The Grado Reference range are high-performance, open backed headphones with the classic styling from the Grado labs. Originating in Brooklyn, New York, Grado are still a family run business that has remained in Brooklyn, and offer only the best quality headphones with very retro designs. The Reference stereo headphones range produce a sound that is pure Grado, full bodied vocals, excellent dynamics and ultra smooth top end. These truly are audiophiles dream headphones.

The beautiful ‘Retro’ styling of the Grado RS1e headphones is perfectly complemented by its hand-crafted, real mahogany earpieces. However don’t be mislead into thinking Grado have used this luxurious natural material purely for its striking visual impact. That’s absolutely not the case. The new RS1e from Grado uses a different species of handcrafted mahogany from our previous models.