Grado RS1x

View online review whf.cm/GradoRS1x £799 Grado’s relationship with wood is as unequivocal, if not as famous, as Lego’s with plastic. Today, many of Grado’s models in its wired-open-back headphone line-up are aesthetically defined by those familiar circular wooden earcups. Grado has always been fond of the warm tonal character that it brings, and indeed the RS1x is very woody. So woody, in fact, that the RS1x is a ‘tri-wood’ pair, comprising an exotic combination of maple sleeve, hemp core and cocobolo. Its application here is aesthetically, let alone sonically, wonderful. The mix of dark-and light-coloured woods on the open-back earcups offers a contrast that’s not only striking but also brings a touch of the contemporary to the heritage Grado design, which is still defined by circular foam earpads, antennae-resembling adjustment sliders,…

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What Hi-Fi? (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2024

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