Grimm Audio LS1/LS1s Digital Active Loudspeakers

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Rene van Es has posted a review of the Grimm Audio LS1/LS1s loudspeakers (€18,000/€25,000) at The Ear. His conclusions:

“IF, THEN, ELSE, statements from the programming language Basic spring into mind. IF you decide to buy a pair of Grimm Audio LS1, be assured that you are getting an outstanding product, good enough to serve as a mastering tool in many studios, but recently embraced by music lovers at home too. THEN you get yourself a 3-way system with: A/D conversion, DSP, DSP crossover, three D/A converters, three power amplifiers, an outstanding digital clock for each channel, and a control unit. Together they form one of the best systems available today, with an outstanding price to quality ratio. A system so free of distortion and so neutral that you might have to get used to it. ELSE you buy yourself a stack of boxes, each adding some influence to the sound and sound quality, with more overall distortion and far more variables to alter the original recording. Grimm Audio is almost alone when it comes to bringing you a system where the manufacturer is able to coordinate every aspect of the system. I bow to the four guys who together not only came up with the idea but also the know how to realise a project this complete and intriguing.”

You can read the full review here.