Steinway Lyngdorf is celebrating the 15th anniversary of Steinway & Sons Model D loudspeaker by announcing a special Anniversary Edition which will be revealed later this year.
Steinway Lyngdorf started as a unique cooperation between piano manufacturer, Steinway & Sons, and a pioneer in digital amplifiers and room calibration, Lyngdorf Audio from Denmark. The very first loudspeaker to come from the collaboration, launched at the end of 2007 in New York and London, was the iconic Model D loudspeaker.
The project was based on an ambitious promise – that a loudspeaker would reproduce a Steinway & Sons grand piano to the degree that even seasoned concert pianists could not discern the difference.
The result was technically and visually outstanding, with four large woofers, two midrange drivers and a tweeter in a very unusual, totally open-baffle dipole design, an ultra-rigid aluminium frame lacquered in bronze-gold resembling a grand piano, with high-gloss black panels made at the same facility as the renown Steinway & Sons pianos.
More than a loudspeaker, each Model D speaker is partnered with two 400-watt digital amplifiers, a DSP-based crossover, and RoomPerfectTM calibration to achieve the best sound performance in any room.
Model D is still produced for several customers per year. Steinway Lyngdorf as a company is more successful than ever, with a portfolio of over 20 loudspeakers, five woofers, two amplifiers, and two processors. Steinway Lyngdorf is distributed in 50 countries, with an extraordinary distribution network consisting of both high-end audio retailers as well as interior designers, home entertainment installers, and architects.
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Model D, the company will launch a special Anniversary Edition which will be revealed later in 2023.