HMS Elektronik is proud to share an in-depth review published by image-hifi Magazine (DE), in which reviewer Heinz Gelking takes a detailed look at the HMS Gran Finale 50 series.
In his extensive article, Gelking reflects on the evolution of HMS under International Audio Holding and examines how the Gran Finale 50 series builds on the brand’s longstanding engineering philosophy while introducing new materials, refined shielding concepts, and updated construction methods.
„Die neuen setzen die Musik unmittelbarer und transparenter um, sie spielen einfach noch offener.“
“The new ones reproduce the music more directly and more transparently; they simply play with even greater openness.”
— Heinz Gelking, image-hifi Magazine, 2026
The review highlights that the Gran Finale 50 series preserves the characteristic HMS system approach, where cables are not treated as isolated accessories, but as essential links in a complete signal and power architecture. According to Gelking, the new generation combines that familiar HMS identity with a more open and immediate presentation.
Particular attention is given to the updated material choices across the series. image-hifi notes the use of monocrystalline copper conductors in the interconnects, phono, and speaker cables, as well as carbon-based shielding concepts developed to address EMI and RFI interference while improving the dissipation of static noise.
In the listening impressions, the Gran Finale 50 series is described as creating a darker, quieter background from which music can unfold with greater clarity, nuance, and dynamic precision. Gelking observes improvements in transparency, tonal openness, and the natural flow of musical information, especially in the speaker, interconnect, and power cables.
The article concludes that the new Gran Finale 50 series clearly advances beyond the earlier generation, presenting music in a more immediate and transparent way while remaining harmoniously integrated within a complete HMS-based system.
We sincerely thank Heinz Gelking and the team at image-hifi Magazine for their detailed review and continued appreciation of HMS engineering.
Or read the full review here in English!
(Disclaimer: this review has been translated using AI, from the original German text… subtle nuances may differ…)
Discover the HMS Gran Finale 50 Series:
Gran Finale 50 Speaker Cable
Gran Finale 50 Interconnect
Gran Finale 50 Power Cable
Gran Finale 50 Phono
Gran Finale 50 Digital RCA / BNC
Gran Finale 50 Digital XLR
Gran Finale 50 Network
Gran Finale 50 USB
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