High res download shop Native DSD receives many questions about the oversample rate of DSD: 64fs, 128fs, 256 fs or even higher. Bigger numbers always seem better, but Native DSD claims that in the end the most important thing is not the oversampling rate but the quality of the recording converter in the audio band.read more >
Eelco Grimm did a research project for music streaming service Tidal and wrote a recommendation that was implemented by them. British mastering engineer Ian Shepherd is a very active supporter of the movement that fights the loudness war and invited Eelco to speak about the Tidal project in his well-listened “Mastering Show” podcast. Please enjoyread more >
Our dealer Chattelin Audio Systems in The Hague introduces the “Master of Sound Events”. Their goal is to bring customers and partners even closer to the source of music. The premiere of these events will be on Saturday November 18th, with a Grimm Audio LS1be system. Special guest this evening is the internationally acclaimed masteringread more >
Dutch music production magazine Interface has a review of our CC2 master clock in its latest issue. Marnix Bosman writes: “I checked the CC2 in my studio in combination with various recent and older models of converters and interfaces. Except with one very expensive high end converter, I could always hear improvements in sound quality,read more >
Here we go again. For the Spanish Hifi magazine Revista On Off, Josep Armengol reviewed the LS1 plus LS1s subs. He writes: “The transparency of the sound is tremendous. One could really think that you have the artists in front of you. Grimm’s mission to eliminate the sound of the system and present just theread more >
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 >
