HFN and The Ear: Best of 2025

We are very honoured that our products are on the ‘best products of 2025’ lists of two major UK publications, HifiNews and The Ear:

HifiNews, MU2:
“From its range of features (including that Roon integration) to the purity and drama with which it plays your music, Grimm Audio’s MU2 earns its high-end hi-fi status.”

HifiNews, PW1:
“The PW1 is a fantastic and flexible phono preamp, both transistor-quiet and valve-warm without sacrificing the virtues of either.”

The Ear, PW1:
“I have to congratulate Peter van Willenswaard and Grimm Audio on the PW1, it is a very good phono stage indeed and one that is unlikely to hold back any decent cartridge.

It has some distinctly tube/valve characteristics, notably a fluency and openness allied to a balance that is revealing but never hard edged. It brings the power of solid state to the party however and has the very low noise that such tech can provide for the modern music lover. The Grimm PW1 is a good looking, great sounding winner, if you want to hear more of what’s in those grooves it is a very strong contender at the price.”

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