September 12-13 the StereoNET UK Hi-Fi & AV Expo is held in London at the Radisson Red Convention Center and Hotel at Heathrow airport. Grimm Audio exhibits in Room Atlantis 2 and Eelco Grimm will be present to support UK distributor Andy Baker of Sound Design Distribution. We expect our large room to be filledread more >
Robert Harley, editor in chief of The Absolute Sound, did an extensive interview with Eelco Grimm about many aspects of the Grimm Audio products and the philosophy behind them. It’s now published online, so everyone can enjoy Eelco’s reflection on topics such as stereo playback, acoustics, passive versus active loudspeakers, DSP, distortion, and a holisticread more >
In Stereophile’s Brilliant Corners #41, Alex Halberstadt writes about the time he lived with the MU2 in his system. He starts by thanking us for striving for perfection in stead of accepting “good enough” philosophies. And then he talks about all the great hours of music listening he enjoyed, highlighting many records. His pieces areread more >
We are very happy to let you know that this week we are building the first batch of PA1’s. So far we only had a couple of prototypes, now it starts to become reality! Comments from the first dealers who auditioned the PA1 prototypes are coming in. Without exception they are totally overwhelmed by theirread more >
The Hans Beekhuyzen Channel, internationally known on Youtube, had the privilege of publishing the first review of our new PA1 mono block power amplifiers. Hans talks about the PA1’s functionality and the technique under the hood and then clearly outlines his opinion on the sound quality: “The stereo image is wide and deep. Spaces betweenread more >
JPLAY is an audiophile oriented music playback and control app for iOS and MacOS. With today’s JPLAY v1.4.3 update a full integration of the app with our MU1 and MU2 streamers is achieved. The MU1 and MU2’s UPnP interface supports ‘UPnP Eventing’ and JPLAY embraces this method in their latest release. As a result theread more >
In new firmware for the MU1 and MU2 we offer a small but worthwhile improvement of the DSD filtering sound quality in the MU2 and of the PCM and DSD filtering in the MU1. We also addressed a couple of robustness issues that could happen in rare use cases, among others a spurious indicated coefficientread more >
One of the world’s largest Hi-Fi publications Stereonet makes a strong move by founding a major new show in Singapore: Asia Hi-fi & AV Expo. It will be held from July 10-12 in the famous Marina Bay Sands hotel. Grimm Audio is present and exhibits in room 3910. We will show our two core productread more >
Janis Ian’s Breaking Silence was released in 1992. It contains very personal songs, the title is to be taken literally. Janis had gone through a few years of illness and financial fraud and after her coming-out about it she recorded this record. At that moment she thought she was going to get only one chanceread more >
June 26-28 T.H.E. SoCal show will be held in Hilton Orange County Costa Mesa (CA). T.H.E. Show is America’s longest-running HiFi Audio Show (now in their 29th year). It is a cornerstone event for anyone passionate about high-quality audio and home entertainment. Like previous years, Grimm Audio exhibits together with our Anaheim dealer The Audioread more >
The major online publication Stereonet published a great review of the MU2 by author Eric Teh. He was highly impressed by what he heard. In contrast with many other hi-fi components, the MU2 made him feel connected to music in stead of technology. Stereonet therefore offered the MU2 their highest recognition, the Applause award. Weread more >
While the new power amplifier PA1 was our main introduction at the Vienna High End, a ‘mystery guest’ in our room could not be missed by any visitor: a passive loudspeaker of our own design. We had been searching quite a while for a passive loudspeaker to use at the PA1 introduction but were notread more >
