One of the two arms I have mounted on my Micro Seiki is a Grado Signature Laboratory Standard arm. Always gets the “whoa, what’s that?” comments...
Imagine meeting a Grado here. Your father did some great work!
My father was John Grado’s partner. His name was John Chaipis.
Now Joe’s nephew John Grado runs the business.
My father was the engineer and main inventor of the company.
I remember him working in his home lab in NJ into the late night all the time. When he developed the wooden series of cartridges and headphones he must have went through about 20+ different types of wood. He always said that the greatest sounds would come from wood instruments and that is what gave him the inspiration to use fine wood for their products.
Great company, virtually all of the people who work there have been there for 15+ years ... it is really a “family” type company and they use only local small shops for some of their subcomponents like the leather head bands, wood, and gold plated wires/connectors.
Best stereo components in the world ... period.