The Dutch online hifi magazine Alpha Audio checked out the PW1 phono stage. Jaap Veenstra writes that they rarely spent so much time on a review. The reason: “we simply couldn’t stop listening to music!”. His conclusion is clear: “Well… what else can we say, except that this phono pre-amp is extremely addictive. You justread more >
The Netherlands’ oldest hifi magazine Hifi Video Test did a review of our new PW1 phono stage. Bert Oling and friends became enchanted by the Phono Wizard… “When we started the real work on the various turntables, everyone enjoyed something special, something we had never experienced before. The word “musical” was mentioned, but for meread more >
Grimm Audio will exhibit once more at the Axpona High End Audio Show in Chicago. You are cordially invited by Eelco Grimm and John-Paul Lizars to enjoy a great demo on April 11-13 in room 1530. This year the focus is on our new LS1c playback system with SB1 motion feedback subwoofers. Our MU1 streamerread more >
The prime Dutch online audiophile magazine hifi.nl published a great review of the PW1. Max Delissen took the PW1 to test with no less than 5 different cartridges. The experience moved him to tears. His conclusion, translated to English, goes like this: “I have tested quite a few phono stages over the years, and theread more >
The world famous audiophile magazine Stereophile did a review of our new LS1c. Both Rogier van Bakel, who did the subjective test, and John Atkinson, who did the measurements, were blown away. In seven pages they sing the praise of our new flagship loudspeaker system. Our full team worked on the LS1c release, in whichread more >
Jaap Veenstra of the Dutch online magazine Alpha Audio visited our factory and did a long video interview (in English) with PW1 designer Peter van Willenswaard. Together they dove into Peter’s history of designing phono preamplifiers and the PW1 in particular. In his thoughtful and eloquent way, Peter leads you into his world, the worldread more >
The US online ‘glossy’ Audio Key Reviews has the premiere PW1 phono stage review. Andre Marc enjoyed himself tremendously, stepping into a genuine time machine with his favorite vinyl. The PW1 received the “Gold Keynote Award” and is their new reference phono stage. Andre’s text is a great pleasure to read, so we encourage youread more >
The French magazine Vinyle & Audio is well known for publishing a balanced mix of music album and audio equipment reviews. Their author Jean Razzaroli put the MU1 to test and was highly impressed. “The Grimm Audio MU1 sounds incredibly transparent and resolving. It is able to extract more details than most other streamers thatread more >
The premier French High End Audio magazine Haute Fidélité did a review of the MU2. Author Bruno Castelluzzo was highly impressed by its functionality and sound quality. He offered it full marks on sound quality, plus the “Haute Fidélité Réference” award! Below some translated excerpts from his poetic reflections on the MU2’s sound quality. “Theread more >
Last year, the Dutch audiophile classical music label TRPTK selected a hybrid setup of LS1be and LS1a loudspeakers for their surround mixing and mastering studio. They are extremely happy with the system (“you really hear everything on these things, I have to start all over again…”). TRPTK uses Steinberg software for their mixing and masteringread more >
Since Eelco enjoyed recording the MU2 podcast with John Darko so much, he promised to return soon and discuss more general audio topics. Darko’s ’10 myths’ series appeared to be the perfect stage for that. In this episode Eelco states that so called myths are often attempts to simplify complex matter, in other words “blanketread more >
The online Audiophile magazine Stereo Times has given the MU2 their “Most Wanted Components Award” of 2024 in the “Digital, DACs & Music servers” category. We are impressed by the jury report of John Hoffman: “The MU2 is an all-in-one digital front end. It has an incredibly quiet background and a deep, wide, layered soundstageread more >
