As usual, the press covered the large shows in the US and Canada extensively and they also visited our demo rooms. We love to share a few stories with you. At the Axpona show, Robert Harley of The Absolute Sound and Michael Lavorgna of Twittering Machines by coincidence set side by side when Eelco Grimm gave them a demo. Their reports are heart warming:
Michael Lavorgna writes on Twittering Machines: “Eelco Grimm of Grimm Audio played a number of carefully curated tracks, I’m guessing one for Robert Harley from The Absolute Sound who was seated next to me including a 1980’s recording of José Carreras performing Ariel Ramirez’s Misa Criolla that was breathtaking through this relaxed yet highly resolving simple yet complex system.
Next up was Flea featuring Nick Cave on vocals from the former’s new album Honora in a performance of “Wichita Lineman” that cracked Eelco up and had my mind shifting more gears than an out of shape cyclist climbing Mt Washington in an attempt to make sense of Cave’s nearly monotone deadpan take on the Glen Campbell classic. John-Paul Lizars of Grimm Audio North America put Eelco up to playing that track for me and it’s become a custom for JP to dazzle my ears and mind with music he knows I’ll enjoy.”
Robert Harley for sure was deeply impressed. He offered the LS1c & MU1 the ‘Best sound (for the money)’ award: “Grimm Audio LS1c loudspeaker and Grimm MU1 streamer system, noted for elegance and musicality”. We feel truly enormously honored by this.
Robert Harley writes: “The system is extremely elegant – two relatively low-profile speakers and a small streamer. In a show in which many of the rooms sounded like hi-fi, the Grimm system was a musical oasis. It had a seductive combination of high resolution and relaxed ease that I found immensely involving. The technology is sophisticated, but the system appears simple to the user.”
At the Montreal Audio Fest, Robert Schryer of Stereophile did a nice video interview with our local dealer François Lemay of Lemay Audio on video. Robert described his listening experience like this:
“The Grimm Audio system in this room at Montreal Audiofest 2026 was all about seamlessness, coherence, and balance—all that, and a big rich sound within a spacious, many-layered soundstage that was deep and stable with realistic tone and well-defined imaging throughout. There was also a virility to its presentation that made the music sound confident, solidly anchored, and rhythmically spry.”
“Axpona’s Best Sound (for the money) award.” – Robert Harley, The Absolute Sound
