Blog-zine
All MU1 customers should run the new MU1 firmware update v1.3.4. It solves a problem that was introduced with the Roon v1.8 build 880 update of December 15th. Due to internal changes in the communication of Roon the Grimm Audio ‘extension’ stopped working. As a result the display information of the MU1 did not showread more >
We are very proud to let you know that the drafting committee of the AES td1008 “Streaming Loudness Recommendation” has received the first ever AES President’s Award. Eelco Grimm is member of this writing group that met for two years in a row, in the last year with two sessions of two hours per week.read more >
At Grimm Audio team spirit is what drives us. Since our group of engineers grew considerably in the past years, not all members of the team work on the same project anymore. We therefore value our regular team meetings, where everyone gives a short update about their progress and possible struggles. And five times aread more >
We just released new UC1 firmware v1.1.3 and an updated manual. It adds some features that were still on our own wish list, but also features that our customers requested. With this update we consider the UC1 as final, because this is the way we intended it to be: a true ‘swiss army knife’ forread more >
We were struck with joy when we opened this month’ issue of Stereophile. The MU1 has been awarded the “Product of the Year Award 2021” in the Digital Component category! Wow… John Atkinson’s review was quoted in the text: “Oh my!” JA exclaimed (in writing) after hearing music made with data sent via the AES3read more >
Dutch online hifi magazine Alpha Audio just published the first ever UC1 review. Interestingly they tested the ‘pro audio’ UC1 in a hifi system. And not to the disappointment of editor Jaap Veenstra… “The Grimm Audio UC1 is intended for studios looking for a versatile converter for monitoring. An ultra-transparent, high-end switch box to switchread more >
In 2015 German Lowbeats editor Jürgen Schröder was blown away by the original LS1 at the Munich High End show. In his words: “It called into question my previous experience with regard to what was sonically feasible with loudspeakers.” Half a decade later he writes a review of the LS1be, that shows his deep understandingread more >
The famous Tonmeistertagung will have a physical edition again this year from November 3rd till 6th. Our new distributor for Germany, Hörzone from Munich, has booth #054 and welcomes all visitors to get introduced to the Grimm Audio products. Eelco Grimm will be present on Thursday November 4th and is happy to discuss all detailsread more >
Roon Labs has announced that an update in November demands extra software that was not installed in many Roon servers based on Linux, and this also affects the MU1. To make sure that MU1 users will enjoy uninterrupted Roon playback, we just released an intermediate MU1 update to v1.3.2. The MU1 display should now indicateread more >
October 30 & 31st we will be present at the Dutch national audio show “Dutch Audio Event” (formerly X-fi). Since it is held in our new home town Veldhoven, we just had to be there. But even better: this is the first open audio show in The Netherlands after a long period of cancelled showsread more >