All American makers 
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
What we found
Verified Domestic Audit Audit & Disclaimer Context
United States domestic ownership, factory craft, and local operations verified.
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.Open source
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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.Open source
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Materials
Features hand-turned American mahogany, maple, and hemp housings matched with specialized imported driver wire and magnetic components.
Source
We hand-carve solid mahogany, maple, and hemp wood housings in the USA, paired with proprietary drivers tuned and matched in Brooklyn.Open source
Partly local
Shipped from here
Acoustic engineering, precision production, global distribution, and customer repairs are conducted from their historic Sunset Park facility.
Source
Everything from acoustic research to final packaging happens inside our historic Brooklyn workshop.Open source
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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.