Joe Grado passed away

[davemchine]

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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[pqrst]

Their cartridges were very good audiophile quality. Excellent reputation and less expensive then others.

[freeradical]

I've had a pair of their SR60's for about 20 years or so.

Good bang for the buck.

[Yoyodyne ArtWorks]

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.

[M>B>]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grado_Labs

[deckeda]

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/s...townhouse/

[testcase]

R.I.P. Joe.

[robfilms]

great products.

great company.

great guy.

may his family take solace in his many good deeds.

be well.

rob

[Rick-o]

R.I.P. Joe Grado.

[raz]

R.I.P. Joe. You created a great company.

And my 80s are wonderful.