On the initiative of Eelco Grimm, five professionals from the audio field joined forces to write an ‘e-Brief’ for AES that proposes the introduction of a new loudness measurement called “PSR”, the Peak to Short-Term loudness ratio. Companies from the authors (RTW, Nugen Audio, MeterPlugs) had implemented such meters and Eelco saw the need forread more >
The first review of our new LS1a is out in the Dutch online Hifi magazine Alpha Audio. And what a review! Jaap Veenstra writes: “Once more Grimm shows the power of integration, the power of an active system. For €13000 the music lover buys himself an upgradable full range system. A system that lets theread more >
In close cooperation with Grimm Audio, Radio Automation software developer Jutel developed an integral solution for loudness normalization in radio broadcasting. The Radioman and Quick Edit Pro products of the acclaimed software house from Finland are now fully EBU R128 compliant. More and more broadcasters adopt loudness normalization for radio broadcast. Eelco Grimm states: “Variousread more >
On Saturday September 2nd our new dealer Chattelin Audio Systems in The Hague has the premiere: we present our new LS1a playback system to the audience! The LS1a has been developed after frequent requests for a speaker with the core qualities of the LS1, at a lower price. So we took a close look andread more >
For those who love to have deep understanding of our unique DMF digital motional feedback subwoofer, we offer no less than six white papers by its designer Rob Munnig Schmidt: about how loudspeakers work; about sources of distortion in loudspeaker driver design; about why to avoid bassreflex designs; about acceleration based motional feedback subwoofers; aboutread more >
Eelco Grimm is researcher at HKU University of the Arts Utrecht and works on loudness normalization topics. He wrote a “Recommendation for loudness normalization by Music Streaming Services”. This document is the summary of a large survey that Eelco conducted on 4.2 million albums of the database of music streaming service Tidal. A protocol wasread more >
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 playlistread more >
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 peopleread more >
Last Monday I dismantled part of the anechoic chamber in Hilversum that has served me so well for more than 16 years. HKU University of the Arts where I teach moved to Utrecht and unfortunately we could not take the chamber with us so it will be wasted. There are few other spaces where Iread more >
Ineke and Jan-Hendrik Steensel allowed us to take some pictures of the LS1be system in their living room and also photograph Jan-Hendrik for a promotion picture. They told us what made them decide to buy the LS1be. Jan-Hendrik: “For us, music is something to enjoy together. It is one of those things that connects us.read more >
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 andread more >
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 was 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 theread more >
