WOW! Number 2, how cool is that!! Now it leaves me wondering who received the other numbers 1 through 12. Perhaps we should create a registry of some kind! #1: ? #2: clundbe1 #3: ? ... #8: Nickelodeon ... #12: ?

Hi clundbe1, And nice to hear from you again after so long! I believe that you are one of the three known Head-Fi members that participated in the purchase of these Los Angeles and Orange County (LA&OC) Audio Society 25th Anniversary Headphones, with the other two members being both myself, and...

Hi everybody! PS Audio's website currently features the first part of a two part interview with John Grado (in issue 115 of their online magazine called "Copper") titled, appropriately enough, "John Grado of Grado Labs, Part One". Lots of interesting info, although the focus of this 'part one'...

Yesterday (June 17th) I came across the article "To be blunt, Grado’s $420 hemp headphones are much more than a gimmick" in the online tech magazine 'Digital Trends'. It contains a good deal of information specific to the creative process that went into the development of the soon to be released...

Thanks, Headfonia, for providing a link to the very nice and informative review of the Grado GW100. However, towards the end of the 'Brief History' of Grado Labs section of the article, it is incorrectly stated that "John Grado, passed away." I believe that the author of the article meant to say...

Hi fleasbaby, There is a series of ten articles, written by Grover Neville, covering CanJam SoCal 2019 published on the headphone review website inner/FIDELITY: https://www.innerfidelity.com/category/canjam-socal-2019 The particular passage where the review of the Grado FH-3 occurs is in the...

In case anybody missed reading it, Grover Neville (over at inner/FIDELITY) had these words to say about how the HF-3's sounded: "Next up was a company I had not expected to see at this CanJam, or really any CanJam ever. Grado Labs had a separate room outside the main event space, showing their...

@ruhenheiM (and others): Grado Labs had cards at the show to distribute to anyone who was interested in acquiring a pair of HF3 headphone. You can either scan the QR barcode in the photo of this card that I've provided above, or you can just go to the link printed on the card...

It's kind of like "Goldilocks and The Three Grados"! :o2smile:

Hello Grado Fan Club! Awhile back I posted some information in regards to the Los Angeles & Orange County Audio Society's Limited Edition Headphones that John Grado had specially built to commemorate the LA&OC's 25th Anniversary. I've been meaning to get back to the "Fan Club" to post some...

Hi Worms, These are a couple of photos that I took of the Grado LA&OC 25th Anniversary headphones just after opening the inner box that they were shipped in: And these are some additional photos that I took after they were removed from their box [Please forgive the use of a bathroom towel...

Hi clundbe, As I noted in my response to Astral Abyss, Grado Labs has just started shipment of the LA&OC 25th Anniversary headphones, via UPS, to US customers. However, I'm not sure what carrier Grado Labs uses for shipping to international clients, so you might want to drop them a line to find...

Hi Astral Abyss, Although I never received an email confirmation of shipment from Grado Labs, I just checked the account that I have with UPS, and noticed that Grado Labs has just (as of this morning) shipped out the LA&OC 25th Anniversary headphones, and that they are on their way to my...

Hi wormsdriver, The only bit of info that I would like to add to ruhenheiM's reply is that Robert H. Levi (President of the LA&OC Audio Society, and senior associate editor at Positive Feedback) said that there was the possibility of doing a second run of these LA&OC 25th Anniversary...

It happens to the best of us....☺

By the way, is it just me, or does the Grado x Uncrate GS2000e look like it might be using the same striped oak as the LA&OC Audio Society 25th Anniversary Grado headphones? Link: https://uncrate.com/article/grado-x-uncrate-gs2000e-headphones/ The grain pattern in the wood looks to be almost...

I got a response from Bob Levi, but that was only because I asked a question with the email that also placed my order. If he doesn't respond with some kind of confirmation, you might want to check with him again, just to be sure that everything in your order is okay .

Hi Astral Abyss, I think that you made the correct decision. Although Bob Levi *hinted* at the possibility of there being an extension of this LA&OC Audio Society offer (basically a second production run of these headphones), I don't think that you could have gone terribly wrong by ordering...

Thanks, ruhenheiM, for the corrected link!! I've updated my original post to reflect this! I think that you are quite right; these LA&OC anniversary headphones feature a combo sound that is a consequence of their being a cross between a GS1000 (in terms of the enclosure, but using striped oak...

Hi joseph69, If you are a member of the LA&OC Audio Society, you might want to check through your email spam folder. I almost missed the notice myself!

Hi ruthieandjohn, You're most welcome!! I thought that if anybody should know about these headphones, it is you. Your knowledge, and expert understanding, of everything Grado is second to none. And I'm sure that I'm not speaking only for myself! Your detailed analysis and description of Grado...

Thanks, ruhenheiM, for your replay and thoughtful observations. And that's my feeling as well: John Grado knew that he would be creating a set of headphones for a very discerning group of listeners, and wanted to be sure that he got everything right. After all, it took him over a year to find...

Well, it looks like Head-Fi has finally recovered from whatever problem that seemed to be plaguing its server earlier on in the evening (US west coast time, and probably related to the reason why I couldn't upload any photos earlier on in the day as well), so now I can finally post the photos...

Hi ruhenheiM and ruthieandjohn, And *Thank You* so much for each of your replies. I hadn't responded right away, because I didn't really have anything further to add, and I didn't want to bother anybody with pointless speculation. Anyway, I have since learned a lot more about these special...

Hi Grado Fan Club! Although I'm a frequent reader of this tread (more like a chat room, really), I rarely seem to find time to post. Anyway, I'm a member of the "Los Angeles and Orange County Audio Society", and on January 3rd, I received an email notice from the head of the society, Bob Levi...