Grado GW100 v2 Bluetooth headphone: A wireless wonder

In 1950, Joseph Grado started making phonograph cartridges at his kitchen table in Brooklyn. Once he exceeded the limits of that table, he moved the operation to a more professional venue nearby and founded Grado Labs in 1953. Now, three generations later, the company is still family owned and run, continuing to make highly regarded phono cartridges as well as headphones, which were added to the product catalog in 1991, by hand at its Brooklyn location.

The GW100 is Grado’s first wireless Bluetooth headphone. It was first introduced in 2018 and was recently upgraded to version 2. The company cut no corners and took its time to get the sound just right, and the result was well worth the effort.

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The GW100 v2 is a lightweight, on-ear, open-back design with foam earpads and that distinctive, somewhat retro Grado styling. It incorporates specially designed 44mm dynamic drivers within a finely tuned enclosure. In addition, the company claims to have decreased sound leakage from the open-back earpiece by 60 percent with careful placement of circuit