Steinway Lyngdorf pronounces the launch of the brand new Steinway & Sons Mannequin C loudspeaker. The Mannequin C is a direct descendant from the primary and unique Steinway & Sons loudspeaker, the Mannequin D, sharing a few of its core speaker expertise however in a smaller, lighter design.
The downsizing has been achieved by separating the woofers from the primary speaker, adapting the corporate’s boundary woofer expertise. The primary Mannequin C was launched in 2008, following the top-of-the-range Mannequin D loudspeaker.
The brand new Mannequin C MK II launched on the ISE 2024 has an much more elegant and lighter design, with prolonged black strings on the bottom changing the previous amplifier and crossover field, which at the moment are a part of the exterior digital amplifiers and processor. The sound efficiency has additionally been improved, with the crossover and sound alignment between all drive-units now completely and losslessly within the digital area.
The maker says the Mannequin C offers the very best sound high quality on the stage of the enduring Mannequin D speaker, with enhanced room placement flexibility from a smaller design and separate woofers. The Mannequin C’s distinct open baffle dipole design means no air compression and no sound coloration from a standard speaker enclosure, resulting in a really pure, clear, high-resolution sound from the Air Movement Transformer tweeter and two precision-cast magnesium cone midrange drivers.
The uncovered design additionally resembles an open piano, with the bronze-gold lacquered body and sound expertise particulars seen from the again aspect. Each Mannequin C is assembled and completed by hand in Skive, Denmark. The black lacquered and gold-plated components are made to the identical high quality requirements as a Steinway & Sons piano, giving the speaker its unmistakable look. Personalized lacquers and finishes can be found on request.
Liberating the Mannequin C loudspeakers from the woofers permits a really elegant and slim design with extra room placement flexibility, whereas the bass efficiency improves on account of Steinway Lyngdorf’s boundary woofer idea. Two accompanying woofers are amplified individually and positioned elsewhere within the room close to the room corners, guaranteeing a robust copy of any music, with tight but additionally deep and highly effective bass, as much as excessive quantity ranges. Completely different Steinway & Sons boundary woofers may be chosen in accordance with room dimension, inside design and desired sound efficiency.
Built-in system strategy
As with each Steinway & Sons speaker, the Mannequin C is a part of the corporate’s Built-in System Method, guaranteeing every a part of the system, from the audio system and boundary woofers to the Steinway & Sons stereo or encompass processors and highly effective digital amplifiers, is designed from the bottom as much as work completely collectively. Tweeter, midrange drivers and woofers have their very own digital amplifier, with all crossover, distance alignment, and sound tuning completely contained in the digital processor. Steinway Lyngdorf’s RoomPerfectTM expertise is the of entirety for every built-in system. RoomPerfectTM acoustically calibrates the audio system and woofers to the room acoustics, all the time guaranteeing the most effective sound expertise for each buyer, in any room, says the corporate.
The brand new Steinway & Sons Mannequin C might be accessible in Q2 2024.
Thomas Birkelund, CEO and CTO at Steinway Lyngdorf , says, “Identical to the Steinway & Sons grand piano has been synonymous with excellent craftmanship and uncompromising high quality since 1853, the Mannequin C and D have additionally been the top of the speaker techniques from Steinway Lyngdorf. With this replace we carry the Mannequin C again to life with a way more elegant expression however with the identical aesthetics and easy sound that makes it the centerpiece of your house.”
Roland Hoffmann, Product Advertising and marketing Director at Steinway Lyngdorf, provides, “Our greatest speaker is little doubt the enduring Mannequin D, which began the corporate’s partnership with Steinway & Sons. However not everybody can place such a press release speaker of their front room. The brand new Mannequin C has the very same open dipole midrange and tweeter part, whereas the bass efficiency comes from the acoustically ingenious boundary woofer idea. This merges the most effective of each worlds, in a very elegant and light-weight speaker design exhibiting the distinct supplies and look of the world’s best piano.”
Anker Haldan, CCO at Steinway Lyngdorf, concludes, “Mannequin C has been our hidden gem for fairly a while. It’s the extra space-saving model of the full-range Mannequin D, designed for smaller rooms. Style and inside design wants have modified since its first introduction. To honour this evolution, now we have redesigned the Mannequin C to boost its visible influence: sleeker, extra discreet, and extra up to date – embodying the essence of the Mannequin C. All that is achieved with out compromising audio efficiency, and we’re assured that the Mannequin C MK II might be welcomed by a broader viewers looking for the last word expertise in all points of their properties.”
