About Grado

Grado is one of the oldest family owned companies in the Audio Industry. They have been one of the leaders in design engineering for the high-end audio and recording industries for almost half a century.

Grado is famous for their remarkable headphone and phono cartridge designs and hold over 48 patents. Company founder, Joseph Grado is credited as the inventor of the stereo moving coil phono cartridge. He is responsible for more innovations in phono cartridge design than any other person in our lifetime and was inducted into the Audio Hall of Fame in 1982.

All Grado headphones and cartridges are hand made to Grado's full performance specifications and tested before they leaves the factory. Grado has achieved previously unattained levels of pitch control, harmonic accuracy and bass quality by using innovative manufacturing and painstaking attention to design detail.

Joseph Grado has passed on the mantle of President to his nephew John Grado. John has risen from sweeping the floors of the factory as a twelve year old, to President and Owner of Grado Laboratories. Following on from Joseph Grado's acclaimed designs, John has led the development of the Prestige Series and Reference Series of headphones and phono cartridges. All of which have received World Wide acclaim by the Audio press.

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