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Even Grado, the Most Traditionalist of Headphone Companies, is Developing a Wireless Model

posted by janrinok on Wednesday January 24 2018, @01:42AM   Printer-friendly
from the what,-no-special-digital-wire? dept.

Fnord666 writes:

Anyone who's ever heard the Grado name is probably also familiar with the old-school way this headphones manufacturer does business. The majority of Grado models are still made by hand at the company's original home in Brooklyn, New York, and very little has changed about the materials, design, or sound of its products over the decades. That's why it's quite a momentous thing to learn that Grado is developing a wireless model, which is set to be released this year.

[...] The specs, release date, and even name of this new wireless Grado model are yet to be finalized, but it's something definitely on the schedule for 2018. One final note of import is that these wireless headphones will remain open-back, as has been the Grado tradition. When I asked Jonathan Grado whether the company would build a closed-back pair — which would be more suitable for using outdoors because of its sound isolation between your music and the outside world — he (half-)jokingly replied, "Let's see where we are in another 65 years."

Source: TheVerge

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 24 2018, @03:37AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 24 2018, @03:37AM (#626949)

    BT is crap tech. None worked well for me - headphone, keyboard/mouse, car stereo, all infested with random dropped connection.

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  • (Score: 2) by KilroySmith on Wednesday January 24 2018, @04:33AM

    by KilroySmith (2113) on Wednesday January 24 2018, @04:33AM (#626967)

    Sorry you had so much trouble. I've used three different BT headsets in the last ten years (Plantronics, something the company gave me, and Turtle Beach), and I've had flawless connections with three different phones and two different PCs. Didn't listen to much music, but worked perfectly for conferencing multiple hours per day. Can't remember ever having a dropped connection.

  • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday January 24 2018, @07:27AM

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Wednesday January 24 2018, @07:27AM (#627032) Homepage Journal

    Yes really: "party". It's not enough to offer good quality bluetooth speakers, the subwoofer has to light up in the color of your choice.

    The only thing I dislike is the blue LED that blinks when the speakers aren't paired. I fixed that by putting a large bottle of cinnamon up against it.

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