Grado: what they publish

In this database15 headphones
Figures from their own material13 of 15
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This page does not review anything Grado makes. It counts one thing: how much of what this database says about their products came out of their own documents, and how much had to be worked out or left blank.

Where each sensitivity figure came from

ModelImpedanceSensitivitySource of the figure
GS1000 (Classic)38 Ω99.8 dB/mWPublished per mW
GS3000x38 Ω99.8 dB/mWPublished per mW
GT22032 Ω100.0 dB/mWNot published
PS2000e32 Ω99.0 dB/mWNot published
RS1x38 Ω99.8 dB/mWPublished per mW
RS2x38 Ω99.8 dB/mWPublished per mW
Signature HP100 SE38 Ω117.0 dB/mWPublished per mW
Signature S55038 Ω112.0 dB/mWPublished per mW
Signature S75038 Ω115.0 dB/mWPublished per mW
Signature S95038 Ω117.0 dB/mWPublished per mW
SR125x38 Ω98.0 dB/mWPublished per mW
SR225x38 Ω98.0 dB/mWPublished per mW
SR325x38 Ω98.0 dB/mWPublished per mW
SR60x38 Ω98.0 dB/mWPublished per mW
SR80x38 Ω98.0 dB/mWPublished per mW

Impedance is almost always printed. Sensitivity is the one that goes wrong, because a decibel figure means two very different things depending on whether it is per milliwatt or per volt — about five decibels apart at 300 Ω and eighteen at 16 Ω. The conversion is here.

  • Published per mW — 13: the maker prints a decibel figure per milliwatt, which is what the database stores
  • Not published — 2: no sensitivity figure in anything the maker published

What the paperwork adds up to

Most of what this site says about Grado came from them, with the rest derived and labelled as derived.

The rule used here is the same for every maker and is described on the manufacturer index. Every figure behind it can be opened on the product page it came from, with the document it came from linked.