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There is art in the heart and
soul of every Grado product. The
PS500 truly conveys the heart
and soul of every musical
performance you will listen to
through them. This is the result
of the art learned over the
course of almost 60 years of
designing and manufacturing
products that faithfully follows
music.
A compact monitoring tool that
will put a smile on the face of
the most demanding music
professionals as well of
demanding audiophiles.
Características
- Membrana al aire
- Cavidad para el aire híbrida de
madera/aleación metálica
- Hilo de la bobina en cobre UHPLC
- Cable de conexión en cobre UHPLC
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Tipo de transductor |
Dinámico |
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Principio de operación |
Abierto al aire |
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Respuesta de frecuencia |
14 - 29.000 Hz |
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Sensibilidad 1 mV |
98 |
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Impedancia nominal |
32 ohmios |
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Margen en emparejamiento de los transductores |
0.05 dB |
Grado releases the little brother of
their state-of-the-art PS 1000 Headphones, using trickle-down technology
to cut the price by two-thirds, while retaining much of the performance!
Also made in America, the new PS 500s are Grado's second offering in
their Professional Series line, designed both for the audiophile and
recording engineer who value neutrality and high definition over all
other design goals. They are an open air design, as are all high end
Grado's, and are very light and comfortable. At an MSRP of $595, they
are an extraordinary value, and fully appropriate for both reference and
critical listening. In the category of musical neutrality for the picky
audiophile and the demanding recording engineer, the PS 500s are
unsurpassed at this price point.
Grado achieved this minor
miracle by applying the lessons
learned in constructing the
wondrous PS 1000s. While still
using mahogany to cover the
motors, they added aluminum
shells to double dampen the
housing and kill vibrations.
This sandwich design creates the
most neutral performance under
$600. The large diaphragms
contain rare earth metals,
including gold wire for maximum
definition. The connecting cable
is Grado's newest formula, with
some fifteen wires enclosed in a
proprietary shell.
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PRODUCTO
RECOMENDADO |
PVP recomendado:
702
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595
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IVA incluido |
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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! Sure, the PS 1000s are the
most detailed cans I know of,
and are every bit as nuanced as
the Stax Omega Electrostats. The
1000s are all about detail,
nuance, air, and realism to the
max. Replace them with the PS
500s, and you hear a majority of
all the goodness of the 1000s,
without added spurious
coloration or noise typical of
other designs that are
compromised to a price point.
Listening to Dialoghi (a new
pressing from Germany) from
Yarlung Records of Los Angeles,
CD 78876, you will detect nary a
lump or bump in the frequency
fabric with the 500s, while the
textures of the Steinway and
cello ring most true. This CD is
so good and the 500s so neutral
that you will think you are
hearing a master tape of the
actual performance. Yes, you
will hear the artists breathing
and humming, the floor creaking,
and the box of the cello
vibrating all in concert with
the music. I love the pop and
jump of their big dynamic range.
It's all there. You won't know
there's better unless you have a
pair of 1000s handy for a quick
comparison.
The sense of neutrality and lack
of any unnecessary coloration or
artificial warmth with the 500s
is every bit as convincing as
the 1000s. You will not be
disappointed when monitoring
that you are missing something
acoustic that may hurt the final
production of the master.
Audiophiles will love the
truthfulness and tunefulness of
these cans and feel, finally,
that they have a truly 21st
Century design that communicates
the real thing, similar to
current audiophile loudspeakers
in the over $20,000 price range.
Compared to the Vintage Grado
RS1
I
have owned and loved the RS1s
for 20 years, and still love
them now. They are available in
an improved model called the
RS1i. They are less detailed,
warmer, and more forgiving than
the PS series and the PS 500.
The 1s bass is a bit less
detailed and fatter. They sound
a bit lumpy and colorful in very
nice ways, though neutral is not
their forte. The 500s fix the
shortcomings of the RS1s quite
well. The metal/wood sandwich
and advanced wiring take the
500s to a level the slightly
more expensive RS1s just cannot
match.
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