Grado Labs

Hand-wires headphones in Brooklyn

Grado Labs has hand-built world-renowned audiophile headphones and phono cartridges in the same family-owned Brooklyn brownstone since 1953.

Shop Grado Labs Reviewed 15 Aug 2026

From Grado Labs

SR80x Prestige Series Headphones

$125

Hand-assembled in Brooklyn with 4th Generation 44mm X Series dynamic drivers, an open-back acoustic air chamber, and a durable braided 4-conductor cable.

SR325x Prestige Series Headphones

$350

The flagship of the Prestige Series, featuring precision-machined aluminum housing to minimize resonances and deliver Grado's signature dynamic midrange.

The Hemp Headphone

$495

Crafted in Brooklyn from compressed hemp wood composite paired with maple inserts, delivering a rich, warm acoustic timbre and distinctive grain pattern.

What we found

Owned here

Family-owned and operated across three generations by the Grado family in Brooklyn, New York.

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Grado Labs is a Brooklyn based company that has been hand building headphones and phono cartridges since 1953. Run by the Grado family for three generations.

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Made here

Every pair of prestige and reference headphones is hand-assembled, wired, and acoustically tested in their Brooklyn workshop.

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Our headphones and cartridges are built by hand in Brooklyn, New York, where we've been crafting audio products for seven decades.

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Materials

Features hand-turned American mahogany, maple, and hemp housings matched with specialized imported driver wire and magnetic components.

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We hand-carve solid mahogany, maple, and hemp wood housings in the USA, paired with proprietary drivers tuned and matched in Brooklyn.

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Shipped from here

Acoustic engineering, precision production, global distribution, and customer repairs are conducted from their historic Sunset Park facility.

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Everything from acoustic research to final packaging happens inside our historic Brooklyn workshop.

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Sources we checked

Grado Labs Three generations of continuous Brooklyn family ownership and founding history.
Grado Labs Handmade Brooklyn assembly and precision acoustic tuning standards.

Reviewed 15 Aug 2026. Next check by 15 Feb 2027.