GRADO The Hemp
Into The Unknown
In our never-ending pursuit to experiment with all types of woods and materials, we had the opportunity to build with hemp. We weren't sure how these hemphones would turn out, but to everyone’s surprise it quickly became a favorite passed around Grado. To be blunt, this is one of the best sounding Limited Editions we've assembled.
Built from Hemp
The highly compressed hemp creates a damping effect between their fibers. This produces a fuller sound, comprised of a noticeable low end and a top end that extends smoothly to its limits. The hemp may be doing the heavy lifting, but the hemphone is a joint effort. We placed maple into the housing to help balance out the sound, and bring out the sonic properties that we’ve heard maple produce.
Features
F-Cushions
Leather headband
De-stressed driver
Drivers matched .05db
Hemp wood housing
Durable 8-conductor cable
Hand assembled in Brooklyn
Driver Focused
The Grado drivers in the hemp housings had to be specifically tuned for a material we’ve never worked with before. Being paired with maple gave us some foresight, but only through trial-and-error could we get the speakers to sound how we wanted, and bring out the potential of the hemp.
High Expectations
The last seven decades has given us time to perfect our sound, letting the headphones reveal new notes and details in songs heard hundreds of times. The Hemp Headphone is a slow burn, constantly getting better with every listen. As we make sure with every headphone we build our Grado signature sound is ever-present, working in tandem with the hemp and maple.
GRADO
HEMP
Hand Assembled in Brooklyn
Each Hemp Headphone is hand assembled by our team in Brooklyn. Fine rolled for every genre of music, hemp and maple work together for the first time to bring a new level of vibrancy to our Limited Editions. We started building on a kitchen table in 1953, and every experience since then has led to the creation of The Hemp Headphone.
Spcifications:
Hemp and Maple housing
Padded leather headband with white stitching
8 Conductor cable
Transducer Type: Dynamic
Operating Principle: Open Air
Frequency Response: 13Hz – 28kHz
Nominal Impedance: 38 ohms
Driver Matched: .05 dB
3.5mm (mini) termination with 1/4" adapter
F cushions
