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Marshall MID ANC vs Grado GW100 Wireless

Which Headphones Are Better?

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    Main Differences
    Design
      StyleComfortControlsBreathabilityPortabilityCaseBuild QualityStabilityHeadshots 1Headshots 2TopIn The Box
    Sound
      Sound ProfileFrequency Response ConsistencyRaw Frequency ResponseBass AccuracyMid AccuracyTreble AccuracyPeaks/DipsImagingPassive SoundstageVirtual SoundstageWeighted Harmonic DistortionTest Settings
    Isolation
      Noise IsolationLeakage
    Microphone
      Microphone StyleRecording QualityNoise Handling
    Active Features
      BatteryApp Support
    Connectivity
      BluetoothNon-Bluetooth WirelessWiredPC / PS4 CompatibilityXbox One CompatibilityBase/Dock
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Marshall MID ANC Wireless
Grado GW100 Wireless

Tested using Methodology v1.4

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Marshall MID ANC Wireless Picture
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TypeOn-ear
EnclosureClosed-Back
Noise CancellingYes
WirelessYes
TransducerDynamic
MicYes
TypeOn-ear
EnclosureOpen-Back
Noise CancellingNo
WirelessYes
TransducerDynamic
MicYes

Our Verdict

Marshall MID ANC Wireless

Grado GW100 Wireless

The Marshall MID ANC Wireless are better headphones than the Grado GW100 Wireless. The Marshall are significantly better-built headphones and have an amazing audio reproduction. They also have a decent ANC feature to isolate background noise. On the other hand, they don’t have the openness of the Grado because of their closed-back design. The Marshall offer a much better value and are more versatile thanks to their design. They're noise cancelling and sound more neutral.

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Main Differences for
Mixed Usage

Threshold 

0.10

Mixed Usage 

7.0
6.2

Noise Isolation 
 

6.6
1.0

Leakage 
 

6.9
3.1

Full Comparison

Design

Style  

Design Picture 2  

Marshall MID ANC Wireless Design Picture 2
Grado GW100 Wireless Design Picture 2

Type  

On-ear
On-ear

Enclosure  

Closed-Back
Open-Back

Wireless  

Yes
Yes

Transducer  

Dynamic
Dynamic
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Comfort 
 

7.0
7.0

Comfort Picture  

Marshall MID ANC Wireless Comfort Picture
Grado GW100 Wireless Comfort Picture

Weight  

0.5 lbs
0.4 lbs

Clamping Force 
 

1.1 lbs
0.7 lbs
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Controls 
 

7.5
7.4

Controls Picture  

Marshall MID ANC Wireless Controls Picture
Grado GW100 Wireless Controls Picture

OS Compatibility 
 

Not OS specific
Not OS specific

Ease Of Use  

Great
Good

Feedback  

Great
Decent

Call/Music Control  

Yes
Yes

Volume Control  

Yes
Yes

Microphone Control  

No
No

Channel Mixing 
 

No
N/A

Noise Cancelling Control  

On/Off
N/A

Talk-Through 
 

No
N/A

Additional Controls  

No
No
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Breathability 
 

7.5
7.3

Breathability After Picture  

Marshall MID ANC Wireless Breathability After Picture
Grado GW100 Wireless Breathability After Picture

Avg.Temp.Difference  

3 °C
3.5 °C
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Portability 
 

6.8
6.2

Portability Picture  

Marshall MID ANC Wireless Portability Picture
Grado GW100 Wireless Portability Picture

L  

4.3"
7.4"

W  

5"
7.5"

H  

2.1"
1.5"

Volume  

45 in³
83 in³

Transmitter Required  

No
N/A
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Case 
 

7.5
0.0

Case Picture  

Marshall MID ANC Wireless Case Picture
Grado GW100 Wireless Case Picture

Type  

Soft case
No case

L  

5"
N/A

W  

5.9"
N/A

H  

3"
N/A

Volume  

90 in³
N/A
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Build Quality 
 

7.5
6.0

Build Quality Picture  

Marshall MID ANC Wireless Build Quality Picture
Grado GW100 Wireless Build Quality Picture
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Stability 
 

