Steinway & Sons, Peter Lyngdorf partner for high-end A/V equipment

In the world of fine audio there aren't many names more prestigious than 154-year old piano maker Steinway & Sons, and now the renowned American manufacturer has partnered with Danish industry-vet and Lyngdorf Audio founder Peter Lyngdorf to release a new line of ultra-high end audio visual systems. Steinway Lyngdorf, as the joint venture is known, claims to be "offering unsurpassed performance, exceptional value and, most importantly, an extraordinary experience for discerning clientele the world over" -- though considering the company's first product has yet to be released, that statement may be a bit bold. The product in question is the so-called Model-D music system which will include a full set of speakers and receiver featuring Lyngdorf's RoomPerfect automatic acoustic calibration system. Sadly for big spenders, less than 100 Model-D's will be available when they hit undisclosed sales channels this fall, so you might want to put down your $150,000 in advance if you hope to grab one.

[musicguy Posted May 16th 2007 11:47AM]

I'll take two!

[(Unverified) Posted May 16th 2007 2:17PM]

Lyngdorf is apparently leveraging Steinway's core competencies:
a) putting the Steinway logo on shit, and
b) black lacquer technology

[(Unverified) Posted May 16th 2007 3:40PM]

jared... Hands down, best comment ever!

[musicguy Posted May 16th 2007 5:56PM]

Do you even play piano? As a professional classical musician, I'm not sure you'd have many, if any, pianists agree that Steinway & Sons pianos are as you described.

[musicguy Posted May 16th 2007 5:58PM]

I'm sorry, I TOTALLY misread your statement. Disregard the above comment.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 9th 2007 7:10PM]

I prefer MBL reference

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 18th 2007 4:16PM]

I've been a "Discerning listener" since the day I first knew what music was. I assume "D" must stand for that...adjective. Seems to me, as described, the "D" could only represent "Disingenuous".