UK’s wonderful Hi-Fi music gear webzine ‘The Ear’ published a great review of the PW1. Editor Jason Kennedy tried various cartridges with lots of LP’s and all of them topped his prior experience. We are delighted that he offered the PW1 the ‘Editor’s Award’ of The Ear. We copy some excerpts for you below, butread more >
Jonas Bednarz, editor of the German online publication Lite Magazin, was captivated by the qualities of the PW1, especially its abilities to connect a listener to the music. Because the PW1 also excelled in design and usability it was granted Lite Magazine’s “100 / 100 Reference Class” accolade! Jonas’ text reads like a long speechread more >
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 >
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 >
We are excited to introduce our latest sibling to you: the PW1 phono preamplifier. It is the perfect companion for a MU2, an LS1, or any other audio system of your choice. And its sound quality can be called unique by all measures. Grimm Audio’s co-founder Peter van Willenswaard was the chief designer of theread more >
This is a story about the first phono preamp of Grimm Audio, the PW1. I have designed quite a few phono preamps in my time, between 10 and 20 I guess, and using all types of technology: transistors, fets and tubes. I also analyzed and modified three or four times that number of commercial phonosread more >
At the great iEar show in the Willem II football stadium in Tilburg, our Dutch distributor Terrason will demo the extravagant ultra high-end Moya loudspeakers from Vivid Audio with Halcro Eclipse dual mono amps and our MU2 as digital streaming source, DAC and preamplifier. This will without doubt become a unique experience, so don’t missread more >
