92 MACWORLD JANUARY 2022
PLAYLISTIMAGE: GRADO LABSIn 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.Grado GW100 v2 Bluetooth
headphone: A wireless wonder
The company’s first wireless headphone sounds and feels great, but it has
no ANC or passive noise isolation.
BY SCOTT WILKINSON