7.0
6.5

Stability Picture  

Marshall MID ANC Wireless Stability Picture
Grado GW100 Wireless Stability Picture
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Headshots 1  

Angled Picture  

Marshall MID ANC Wireless Angled Picture
Grado GW100 Wireless Angled Picture

Side Picture  

Marshall MID ANC Wireless Side Picture
Grado GW100 Wireless Side Picture

Headshots 2  

Front Picture  

Marshall MID ANC Wireless Front Picture
Grado GW100 Wireless Front Picture

Rear Picture  

Marshall MID ANC Wireless Rear Picture
Grado GW100 Wireless Rear Picture

Top  

Top Picture  

Marshall MID ANC Wireless Top Picture
Grado GW100 Wireless Top Picture

In The Box  

In The Box Picture  

Marshall MID ANC Wireless In The Box Picture
Grado GW100 Wireless In The Box Picture
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Sound

Sound Profile 
 

Frequency Response  

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Frequency Response  

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Bass Amount 
 

1.17 dB
-0.52 dB

Treble Amount 
 

0.56 dB
-3.05 dB

Frequency Response Consistency 
 

8.6
8.2

Consistency L  

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Consistency R  

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Avg. Std. Deviation 
 

0.28 dB
0.35 dB
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Raw Frequency Response 
 

Raw FR L  

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Raw FR R  

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Bass Accuracy 
 

7.9
7.7

Bass  

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Std. Err. 
 

2.9 dB
3.21 dB

Low-Frequency Extension 
 

10 Hz
19.71 Hz

Low-Bass 
 

2.42 dB
1.22 dB

Mid-Bass 
 

3.46 dB
1.96 dB

High-Bass 
 

3.49 dB
4.96 dB
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Mid Accuracy 
 

9.1
8.1

Mid  

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Mid  

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Std. Err. 
 

1.25 dB
2.56 dB

Low-Mid 
 

0.94 dB
2.31 dB

Mid-Mid 
 

0.38 dB
-1.19 dB

High-Mid 
 

1.38 dB
-1.37 dB
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Treble Accuracy 
 

6.1
6.2

Treble  

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Std. Err. 
 

5.15 dB
4.92 dB

Low-Treble 
 

4.02 dB
-1.56 dB

Mid-Treble 
 

2.23 dB
-2.27 dB

High-Treble 
 

-0.21 dB
-4.47 dB
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Peaks/Dips 
 

7.5
6.2

Peaks/Dips Graph  

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Peaks/Dips Graph  

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Peaks 
 

1.66 dB
2.65 dB

Dips 
 

1.14 dB
1.73 dB

Imaging 
 

8.0
8.5

Group Delay  

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Phase Response  

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Weighted Group Delay 
 

0.23
0.31

Weighted Amplitude Mismatch 
 

0.65
0.82

Weighted Frequency Mismatch 
 

1.75
1.65

Weighted Phase Mismatch 
 

15.71
4.68
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Passive Soundstage 
 

4.4
6.7

PRTF  

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PRTF Accuracy (Std. Dev.) 
 

3.77 dB
2.99 dB

PRTF Size (Avg.) 
 

2.31 dB
1.41 dB

PRTF Distance 
 

7.71 dB
9.9 dB

Openness 
 

3.4
9.7

Acoustic Space Excitation 
 

3.6
7.8
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Virtual Soundstage 
 

0.0

Virtual Soundstage  

Marshall MID ANC Wireless Virtual Soundstage

Head Modeling 
 

No

Speaker Modeling 
 

No

Room Ambience 
 

No

Head Tracking 
 

No

Virtual Surround 
 

No App

Weighted Harmonic Distortion 
 

7.4
7.4

Weighted Harmonic Distortion  

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WHD @ 90 
 

0.264
0.318

WHD @ 100 
 

0.198
0.216

Test Settings 
 

Firmware 
 

Unknown

Power 
 

On

Connection 
 

Unknown

Codec 
 

aptX, 16-bit, 48kHz

EQ 
 

No EQ

ANC 
 

On

Tip/Pad 
 

Default

Microphone 
 

Integrated
Isolation

Noise Isolation 
 

6.6
1.0

Noise Isolation  

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Isolation Audio 
 

Overall Attenuation 
 

-16.31 dB
-1.8 dB

Noise Cancelling  

Yes
No

Bass 
 

-8.35 dB
-0.03 dB

Mid 
 

-16.1 dB
1.37 dB

Treble 
 

-25.23 dB
-6.45 dB
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Leakage 
 

6.9
3.1

Leakage  

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Leakage Audio 
 

Overall Leakage @ 1ft 
 

40.35 dB
57.81 dB
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Microphone

