See Headphones
A step forward in sonic reproduction.
From building out of whiskey barrels to fallen trees in Brooklyn, these limited editions and collaborations let us try something new. There’s no need to change what works, so these limited editions give us a chance to experiment with collaborators without altering our existing lineup. Building with white oak? A motorcycle? Sounds fun.
Release Date: October 2021
Availability: Now Available
Background: Celebrating 25 years of Pokémon, we collaborated with Pokémon Center on four different styles of special edition headphones.
Learn MoreRelease Date: June 2020
Availability: Now Available
Background: The first of its kind, hemp finds a new purpose in The Hemp Headphone. A brilliant, warm, and precise sound rolled into a Limited Edition Grado.
Learn MoreRelease Date: December 2019
Availability: Sold Out
Background: New York, California, and Australia come together for this headphone. We built custom Coogi headbands and combined them with E&J brandy cask wood for this limited run.
Availability: Limited
Background: The limited White Headphone commemorates the power an album, or even just a single song, may have on a person’s life. Limited availablilty.
Learn MoreRelease Date: September 2018
Availability: Sold out
Background: Our family of woods in the Heritage Series is growing with the Norwegian Pine used in the new GH4.
Release Date: September 2018
Availability: Sold out
Background: As the third headphone in the Heritage Series, the GH3 is built from Norwegian Pine wood.
Release Date: March 2019
Availability: Out of Stock
Background: OREO asked if we could build an all black & white headphone. We placed whitewashed oak inside backwashed oak, and sewed white stitched leather.
Release Date: February 2019
Availability: Not for Sale
Background: For James Taylor, we were inspired by an acoustic guitar and combined mahogany and cocobolo for the first time.
Release Date: January 2019
Availability: Not for Sale
Background: Built in collaboration with Reebok for Ariana Grande.
Release Date: October 2018
Availability: Not for Sale
Background: In honor of Jonah Hill’s directorial debut.
Release Date: August 2018
Availability: Not for Sale
Background: This collaboration gave us a chance to use metal in limited edition as well as a colored engraving for the first time.
Release Date: July 2018
Availability: Not for Sale
Background: Harley-Davidson and Motorcyclist magazine reached out to see if we could use their motorcycle in our building process. The HDxGrado is now the first headphone built from a motorcycle.
Release Date: May 2018
Availability: Extremely Limited Stock, Available
Background: The black-washed II was an extremely limited Grado with a large housing built out of oak and a specially tweaked driver for their wood.
Buy NowRelease Date: May 2018
Availability: Extremely Limited Stock, Available
Background: The black-washed I was an extremely limited Grado built out of oak with a specially tweaked driver for their wood.
Buy NowRelease Date: December 2017
Availability: Sold Out
Background: Our friends at Uncrate came to us with an idea for specially designed black-washed headphones with a unique leather.
Release Date: October 2017
Availability: Sold Out
Background: A new local development finished here in Brooklyn, and as a completion present The Wheeler asked us to build limited pairs out of the same wood from the building.
Release Date: May 2017
Availability: Sold Out
Background: General Mills brought the French-Canadien yogurt company to the States and asked if we could build a limited edition out of the same barrels they use.
Release Date: April 2017
Availability: Sold Out
Background: For a new line of EJ Brandy, we built a limited run using their brandy barrels.
Release Date: March 2018
Availability: Sold Out
Background: 1888 rum is made by using both American and Spanish oak barrels, so we did the same. The 1888xGrado is the first headphone built from both woods.
Release Date: January 2017
Availability: Not for Sale
Background: Music is an intricate part of nearly all of A24’s films, including their Oscar nominated Moonlight. Grado was tasked with building a one-off pair for its director, Barry Jenkins, and composer, Nicholas Britell.
Release Date: December 2016
Availability: Sold Out; Read More
Background: As the second headphone in the Heritage Series, the GH2 is built from cocobolo wood.
Release Date: December 2016
Availability: Not for Sale
Background: With a family history similar to Grado, the Russell’s Reserve asked if Grado could build limited pairs of headphones out of their whiskey barrels. Their wood was good enough to use and we went ahead with the limited batch.
Release Date: May 2016
Availability: Not for sale.
Background: Microsoft visited Grado with two goals: to listen to music and talk about a Made for Surface limited edition pair. From this idea came a very limited quantity of Grado headphones that were given by Microsoft to a select number of producers and composers around the world.
Release Date: July 2015
Availability: Sold Out
Background: All of the GH1 headphones are made from a single Maple tree, and marks the beginning of our Grado Heritage Series. The tree is from our hometown of Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
Release Date: May 2015
Availability: Charity Auction
Background: WHY Hunger is a non-profit that focuses on “building the movement to end hunger and poverty by connecting people to nutritious, affordable food and by supporting grassroots solutions that inspire self-reliance and community empowerment.” In May of 2015, Grado built them a one-off WHY Hunger Grado headphone for a charity auction.
Release Date: 2015
Availability: Not for Sale
Background: In 2015, for Billy Joel’s birthday, he received a one-off Piano Man Grado Headphone.
Release Date: 2014
Availability: Not for Sale
Background: John Mayer has been using Grado headphones to help record his albums for awhile now. As a thank you for his support, this custom limited edition was built for him which Matthew Grado (the Grado family’s youngest son) was able to give to John in person.
Release Date: 2014
Availability: Not for Sale
Background: In 2014, owner of Fairfax Recordings in Sound City, Kevin Augunas, visited Grado for the first time. It turned out he loved using Grado at his studio, which included the recordings of The Lumineers, among other artists. We worked together and built them a Fairfax Recording Series Grado Headphone.
Release Date: 2014
Availability: Sold Out(Thailand Only)
Background: Built for the anniversary of the Thai distributor.
Release Date: Dec 4, 2013
Availability: Sold Out
Background: In late 2012, Grado was approached by Bushmills to make a headphone out of their whiskey barrels. It’s a challenge the Brooklyn company couldn’t say no to. Of course, it wouldn’t have been made if the White Oak’s sonic properties weren’t good enough. After prototyping, it was found it was doable. This project was also brought together with the help of Elijah Wood and Zach Cowie, Bushmills’ spokespersons and huge audiophiles. The Whiskey Barrel headphones sold out in one day.
Release Date: 2011
Availability: Not for Sale
Background: Designer John Varvatos had mentioned a few times in magazines that he loves Grado headphones. As a thank you, the family made him a single pair of John Varvatos Grado headphones.
Release Date: 2009
Availability: Sold Out
Background: The second limited edition built for the Head-Fi community.
Release Date: 2006
Availability: Sold Out
Background: More info coming soon
Release Date: 2005
Availability: Sold Out
Background: The first limited edition Grado built for the Head-Fi community.
Release Date: 2003
Availability: Sold Out
Background: For Grado’s 50th anniversary, the Brooklyn family released a limited pair of gold SR325.
Release Date: 2002
Availability: Not for Sale
Background: In conjunction with Freesystems, Grado built the headphone that would be used with their wireless technology. This Grado ended up not being officially released, though there are a few being circulated.