Grado Signature S950 - Handcrafted Over-Ear Headphones

American headphone manufacturer Grado has released the Signature S950 model — handcrafted over-ear headphones in an open acoustic design, made of Brazilian walnut wood. Grado Signature S950 uses improved 52-mm proprietary drivers and achieves excellent sound quality.

The housings of the Grado Signature S950 earcups are made of Brazilian walnut wood, as opposed to aluminum in the HP100 SE model, which makes the design lighter — the weight of the headphones is 395 grams. Grado chose Brazilian walnut for the manufacture of earcups for its density, durability and sonic properties. Each pair of headphones is individually made, and no two copies have the same wood pattern.

The new product is equipped with drivers with an S-shaped diffuser (made of paper-composite material, is connected to a copper-aluminum voice coil ) with a diameter of 52 mm, which was previously developed for the top model Signature HP100 SE. The goal was to create a speaker that would provide an exceptionally flat frequency response.

The sensitivity of the Grado Signature S950 headphones is 115 dB at 1 mW, and the nominal impedance is 38 ohms. The operating frequency range is from 3.5 Hz to 51.5 kHz with a THD of less than 0.1% at a sound pressure of 100 dB.

The headphones come with a 1.8-meter detachable cable with a 6.5 mm jack plug and two 4-pin mini-XLR for connecting headphones. Other cables will appear later. The Grado Signature S950 headphones are expected to ship in mid-March 2025 with a suggested retail price of $2,195.