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Joe Grado passed away - davemchine - 02-07-2015
Their business seems like a very tight family affair. I have their SR150 headphones which are wonderful. The Facebook Vintage HiFi group seems to swear by their phono cartridges.
https://www.facebook.com/GradoLabs
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Re: Joe Grado passed away - pqrst - 02-07-2015
Their cartridges were very good audiophile quality. Excellent reputation and less expensive then others.
Re: Joe Grado passed away - freeradical - 02-07-2015
I've had a pair of their SR60's for about 20 years or so.
Good bang for the buck.
Re: Joe Grado passed away - Yoyodyne ArtWorks - 02-07-2015
He is one of the few people who can unreservedly be called a legend in the American audio industry. A gracious man about whom I never heard an unkind word, working in a marketplace (specialist audio) awash in egomaniacs with vastly less talent. RIP Joe.
Re: Joe Grado passed away - M>B> - 02-07-2015
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grado_Labs
Re: Joe Grado passed away - deckeda - 02-07-2015
I also have original SR60s, a good value still. A few years ago these $70 headphones developed a problem with some wiring insulation coming out of one earpiece. I sent them to Grado and they repaired them (what? repairable tech??) for $25 including shipping.
Grado Labs earns a royalty on each MC cartridge sold today even though Grado stopped making them back in the 60s. Grado still sells phono cartridges today, from about $70-$3500. I have one of the older (late '80s/early '90s lower-end Signature models, the 8MZ. It cost $200.
The headphones and phono cartridges are made in Brooklyn, still. Here's a neat article about the company, http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/07/some-of-the-worlds-most-reknowned-headphones-built-in-a-brooklyn-townhouse/
Re: Joe Grado passed away - testcase - 02-07-2015
R.I.P. Joe.
Re: Joe Grado passed away - robfilms - 02-07-2015
great products.
great company.
great guy.
may his family take solace in his many good deeds.
be well.
rob
Re: Joe Grado passed away - Rick-o - 02-07-2015
R.I.P. Joe Grado.
Re: Joe Grado passed away - raz - 02-07-2015
R.I.P. Joe. You created a great company.
And my 80s are wonderful.