i have a statement Series Grado. Bought new. Only headphone that ever failed on me. Driver broke after 6 month, Headphone was sent to Grado. Received it back, two weeks later the headphone fell apart and had to be resent back. Sound is average for it's price. The headphone almost doesn't scale. Hook it on a mojo or a dirty Cheap amp and you're fine. Now on my main system it's kinda bad in comparison to something like a HD600 or an Ananda.
Grado is overrated for sure in Germany. Every headphone Hifi Store has 3 brands: Grado, Sennheiser and Beyerdynamic. Sometimes you find Focals. You never find anyone having Hifiman, MrSpeakers or any other of those brands unless you look out for some special stores. I live in the 4th largest city in Germany and not a single Hifi Store with other headphones than Grado, Sennheiser, Beyerdynamic and Focal.
Before my Grado had to be sent to the US i even thought Grado is a german brand. Don't know why it's so overrated by the German shops. The GS1000e costs translated 1300 $ here.
Grado is overrated for sure in Germany. Every headphone Hifi Store has 3 brands: Grado, Sennheiser and Beyerdynamic. Sometimes you find Focals. You never find anyone having Hifiman, MrSpeakers or any other of those brands unless you look out for some special stores. I live in the 4th largest city in Germany and not a single Hifi Store with other headphones than Grado, Sennheiser, Beyerdynamic and Focal.
Before my Grado had to be sent to the US i even thought Grado is a german brand. Don't know why it's so overrated by the German shops. The GS1000e costs translated 1300 $ here.