The Netherlands’ most prominent Hifi magazine Hifi Video Test wrote in their show report about our High End Munich demo with Native DSD Music the next phrase: “Imagine having missed the presentation of Native DSD and Grimm Audio. Five LS1’s playing the masters of the masters (Daan van Aalst and Jared Sacks). Best sound ofread more >
The German AUDIO magazine has awarded the LS1 with ‘best innovation prize 2014‘. We are very honoured with this trophy. The beautifully crafted glass piece is in-scripted with the following text: “For the fully digital, fully active, well-timed, and also marvelously good sounding loudspeaker LS1.” A real boost to us! Read about LS1 >read more >
The LS1 has been awarded a “Writers’ Choice Award 2014” by Positive Feedback Online! Their reviewer Timothy Roth wrote: “The Grimm LS1 is revolutionary on numerous fronts. In terms of flat frequency response, transient response, and correct phase, it measures better than any speaker ever made. It is also designed to bring the mastering studio,read more >
We are speechless with gratitude for the most incredible LS1 review ever written. Author Timothy Roth of Positive Feedback Online wrote an invitation to both music lovers and professional engineers to unite their worlds by embracing the LS1. In his words: “The LS1 brings the mastering studio into your room, which is a revolutionary paradigmread more >
We are happy to introduce LevelAPI, an OEM loudness tool for software developers. Manufacturers of radio and television broadcast automation systems are challenged to add loudness functionality to their products. With LevelAPI their time to market can be shortened considerably, not in the least because of the implementation support Grimm Audio offers them, including accessread more >
In recent years the DSD audio format of SACD has seen a big revival in the form of high res downloads. We noticed there’s a lot of confusion about the 1 bit DSD format. Debates about the virtues of 128fs and 256fs DSD often lack background knowledge of what is really going on inside theread more >
The online High End magazine Sound Stage Ultra published a very positive LS1 review and marked it ‘Reviewers Choice’. Author Robert Jorgensen enjoyed his days with our product very much, playing a wide range of music styles. We were delighted with his conclusion since he recognized our main goal when we designed the LS1. Heread more >
Koen Terra of the University of Applied Science in Utrecht asked us if he was allowed to use the LS1 as an example of great design to teach his students about hand sketching. Of course we were honoured with his request and offered all cooperation. So now the LS1 takes centre stage in the ‘Roundedread more >
Scott Hull was ‘bedeviled’ by the LS1 during the Axpona high end show in Chicago and wrote a catching review about it. “I got to hear lots of different kinds of music. Overall, the sound was nuanced, powerful, and extremely detailed — this Grimm system managed to do a whole lot of things extraordinarily well. (…) Frankly, I’m amazedread more >
Dimitris Stamatakos of the Greek blog AVMentor published a rave review about the LS1. Dimitris: “The LS1 is a real reference speaker, thumbs-up for Grimm Audio! I must say I am delighted to review a system that addresses some of the classic problems in the design of loudspeakers and succeeds dramatically.” “I also admire theread more >
Another great LS1 review! Mastering engineer Nigel Palmer tested the LS1 for UK professional audio magazine Audio Media. He writes: “The clearest and least hyped presentation I’ve heard. I had that feeling of an open window into sound, across a wide range of music styles.” And also: “you’re left in no doubt as to whatread more >
German half-yearly AUDIOphile magazine praises the LS1 for its outstanding naturalness. “These speakers are neither charming nor flattering, but honest and pure.”, Editor Wolfram Eifert writes. “With their fully active LS1 Grimm Audio throws many familiar conventions overboard and achieves a superb signal fidelity by means of switching amplifiers and DSP-controlled crossovers. User comfort andread more >
