About the Grado GH1
A special edition headphone with Brooklyn roots
A special edition headphone with Brooklyn roots
Grado hand-built the earcups for their entire run of GH1 headphones from a single maple tree. This first offering from the Brooklyn-based company's Heritage Series holds a special place in their heart. Some trees in town had fallen or been responsibly harvested, and were waiting to be made into furniture. Grado found a slab of a maple tree that had grown in Sunset Park — just a few blocks away from their shop. (That's right, the tree grew in Brooklyn.)
We're really excited about this unique pair of headphones. Grado's handcrafted wood earcups have always struck a chord with us and our customers. Besides looking gorgeous, the large wooden chambers provide a naturally warm, smooth sound. The GH1 headphones' dynamic drivers are built specifically to excel within the maple enclosures.
Special edition — supplies limited
A note from the Grado family
Grado Labs has been hand building products in Brooklyn for over sixty years. Our family's Brooklyn heritage goes back to 1911, when Joseph Grado's father came from Sicily and made his home here. My great-grandfather then opened his fruit store in 1918, and continued till 1952. In 1953, that store became Grado Laboratories.
Fast forward sixty-two years, and we're celebrating our heritage with the GH1. The GH1 is the first headphone to ever be built from a Brooklyn tree, and marks the beginning of our Grado Heritage Series. What makes this mean even more to us is that the tree is from our hometown of Sunset Park.
The quantity of the GH1s was completely dependent on the yield of the tree. This is our first time using maple, and the sound is something we are very proud of. The performance is dynamic, the bass frequencies are authoritative, the midrange is true, and the high frequencies are immaculate.
We hope you enjoy this little piece of Brooklyn as much as we did making it.
— Jonathan Grado, from his post "Sunset Park Roots"
Product highlights:
- open-back, on-the-ear design with replaceable ear cushions
- limited run features wood earcups hand-crafted from a single maple tree responsibly harvested from Sunset Park, Brooklyn
- large maple enclosures and air chambers lend naturally warm acoustics
- dynamic drivers purpose-built and voiced specifically for the maple enclosures
- vented diaphragms (open-air) for spacious, low-distortion sound and extended bass response
- adjustable leather headband for a custom fit
- driver pairs matched to within 0.05 dB for better stereo imaging
- ultra-high purity 8-conductor headphone cable terminated with a 1/8" plug
- 1/4" gold-plated adapter
- frequency response: 13-29,000 Hz
- sound pressure level (at 1mW): 99.8 dB
- impedance: 32 ohms
- warranty: 1 year (does not include earpads)
- MFR # GH1 limited edition
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Features & specs
General | ||
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Fit Style | On-ear | |
Earcup Type | Open | |
Earcup Width x Height | ||
Noise-canceling | No | |
Bluetooth | No | |
Bluetooth Version | --- | |
Single-earbud Operation | --- | |
Mic For Taking Calls | No | |
Voice Assistant Access | ||
Amazon Alexa | No | |
Google Assistant | No | |
Siri | No | |
Connectors | ||
3.5mm | No | |
1/4" | Yes | |
Lightning | No | |
4.4mm balanced | No | |
XLR4 balanced | No | |
2.5mm | No | |
Other | None | |
Specs | ||
Frequency Response | 13-29k Hz | |
Sensitivity | 99.8 dB | |
Impedance | 32 Ohms | |
Weight | Not Given | |
Cord Length | 67" | |
Parts Warranty | 1 Year | |
Labor Warranty | 1 Year |
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