Grado GW100x review: wireless headphones, but not like all the rest
Grado GW100x: One-minute review The Grado GW100x are the Brooklyn-based brand’s latest wireless over-ear headphones. They replace the outgoing GW100, and not before time – that model originally launched in 2018 and was upgraded to ‘v2’ a couple of years ago. The Grado GW100X's $249 / £249.99 (around AU$399) price suggests they're designed to compete more or less head-on with the best wireless headphones from the likes of Bose, Sennheiser and Sony, but don’t forget we’re dealing with Grado here – a company we usually cover for no-nonsense, affordable wired headphones . So while the GW100x are properly equipped where the serious business of delivering music is concerned, they don’t really provide the ‘full service’ experience those nominal rivals do. But let's be clear, the sound quality is excellent. Being the very rare open-backed wireless headphones means the expression and expansiveness of the sound is peerless for this kind of thing – although it does mean they lea...