Grado Labs PS500 announced

[Za'afiel]

Source: http://gradolabs.com/page_headphones.php?item=d591958ec49fad264e22d3a4ce8777ff



Features:
Vented diaphragm
Hybrid air chamber
UHPLC copper voice coil wire
UHPLC copper connecting cord

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.

Happy Listening,
John Grado

Be a fan on their page http://www.facebook.com/GradoLabs and get a chance to win a pair. They're giving away 5 pairs over the next 10 weeks.

[donunus]

Interesting. I hope these sound more like hp1ks

[Za'afiel]

I looked very closely at the engraving. Thankfully there are no letters replaced with numbers.

Hybrid air chamber. This means there are now three Grado headphones with aluminum cups and wood chambers (PS1000, HF2, PS500).

Interesting. I hope these sound more like hp1ks

The HP1000s are all-aluminum aren't they? The chances of a Joe Gen sig seems even more out of reach these days.

[KaliKot]

It looks very cool I wonder if its a middle ground between the GS1000 and PS1000

[donunus]

I looked very closely at the engraving. Thankfully there are no letters replaced with numbers.

Hybrid air chamber. This means there are now three Grado headphones with aluminum cups and wood chambers (PS1000, HF2, PS500).

The HP1000s are all-aluminum aren't they? The chances of a Joe Gen sig seems even more out of reach these days.

I don't know if the hp1ks were aluminum or Iron LOL They were supposedly much heavier than the hf2 for example. The ps1 was another metal grado too by the way.

[JAQY8888]

price listed at US$595 for this new Grado

----> http://www.moon-audio.com/headphones/grado-headphones/grado-ps500.html  

[donunus]

whoops I meant ps1 not ps2 above. Post edited

[Collie]

Seems like they turned the HF2 into a regular offering.

[donunus]

If its just the sound of the hf2 then I wouldn't call them monitoring cans

[marcusd]

Seems like they turned the HF2 into a regular offering.

It does seem that way, much will depend on the drivers and early feedback but nice to see Grado back on the new product scene - they have been a bit quiet of late.

[Za'afiel]

price listed at US$595 for this new Grado

----> http://www.moon-audio.com/headphones/grado-headphones/grado-ps500.html  

Nice find.

Powder-coated grey finish and sounding like the PS1. Looks like it's worth it.

[prawncrackers]

yeah they dont look too different from the HF2. and yeah it might be a regular "HF2" offering.
the PS1 cups look like RS's.

but grado doesnt have an all-metal can in current production, right? we still have to see whats inside these cans.

[Mochan]

The guy who owns Moon Audio, forgot his name, says the PS500 sounds more like the PS-1 than the HF2.

[Mochan]

yeah they dont look too different from the HF2. and yeah it might be a regular "HF2" offering.
the PS1 cups look like RS's.

but grado doesnt have an all-metal can in current production, right? we still have to see whats inside these cans.

There be the SR325.

[marcusd]

There be the SR325.

Yup the 325i is an all metal can but it seems the aluminum  / wood hybrid is not the preferred choice of grado and if the HF2 is anything to go by i approve