The GS1000e's are over ear, open back headphones. They are part of the Grado Statement range.   I had the wonderful opportunity to try these out before xmas, so thought I'd share my thoughts, the review has taken ages to write, making a final decision on these headphones has been very difficult for a number of reasons, that I will explain.   First Impressions Well the cardboard box didn't give any hint of the wonders inside, the packaging could be for a SR60, if the GS1000e was written on the box you wouldn't know. Maybe the retail version...

    This review is based on the brief time I had the X5 as part of the UK tour.   I am not going in the facts, like spec, what's in the box etc, we all know that by now.   This is all my personal opinion and you should try to listen to anything yourself before buying. All our ears are different.   Me 46 year old – amateur musician for 32 years, audiophile for 20 years. I think I know two channel audio pretty well, I have worked in Hi-End audio retail,and I certainly know how an instrument, especially guitars and drums are meant to sound...