Microphone Style 
 

Integrated 
 

Yes
Yes

In-Line 
 

Yes
No

Boom 
 

No
No

Detachable Boom 
 

No
N/A

Mic  

Yes
Yes
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Recording Quality 
 

6.1
6.3

Microphone Frequency Response  

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Recorded Speech 
 

LFE 
 

223.03 Hz
265.23 Hz

FR Std. Dev. 
 

5.53 dB
4.53 dB

HFE 
 

3,517.32 Hz
3,417.19 Hz

Weighted THD 
 

9.8
2.214

Gain 
 

11.47 dB
16.79 dB
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Noise Handling 
 

6.1
6.0

SpNR  

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Speech + Pink Noise  

Speech + Subway Noise  

SpNR 
 

13.59 dB
11.37 dB
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Active Features

Battery 
 

7.7
7.6

Battery Type 
 

Rechargable
Rechargable

Continuous Battery Life 
 

17 hrs
15.5 hrs

Additional Charges 
 

0.0
0

Total Battery Life 
 

17 hrs
15.5 hrs

Charge Time 
 

2.4 hrs
1.75 hrs

Power-Saving Feature 
 

No
No

Audio While Charging 
 

Yes
Yes

Passive Playback 
 

Yes
Yes

Charging Port  

micro-USB
micro-USB
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App Support 
 

0.0
0.0

App Picture  

Marshall MID ANC Wireless App Picture
Grado GW100 Wireless App Picture

App Name  

No App
N/A

iOS  

No
N/A

Android  

No
N/A

macOS  

No
N/A

Windows  

No
N/A

Equalizer 
 

No
N/A

ANC Control 
 

No
N/A

Mic Control  

No
N/A

Room Effects 
 

No
N/A

Playback Control 
 

No
N/A

Button Mapping  

No
N/A

Surround Sound  

N/A

Surround Support 
 

No
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Connectivity

Bluetooth 
 

6.7
6.9

Bluetooth Version 
 

4.0
4.2

Multi-Device Pairing 
 

No
No

NFC Pairing 
 

No
No

Line Of Sight Range 
 

168 ft
113 ft

PC Latency (SBC) 
 

165 ms
224 ms

PC Latency (aptX) 
 

140 ms
231 ms

PC Latency (aptX HD) 
 

N/A

PC Latency (aptX-LL) 
 

N/A
34 ms

iOS Latency 
 

367 ms

Android Latency 
 

113 ms
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Non-Bluetooth Wireless 
 

0.0
0.0

Non-BT Line Of Sight Range 
 

N/A
N/A

Non-BT Latency 
 

N/A
N/A

Wired 
 

9.5
9.5

Cable Picture  

Marshall MID ANC Wireless Cable Picture
Grado GW100 Wireless Cable Picture

Analog Audio 
 

Yes
Yes

USB Audio 
 

No
No

Detachable  

Yes
Yes

Length  

4 ft
4 ft

Connection  

1/8" TRRS
1/8" TRS

Wired Latency 
 

0 ms

Analog/USB Audio Latency 
 

0 ms
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PC / PS4 Compatibility 
 

PC/PS4 Analog 
 

Audio + Microphone
Audio Only

PC/PS4 Wired USB 
 

No
No

PC/PS4 Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No

Xbox One Compatibility 
 

Xbox One Analog 
 

Audio + Microphone
Audio Only

Xbox One Wired USB 
 

No
No

Xbox One Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No

Base/Dock 
 

0.0
0.0

Type 
 

No Base/Dock
N/A

USB Input 
 

No
N/A

Line In 
 

No
N/A

Line Out 
 

No
N/A

Optical Input 
 

No
N/A

RCA Input 
 

No
N/A

Dock Charging 
 

No
N/A

Power Supply 
 

No Base/Dock
N/A
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