Grado Labs was founded by Joseph Grado (1924-2015) in 1953 in Brooklyn. Over the past 61 years, Grado has become famous for their remarkable headphone and phono cartridge designs. In the late 1980s Joseph began the development of what was to become the first true high-end dynamic headphone. The introduction of the Joseph Grado Signature Series of headphones was a major event in the evolution of headphone design. Joseph's painstaking design process, combined with nearly a half century of experience manufacturing precision audio devices, astonished even the most critical reviewers. As Ars Technica said, “…on a quiet street in south Brooklyn...”, Grado assembles “…some of the most renowned headphones...it's just the Grados in their narrow townhouse [assembling] the little-known, well-loved line of headphones.”
