Vinyl is great! Or better: Vinyl can be great. But only if you calibrated your turntable with utmost care and dedication. This story is to help you get there. Don’t expect a 30 page manual, there are better ways these days now that we have Youtube (and DVDs). I’ll get to that in the end of thisread 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 >
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 >
This needs an introduction, hold on. There are many reviewers of audio equipment in magazines on the Internet as well as on paper. But very few of them transcend the all too common audio speak of distortion, coloration, truly amazing, impressive, betters the competition, etcetera. At Stereophile, a magazine I wrote for from 1988 toread more >
