Immerse yourself in finely handcrafted cocobolo earcups, uniquely matched for both finish and sound. Paired with a metal chamber to control the largest Grado driver yet. The new 52mm X Driver, finely tuned for cocobolo and precision metal, enhances efficiency, reduces distortion, and preserves harmonic integrity. Not just an auditory delight, the GS3000x boasts redesigned cables and a durable exterior, housing a super annealed copper 12-conductor cable for optimal sonic integrity.
The black leather headband, featuring Grado’s signature metal gimbals and large “G” foam cushions, adds comfort to style. Despite the cocobolo and metal’s density, these headphones sit lightly on your head, offering a comfortable listening experience. The GS3000x reveals its exceptional efficiency and dynamic range across various sources; whether enjoying classical piano duets, rock tracks, or Broadway the GS3000x delivers a musical, mellow, and detailed sound. These headphones excel in spatial representation and dynamics.
Switching to different sources, from a high-end tube amp to a portable DAP or a smartphone, the GS3000x maintains its musicality. Grado’s decades-long reputation for audiophile-quality dynamic headphones is affirmed with the GS3000x, standing tall against planar headphones. Light and easy to drive, they excel in various settings, offering an affordable and versatile solution for audiophiles on the go or in their libraries. The GS3000x is the reference dynamic headphone you’ve been waiting for, delivering exceptional sound and comfort.
Teeming with texture and emotion, cocobolo’s sonic properties and innate mass makes it perfect for our new speakers. We paired this with a metal chamber to add even more mass, which lets us control the rigidity of our largest driver yet. Cocobolo has striking patterns and color that tend to vary from pair to pair.
Features
- 52mm driver
- Cocobolo wood housing
- Hybrid metal chamber
- G-Cushions
- White stitched leather headband
- De-stressed driver
- Drivers matched .05db
- Durable 12-conductor cable
- Hand assembled in Brooklyn
The GS3000x is the first headphone to utilize our new 52mm X Driver. Specifically tuned to embrace the tenacity of cocobolo and precision of metal, this new speaker design features a more powerful magnetic circuit, a voice coil with decreased effective mass, and a reconfigured diaphragm. Reengineering these components for our first 52mm drivers improve efficiency, reduces distortion, and preserves the harmonic integrity of your music.
Customer Reviews
Awesome headsets.
Completely open, full-range sound with wondrous detail, dynamics, layering, and soundstage. It is so easy to follow individual musical threads yet to be captivated by the whole presentation!
Best headphones I have ever listened with.
The GS3000x is sublime, detailed, spacious, and wide-spectrumed. I love it. When I started listening, I was getting more enjoyment out of the songs I chose than ever before.
I have a few Grados (PS2000e, GS2000e, PS1000, HP1000, GS1000i, GS1000, GH-1, GH-2, RS1e, RS1i, RS1, RS2e, RS2i, RS2, Hemp, GW100, Bushmills, HF1, HF2, HF3, SR325i (golds), SR80i, SR125, SR125i, and both their GR8e and GR10e IEMs, as well as both their HPA-1 and RA-1 amps).
I very much resonate with the “I can’t describe why” of reviewer Weldman. Side by side with the GS2000e, these GS3000e have more bass, a somewhat less bright high end, and a larger feeling of spaciousness, but both sound fabulous on certain test songs I listen to frequently. Yet the GS3000x gives a subtle, long-term, enduring excitement to the music, more so than the already perfect GS2000e.
I have over thirty pairs of good to very good headphones, Senns, Oppo, B&Ws, Focal, Beyerdynamic, etc. I have nine Amp/DACs, Benchmark, Oppo, Pro-Ject, Jolida, S. M. S. L., Cambridge. So I have some experience with headphones.
No two people hear sounds exactly the same, therefore all headphones are to some extent compromises.
The GS3000x to me are the best headphones I have ever listened to. Exactly why I can' really explain the music just sounds right, that you are there and you don't want it to stop. It is as if these headphones were especially designed and built for me and my specific hearing requirements.
By the way my second best, to me, headphones are Grado RS1e.