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Grado GS3000, side view of the wood earcup
Grado GS3000, angled view
Grado GS3000, view of the cushions from inside the headband
Grado GS3000, front view
Grado GS3000 on a headphone stand beside a valve headphone amplifier, in front of a fireplace
Grado

Grado GS3000

Price$1,995.00

The top of the Classic Series: a 52mm driver in a cocobolo housing with a machined aluminium inner chamber.
Ordered from the maker when you order, then shipped usually inside two weeks and always inside thirty days. Shipping
Thirty days from delivery to send it back. Returns
Specifications
  • Type Open-back dynamic
  • Driver 52mm X2
  • Housing Cocobolo with machined aluminium insert
  • Impedance 38 ohms
  • Cushions G
  • Cable Gold, fixed
  • Replaces GS3000x
Why it is here

This is Grado's own platform taken as far as Grado takes it without moving to the Signature line. The G cushions hold the driver further off your ear than any other Grado cushion. If you want the driver close, the RS1 sits on L cushions and costs less than half as much.
How it is built

52mm X2 dynamic driver with Mylar diaphragm and copper voice coil. Cocobolo outer housing with a precision-machined aluminium inner insert. Signature Gold headband with a wider leather headstrap for weight distribution, Gold cable, G cushions.
What it is for

Large-scale material, orchestral and electronic, and reference listening in a quiet room where the open back is not a problem.
Grado GS3000, side view of the wood earcup
Grado GS3000 Price$1,995.00
Before you buy
How I Listen, and What a Measurement Will Not Tell You

How I listen

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The buying guides

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Shipping

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