Absolute Sound

Nearly a decade after its introduction, it continues to be one of the most influential designs in high-end audio. Not because it follows convention, but because it challenged it. Cardioid dispersion, DSP that serves the music instead of drawing attention to itself, and performance that remains remarkably consistent in real listening rooms.

It's a speaker that has earned the respect of mastering engineers, recording professionals, reviewers, and music lovers alike because it does something few products ever achieve: it disappears.

The conversation stops being about hi-fi and starts being about the performance.

Technology evolves. Trends come and go. Truly great loudspeakers become reference points.

The Kii THREE has become exactly that.

Every great album has moments you've never noticed before.

Not because they weren't there, but because your system never quite let them through.

That's what stood out to us in The Ear's review of the Kii THREE BXT. Beyond the technical achievements, it speaks to something every music lover is searching for: a loudspeaker that disappears, leaving only the performance.

The Kii THREE BXT doesn't ask you to admire the technology behind it. It invites you to rediscover the records you've loved for years, hearing new details, new space, and new emotion every time you press play.

That's why we do what we do.

Thank you to the ear for such a thoughtful review.

Some speakers impress. Others disappear.

The Kii SEVEN does something rarer — it gets out of the way entirely.

In a recent Qobuz review, it’s described as “staggeringly detailed, agile, and convincing” — but what that really means is this:

You’re no longer listening to speakers.
You’re inside the music.

Every layer feels exposed. Every nuance arrives intact. Nothing added, nothing exaggerated — just a level of definition and control that makes even familiar tracks feel newly discovered.

It’s not about volume.
It’s not about hype.

It’s about truth.

And somehow, despite all that performance, it still manages to feel like a system you can actually live with — not just admire.

The future of listening isn’t coming.
It’s already here.

Qobuz

The Mola Mola Kula

THE INTEGRATED THAT TRULY BELIES ITS SIZE!

Imagine a sleek, compact design that oozes class.

Imagine an amplifier design that packs enough power to comfortably handle even the most demanding of loudspeakers.

Imagine a complex yet agile and easy to use fully transparent line stage.

Imagine every possible Phono EQ setting available from the comfort of your listening chair.

Imagine a highly acclaimed discrete DAC boasting the best specs and sound around.

Imagine, combining all of the above!

Grimm Audio joins JPLAY Certified.

JPLAY 1.4.3, out now on the App Store, adds UPnP Eventing support, built in close collaboration with the Grimm Audio team. As a result, the Grimm Audio MU1 and MU2 can now be controlled by JPLAY bidirectionally: start and stop the MU1/MU2 from JPLAY, or start and stop JPLAY from the player itself — via its main k**b, IR remote, and more. Both devices always stay in sync.

Eventing is enabled by default for Grimm Audio devices, so MU1 and MU2 owners get the full experience right out of the box.

Working with the Grimm Audio team has been a pleasure — they care about the details the way we do. With Eventing in place, the MU1/MU2 and JPLAY now behave as one integrated system, however you prefer to control your music.

Update to 1.4.3 on the App Store to try it.

JPLAY is an audiophile oriented music playback and control app for iOS and MacOS. With today’s JPLAY v1.4.3 update a full integration of the app with our MU1 and MU2 streamers is achieved. The MU1 and MU2’s UPnP interface supports ‘UPnP Eventing’ and JPLAY embraces this method in their latest release. As a result the JPLAY software receives information about a status change of the MU1 and MU2 streamers, such as upon a volume change or a pause message via the main k**b, the IR remote or the GRUI web interface. Since the status communication is now bidirectional, the user will experience a seamless integration. JPLAY configures all settings automatically when it streams to a MU1 or MU2, which ensures a smooth operation.

Grimm Audio is very happy to join the JPLAY Certified Partner Program, which guarantees that JPLAY is tested on stability, compatibility and performance on the MU1 and MU2.

“We love to offer our customers a rich user experience and so we are thrilled that JPLAY now offers full integration with the MU1 and MU2. JPLAY is without doubt one of the finest hi-fi apps on the market and it’s great that it became a natural extension of our products,“ said Eelco Grimm. Marcin Ostapowicz, founder of JPLAY, responded: "Working with the Grimm Audio team has been a pleasure — they care about the details the way we do. With Eventing in place, the MU1, MU2 and JPLAY now behave as one integrated system, whichever way you prefer to control your music.”

More info about JPLAY can be found at their website https://jplay.app/

Some loudspeakers fill a room with sound.
Others reveal the performance that was always there.

At Kii, every design decision begins with one purpose: bringing you closer to the artist's original intent. By minimizing the room's influence, what remains is a deeper connection to the music, where every voice, every instrument, and every emotion feels remarkably present.

Because the greatest listening experience isn't about hearing more. It's about hearing the truth.

In new firmware for the MU1 and MU2 we offer a small but worthwhile improvement of the DSD filtering sound quality in the MU2 and of the PCM and DSD filtering in the MU1. We also addressed a couple of robustness issues that could happen in rare use cases, among others a spurious indicated coefficient error in the MU2 and DSD playback interruptions via UPnP. In addition the web GRUI now has the same styling as the LS1 Control Software and MacOS handling of a mounted internal disk is improved. More details can be found in the Change Log documents of the MU1 and MU2 on our website.

MU1 and MU2 owners are recommended to run the firmware update. Instructions about how to perform the update can be found in the product manual. As always, please remain patient while the firmware is being updated.

Continue reading in the blog: https://www.grimmaudio.com/news/new-mu1-and-mu2-firmware-improves-sound-quality-and-solves-bugs/