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Grado’s first true wireless earbuds promise the brand’s ‘signature sound’
Grado Labs GW100 review: A blessing and a curse
Grado Labs was late to the wireless game. The company knows it, and it has good reasons for not jumping in sooner.
"Wireless technology has never been very good, so just like closed-back, we could make them, but people would expect them to sound lik...
Grado’s first wireless headphones are the open-back GW100
During my visit to Brooklyn's Grado Labs last year, CEO John Grado explained why the company hadn't yet made wireless headphones. "I still don't think it will sound as good as the wired stuff," he said. "But we feel the technology has gotten to the p...
Ascape Audio and the economics of making headphones in America
Ascape Audio's home page proudly proclaims "Designed in Detroit," but at this point it's not helping business.
"It hasn't made any goddamn impact," marketing director Dean Clancy said. "I want to put that in as many places as possible, because regar...
Inside Grado Labs: A legacy of hand-built headphones
Grado Labs is a special place.
That sounds hyperbolic, but allow me to explain. Behind a graffiti-covered Brooklyn facade, there's a small factory where the family's namesake headphones and turntable cartridges are assembled. When you step inside th...
The best open-back headphones under $500
By Brent Butterworth
This post was done in partnership with The Wirecutter, a buyer's guide to the best technology. Read the full article here.
If a serious music lover who wanted to spend less than $500 were to ask us what open-back audiophile hea...