Grado "Factory" Tour.....worth a few moments.
Dennis Gardner
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HT Optoma HD25 LV on 80" DIY Screen, Anthem MRX 300 Receiver, Pioneer Elite BDP 51FD Polk CS350LS, Polk SDA1C, Polk FX300, Polk RT55, Dual EBS Adire Shiva 320watt tuned to 17hz, ICs-DIY Twisted Prs, Speaker-Raymond Cable
2 Channel Thorens TD 318 Grado ZF1, SACD/CD Marantz 8260, Soundstream/Krell DAC1, Audio Mirror PP1, Odyssey Stratos, ADS L-1290, ICs-DIY Twisted , Speaker-Raymond Cable
2 Channel Thorens TD 318 Grado ZF1, SACD/CD Marantz 8260, Soundstream/Krell DAC1, Audio Mirror PP1, Odyssey Stratos, ADS L-1290, ICs-DIY Twisted , Speaker-Raymond Cable
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What a great company. I have a bunch of their stuff. I have a Sonata cartridge in my turntable, and I have two pair of headphones - 80's and 325's. I also have the battery version of the RA-1 that I travel with from time to time, and for the heck of it I just bought a PH-1 phono stage. They didn't show where they make the headphone amps!
Never really appreciated until I heard John say the "we got lucky" line in this video how well positioned they were to ride the new audio waves! Definitely two of the hottest trends in audio in the last 10 years have been headphones and the resurgence of records. What could be better for a company that manufactures headphones and cartridges?!?!Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance. -
Grado is a very cool company. Every article I read about them makes me glad they are still out there. I follow them on Facebook and have to say they tend to stay away from tons of advertising.
One day I want to own a set of their higher end headphones to use at home, but for now my audio journey lies elsewhere."....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
I own a couple sets of their headphones.
Definately different."The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson -
A great company...I have never had the pleasure of auditioning a set of their phones...I have however a few of their phono cartridges in my mix...First introduced to them in the early 80's...first was the GF1+....Grado and Ortofon are the only ones I use....
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I also use Grado carts maybe by default because my JVC ql-200 came w/ GFT+1 already loaded. I used a tan GF-3 for my deceased Denon and have a brand new in the box Grado Black for back up. The only other cart I ever used w/ and some cache for the time was the Shure mk15 w/ my old Dual 1225.2chl- Adcom GFA- 555-Onkyo P-3150v pre/amp- JVC-QL-A200 tt- Denon 1940 ci cdp- Adcom GFS-6 -Modded '87 SDA 2Bs - Dynamat Ext.- BH-5- X-Overs VR-3, RDO-194 tweeters, Larry's Rings, Speakon/Neutrik I/C- Cherry stain tops Advent Maestros,Ohm model E
H/T- Toshiba au40" flat- Yamaha RX- V665 avr- YSD-11 Dock- I-Pod- Klipsch #400HD Speaker set-
Bdrm- Nikko 6065 receiver- JBL -G-200s--Pioneer 305 headphones--Sony CE375-5 disc -
I love my GS1000i - won't part with them. My B-I-L does radio braodcasting and I got him a pair of 225 and he is hte envy of his team. They are perfect fo his use since they are over the ear and not isolating.[
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Read that write up yesterday. Great story and cool that they have kept it cottage and have their own injection molding operation in the basement.
