New HiFi dealer Chattelin 2017, July 27
We signed a new premium hifi shop! Chattelin Audio Systems in Den Haag is a perfect match with Grimm Audio, they appeared to share the exact same vision on the future of high end audio. We are looking forward very much to working together, developing the market in The Netherlands. Prepare for some surprises soon... In the picture you see Peter Chattelin enjoying his demo pair of LS1be's. Please give him a visit and enjoy the wonderful sound in his large demo room too!
Loudspeaker technique white papers 2017, June 23
For those who love to have deep understanding of our unique DMF digital motional feedback subwoofer, we just published no less than four white papers by its designer Rob Munnig Schmidt: a tutorial about how loudspeakers work, an essay about why to avoid bassreflex designs, a white paper about acceleration based motional feedback subwoofers and a paper about how to actually realize an acceleration feedback subwoofer. Mark that math is not avoided, but no one can present those formulas so clearly like Rob.
Eelco Grimm wrote a “Recommendation for loudness normalization by Music Streaming Services”. This document is the summary of a large research project that Eelco conducted on 4.2 million albums of the Tidal database. A protocol was based on this analysis, which was then tested with 38 subjects. 80% of the subjects preferred the proposed normalization style, which is album normalization with the loudest track aligned to -14 LUFS. Eelco presented the results in a Special Event at the AES 142nd convention in Berlin on May 22nd. You can read the document in our white paper section.
Web shop for hardware products opened 2017, June 2
Great News! We just opened our own web shop for the Grimm Audio hardware products. You can shop for cable assemblies of all sorts, clock products and tube microphone power supplies. Becoming a proud owner of Grimm Audio gear is just one click away...
New dealer: Schumacher, The Sound of Science 2017, May 26
Dominik Schumacher has sold many LS1 systems at Studio für Aktiven Hörgenuss in Essen. Now he has started his own company, based both in Hamburg and Essen: “Schumacher - The Sound of Science”. Dominik limits his selection of brands to those that strive to reach audiophile transparency via scientific means. For customers in Germany that like to get solid advice about integrating LS1’s optimally in their living room, he is one of the best dealers available. Schumacher has both an LS1be and LSa set on demo.
We Share Your Passion 2017, May 12
We are happy to announce the kick-off of a social media campaign that puts our customers in the spotlight! Grimm Audio is run by people who are passionate about music and audio. We are driven to realize our dreams about increasing the quality of the musical experience. Nothing feels as good as when we see people using our products to realize their own dreams. Recently we realized that sharing their enthusiasm would be a wonderful application of the social media. So we will regularly share and re-tweet posts of our customers that reflect their dreams. Moments of great enthusiasm about music, musicians, recordings, and anything related to that. And we will then also like selected posts of people who feel the same. In short: #WeShareYourPassion.
The first shared post was about the wonderful album "Kavkasia" of Minco Eggersman that was recorded with TPR cable and mixed and mastered with LS1's, CC2, and TPR by Jan Borger. Our second shared post pictures famous tenor Jonas Kaufman in a video about his new recording of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde. The video was made in his living room, where his privately owned LS1's are clearly visible in the background.
LS1be: Nothing remains as it was 2017, May 1
In their May issue, the German high profile magazin Audio Flatscreen Journal (of former ‘Audio’ editor-in-chief Joachim Pfeiffer) published a review of the LS1be: “A fairytale come true”. The LS1be is ranked highest of all speakers tested to date. In their words:
“‘Unbelievable’ collegue Patrick Boch sighed, who could not stop to enjoy his Tidal playlist on the Grimm’s.” (…) “The real surprise for the listing team however came in the next session: we connected our analogue reference chain, consisting of turntable Transrotor Rondino, Audio Research Phono Reference 10 and Cello Audio Suite, to the analog input of the LS1be. Still going strong? You bet! The outstanding Grimm LS1be rendered the analog master source so relaxed, transparent, emotionally involving, and simply: correct, that the jury could only applaud.”
LS1be a must hear 2017, April 6
Fritz Fey of Studio Magazin in Germany was totally blown away when he reviewed the LS1be. Please taste a bit of his enthusiasm in our English translation of the summary of a 6 page review with the compelling title “The better is the enemy of the good”:
“The LS1be provides an absolutely authentic, complete and uncolored image of your work, which makes you make any decision quickly, safely, and effortlessly.” (…) “A loudspeaker of this quality level is very hard to match, let alone to beat. This is without doubt the Olympus of authentic sound imaging. The Motional Feedback subwoofer (or rather: LS1 low frequency extension) deserves a special mention. A low frequency performance with a precision and clarity like this may without hesitation be called unique. I could hardly believe that such an improvement in the low frequency rendering of sounds was possible at all. The performance of this system is beyond any doubt. You must hear that! Absolutely!”
LevelOneV2 adds exciting features 2017, March 2
LevelOne has been the industries’ standard desktop loudness normalizer for years. After years of innovation it is now time for the biggest update to date: Version 2.
LevelOneV2 has been rebuild from the ground up. Of course it still offers fast drag and drop loudness analysis and processing of files and folders, in compliance with the EBU R128 and ATSC A/85 recommendations. But on customer demand we added a few very exciting features. First of all a True Peak Limiting function to enable automatic normalization even for programs that peak too high. We also added ‘hot folders’, normally only found in much more expensive products. Files that are added to these folders will automatically be analyzed or processed, according to the stored hot folder preference. This is a very powerful feature that offers perfect integration of LevelOneV2 in your work flow. The third improvement is that we added FFmpeg compatibility, and therefore many more file formats (like MXF) are now supported.
LevelOneV2 has been developed in cooperation with our loudness software partner BeatRig. Please check out the full feature set and obtain a free demo at the webshop.
LS1be: 'Listen to the source' 2017, January 7
Dutch leading hifi magazine HVT did a review of the LS1be. Marnix Bosman was seriously impressed. He writes about a particularly difficult reference track of him, Miserere of Arvo Pärt by the Hilliard Ensemble: “With many systems the result is a severe mash-up, caused by distortion and coloration. With the LS1be the sound image stays airy and tack sharp. A great strength is the speed and immediacy of the playback. It also has a very beautiful low end, that not only goes to great depth, but is of exceptional pureness. Dry and fast with lots of detail and definition. Big drums or low organ registers become super impressive. A lot of fun can be had with electronic bass lines, that go to unexplored depths. The new sub plays effortlessly whatever you throw at it.”
His conclusion is: ‘Listen to the source’. “The LS1be is one of the few loudspeakers that present the listener unrestrictedly what the producers of the music intended to express. The LS1be does not add anything. No sweetening, no effects, but pure transparency, that’s the LS1be. The LS1be is not just a loudspeaker, it is a complete playback system. Combined with an arbitrary source an LS1(be) brings everything into your living room that’s needed to enjoy the recording of a musical performance in its purest form.”
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