Monitor Audio Group says 50 years’ experience of designing, engineering and building loudspeakers has gone into its new flagship loudspeaker Hyphn.
Officially unveiled on May 2 and three years in the making, Hyphn is the most powerful speaker Monitor has ever produced. It is built around the M-Array which comprises a single high-frequency transducer surrounded by six 2-in midrange drivers. Monitor says this results in “exceptional soundstage clarity, allowing the listener to precisely pin-point individual instruments and vocals”.
The high-frequency transducer adopts the new third-generation Micro Pleated Diaphragm III (MPD III) to deliver a larger, clearer and more consistent sound. Developed in-house by Monitor Audio’s acoustic engineers for the Concept 50 prototype, the same technology also appears on the Platinum Series 3G floor-standing loudspeaker.
Monitor Audio’s Rigid Diaphragm Technology III (RDT III) cones, introduced in 2022, for enhanced clarity, is feature in the six 2-in midrange drivers.
The M-Array is located squarely between Hyphn’s twin pillars in a configuration that gives the product its name with the M-Array housed in the ‘hyphen’ between the pillars. Each pillar houses a pair of powerful 8-in bass drivers, facing inwards, in a force-cancelling configuration resulting in almost no vibration force from the drivers, either within themselves or being passed into the cabinet. Large diameter underhung voice-coils reduce harmonic distortion for clean, tight, high-impact bass performance.
Hyphn has been engineered to deliver enhanced bass control, response and dynamics, plus exceptional detail through the treble and upper midrange. Crossovers are specifically designed to ensure precise, controlled performance across the full frequency spectrum.
The cabinet is constructed in thermoformed, precision-milled mineral and acrylic stone to create a totally rigid structure. With built-in formed, port tubes, strengthening ribs and bracing, with internal and external wall thickness of ½-in up to 1-in for bracing around the force-cancelling bass drivers, the cabinet is almost vibration free. This minimises physical distortion and resonance, ensuring optimum sound clarity and accuracy from the drive units. Hyphn is available in Pure Satin White, Matte Black, and Matte Heritage Green.