There are many USB audio interfaces on the market but few of them are designed with both the sound quality and the specific use case in mind. The Grimm Audio UC1 has a different approach: it is a USB interface and monitor controller in one. The UC1 is an ideal match with the Grimm Audioread more >
Eelco Grimm has been invited to give a Keynote at the 150th AES convention. This is one of the most honourable presentations of the AES and Eelco is most grateful for being invited. Since the 150th AES will be held online due to the ongoing Covid measures, the Keynote is pre-recorded and presented as aread more >
Christiaan Punter of Hifi Advice did a review of the MU1, got totally surprised and offered it an HFA ‘Highly Recommended’ Award. Please read the full review, but here are a few excerpts for you: “From the very first notes coming from the MU1, connected to the C1 DAC via a Jorma AES/EBU cable, itread more >
On the occasion of the SB1 introduction, we asked its designer Rob Munnig Schmidt to write a comprehensive tech note about motional feedback. Rob’s series of white papers about loudspeaker technology has become a classic. But it requires a trained mind to fully grasp all ins and outs. In this new tech note, Rob presentsread more >
With pride we introduce to you the successor of our eminent LS1s-DMF motional feedback subwoofer: the SB1. It takes our “Digital Motional Feedback” (DMF) technology to the next level. When we introduced the LS1s-DMF in 2016 we pioneered with true high tech mechatronics in audio. Philips’ motional feedback concept of the 70’s was improved with aread more >
At Grimm Audio we are dedicated to update our products frequently. Our motto is “Driven to Improve”. In Japan this philosophy is called “Kaizen”, which means a continuous cycle of improvements, literally change for better. The LS1 is a clear example of Kaizen. The basic design is unchanged since its incarnation in 2010: the mechanicalread more >
This needs an introduction, hold on. There are many reviewers of audio equipment in magazines on the Internet as well as on paper. But very few of them transcend the all too common audio speak of distortion, coloration, truly amazing, impressive, betters the competition, etcetera. At Stereophile, a magazine I wrote for from 1988 toread more >
Sunday March 28th Alpha Audio did another live stream test of active monitors, of which a recording can now be viewed. The contenders were ATC SCM40a, Dutch & Dutch 8c and Grimm LS1a. In an earlier review a similar test was done, but this time the prices of all three systems were more comparable becauseread more >
The MU1 has been added to Stereophiles’ famed “recommended components” list as a top ranking “A+” device! We are extremely proud to be granted this recommendation. From the jury report: “John Atkinson very much preferred the sound from the AES/EBU outputs, finding that the upsampling of CD-resolution data reduced congestion, added depth to the soundstage,read more >
In their “most outstanding audio equipment” issue, Hongkong magazine Hifi Review looks back at last years’ product reviews and declares the LS1a as a must have. Reviewer Archimedes Chan writes: “I played many different tracks on the LS1a’s with colleague Janet, and we could not find one album that was not perfectly well reproduced. Thisread more >
Soon after we moved to our factory at the Egelstraat in Eindhoven, a former concrete factory, we realised that an inspiring ambience would aid our team in its operation and offer a professional impression to our visitors. So we reached out to interior designers Gerrit Vos and Toine Pennings of Workshop of Wonders in Utrecht.read more >
In their March 2021 issue, Stereophile’s John Atkinson checks out the MU1 and is so intrigued that he postpones dinner… We felt very honored that John loved to do this review himself. He writes: “I started playing a CD-resolution file, and the MBL’s display confirmed that it was receiving a 24-bit/176.4kHz stream. Oh my! Iread more >
