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What was once a Kickstarter project is now one of the most in-demand portable noisemakers on the scene. Grain Audio’s sound machine merges function with style, presenting impressive highs and sharp acoustical range in a gorgeous, minimalist walnut enclosure. Expect high-quality sonics across all music genres.
- Complex 11-06-13
It’s truly refreshing to see a company like Grain Audio making tracks within the industry, focusing on function before form and putting the music first. Do yourself a favour and lose your toaster-alarm-clock-coffee-speakers and invest in something designed purely for the love of music.
- bubblefed 11-06-13
Great sound quality – one of the best we’ve experienced on a compact wireless system. Looks really impressive with its walnut wood grain finish. Also, looks like a piece of furniture and not a clumsy wireless Bluetooth speaker.
- ChipChick 11-03-13
The result is crystal-clear clarity-you’ll feel like you’re hearing music for the first time. Gorgeous design, incredible quality- Grain Audio is completely committed to your listening experience.
- SweetRelish 11-02-13
...are selling something truly remarkable: a hand-crafted 7-inch-wide, 3-inch tall and deep Bluetooth speaker with less surface area than a brick yet sounds better than many high-end bookshelf speakers.
- pandodaily 10-14-13
...it's refreshing to see a speaker as refined and as beautiful as the $250 Grain Audio PWS.
- Wired Magazine (Things We Love: The Gear and Gadgets We Couldn’t Live Without This Summer) 09-17-13
...a depth and clarity that makes plastic competitors sound, yes, plastic.
- Wall Street Journal (The Off Duty Fall 50, Product #45) 09-14-13
With four different products in their collection thus far, they have successfully created substantial products that look as good as they sound.
- If It's Hip, It's Here.com 08-05-13
The PWS Bluetooth wireless speaker leverages the Grammy Winning Waves MaxxAudio suite found in many famous mixing boards, which aims to deliver music as it was intended to sound. In addition, both Apt-X and AAC codecs are accepted to ensure the highest quality audio standards.
- eCoustics.com 07-27-13
Grain Audio, a new company..., is covering its bookshelf speakers and earphones in wood, an aesthetic it hopes will appeal to both sexes.
- The New York Times 07-24-13
Grain Audio is making audio products, including the Packable Wireless System (PWS), that look as great on a Saarinen table as they sound — and because they’re portable they don’t need to be worked into the design of a room...A gorgeous, one-of-a-kind BlueTooth speaker for $249? Don’t mind if I do.
- The New York Times 07-23-13
Perhaps our favorite of the devices we sampled, think of the Grain Audio PWS as the indie darling of Bluetooth speakers...This speaker’s solid walnut wood paneling is classy as hell, and because the wood contains natural variations, no two units are the same.
- Maxim 06-24-13
The founders at Grain believe great sound is an art form and it’s what they are looking to deliver to listeners once their home speaker, over ear headphones, and buds go on sale. We especially like the classic wood grain design.
- From NY to Paris 04-29-13
But unlike other companies, everything is engineered and designed in-house with real walnut wood. This includes the dope Passive Bookshelf Speaker that's been featured in some of the country's best music halls.
- Complex.com 04-24-13
Where most other speakers use cheap wood-painted or wood-like paneling, the Bluetooth-capable Grain PWS is remarkably study, using a thick wood frame to properly house and amplify the internal speaker.
- NVision 04-08-13
Up and coming consumer audio player Grain Audio is crafting speakers that look as great as they sound.
- Details Insider 04-05-13
With incredible sound and beautiful design this portable Bluetooth speaker really stands out in a crowd. With enough sound to fill your living room, but small enough to take to your spring BBQ. PWS is more than just a speaker, it's a work of art, hand crafted from natural materials.
- Desire This 04-04-13
The simple fact is that products are only as good as what they accomplish, and with Bluetooth speakers that's the quality and presence - aka volume - of the music they blast out. Grain's Packable Wireless System, or PWS, isn't short on either...
- Gear Hungry 03-28-13
Solid walnut and metal quality, not plastic crap, is the message from the Packable Wireless System (PWS) by Grain Audio... Sleek and simple on the eye, clear and powerful in the ear, it’s a speaker keeper.
- MOCOLOCO 03-28-13
Grain Audio lets you focus on the things that matter, pure sound and premium design.
- Lumberjac.com 03-26-13
Grain Audio's new line of minimalist, solid wood speakers and headphones designed for those who "just truly love music", so, don't even think about buying 'em if you "just sort of tolerate" it.
- Thrillist 03-26-13
Grain puts the speaker first, letting function inform structure no matter how or where you intend to pump up the volume.
- Cool Hunting 03-22-13
The Jambox — the category-definer, and up til now our favorite all-around Bluetooth speaker– sounded positively weak compared to the room-filling PWS.
- Cult of Mac 03-01-13
