We’ve just reviewed a pair of Grado GW100x headphones and given them the full five stars. Now, that in itself may not appear strange at first. We tend to like what Grado does with its range of exclusively open-back on-ear designs and are even prone to giving the company’s products the odd award.
The difference this time is that the GW100x are open-back and wireless. At £249 / $275 / AU$440 they compete in a market where there are brilliant products from industry titans such as Sony, Bose and Sennheiser. All these rivals sing from the same spec sheet, in that they are wireless, noise-cancelling headphones with slick apps that allow the user to fine-tune the performance to taste. Also, they are all closed-back designs. Every headphone (Grado apart) in this wireless space is closed back, and that makes perfect sense for products of this type.
