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Grado Hemp, side view of the hemp earcup
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Grado Hemp

Price$495.00

A hemp and maple housing that started as a 2020 experiment and earned a permanent place in the line.
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 44mm X2
  • Housing Hempwood and maple
  • Impedance 38 ohms
  • Cushions F
  • Cable 8-conductor, 3.5mm with 6.3mm adapter
  • Replaces The Hemp Limited Edition
Why it is here

Grado built the Hemp as a limited run to see what a hempwood housing would do, sold out of it, and then had to keep making it. The hemp damps the housing more than maple alone would. Reviewer consensus on it is unusually consistent: this is the one to hear when the SR325 treble is the objection.
How it is built

44mm X2 dynamic driver, drivers matched to 0.05 dB. Bi-wood housing of hempwood and maple, Signature Silver headband with a leather headstrap, 8-conductor Signature Silver cable, F cushions.
What it is for

Anyone for whom the SR325 treble was the objection.
Grado Hemp, side view of the hemp earcup
Grado Hemp Price$495.00
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