Grado SR80x

Grado’s original SR80 were the Brooklyn-based company’s first headphones, built on the Grado family’s kitchen table in 1991 and the foundation on which it built its open-back headphones empire. They have spawned many variants within the company’s Prestige Series in the three decades since, and remain part of the all-new entry-level Prestige X Series, making them the longest-running Grado model.

At £129.95, the SR80x are by today’s standards billed as budget on-ear headphones, suitable mostly for home use due to their wired,