In fact, I have never heard digital music sound quite like this, and I have heard some pretty snazzy setups that cost much more than the Grimm does. Even so, the more I listened to my system with the Grimm MU1 installed, the more I understood “The Why”. So if my last streamer did a great job and cost me $1,800.00 then why would I ever consider a streamer that sells for over $10,000? Yea, exactly. ![]() So the Grimm MU1 was a learning experience for me as well as I learned what I used to think was not quite right. I used to think streamers made a small difference, but not one big enough to warrant a five figure price tag. In fact many feel all streamers are the same and make zero changes to the sound. That was my Lumin U1 mini and it did a great job of sending those digital bits to my DAC. Heck, my last streamer lasted me two years and cost me $1800. We can buy really nice ones made for audiophiles for around $2k and up. We can get a music streamer for a couple hundred dollars. No DAC is included here and that will also be needed for this to work within your system and make beautiful music. This is a $10,500 Streamer/Server and that price is without an internal SSD drive included. Why? Well, at first glance it seems overpriced for what it is. In fact, this piece joins the ranks of my Fleetwood Deville SQ speakers, the Enelum AMP 23-R and Weiss DAC 501 that I have purchased for myself.Īs special as it is, I was not so sure I wanted to review the Mu1 initially. Up front I will state that The Grimm MU1 Music Streamer and Server is another one of those rare “special” pieces that sit amongst the most pleasing I have experienced in HiFi. Today I am going to write about a piece that I feel will be very hard to write about due to what it is, what it does and what it cost. ![]() I sent two pieces back without review this month (they buzzed, hummed out of the box). ![]() Over the last few months I have been able to listen to some amazing pieces of gear in the ever growing world of HiFi.
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