I'm thinking maybe they need some burn-in time, though, since he used them a couple of hours and I've only added another 4 hours or so far to that.
Presently, I prefer the MS2i to the 325e, though I might change my mind after I give the 325e more burn-in time.
I don't know if the 325e will change much with use time, I had one for 3 weeks and put on about 150+ hours and it didn't change at all. That's why I sent them back and got the 225e, less bright and a touch more comfortable due to less weight. I tried the 225e drivers in a wood cup which was really nice, put them back in the original cups as I wanted to used the wood cups for some V6 drivers. Also added some dynamat around the cup and sorbothane on the back of the driver, these mods make the 225e better than most sub $500 headphone
Hmmm... so I will have to listen to it more and see if my brain burns in.
I tend to find that my brain does adjust to different headphones' sound signatures after some time, and unless they are just way too far from something my ears enjoy, my brain adjusts and it becomes quite enjoyable. For some reason on Saturday when I last listened to them before just now, they sounded way too bright.
Have them on now... might already be sounding better....
I liked the 325e best, but I can see why people would prefer the RS1 or 2e's warmer sound profile.
So, for anyone that has had experience with the RS2e, how is the sound quality of the RS2e with G-Cush? Does it alter the sound for the worse, negligible, or make it better?
Brings the mids forward a little too much, highs are slightly muted, looses some of the sparkle, sound stage is slightly better, bass gets a touch boomy