Lyngdorf Cue-100 - Passive speaker with Purifi drivers

[VintageFlanker]

Just checked my Google News feed this morning and saw this:

Lyngdorf Cue-100 - Lyngdorf Audio

The Cue-100 is the first high-end audio loudspeaker merging modern Danish design with the latest Purifi speaker technology.

lyngdorf.steinwaylyngdorf.com

Massive standmounts with ATM tweeter and new generation Purifi NAA midwoofers. My guess is that these will come not cheap...

Manufacturer's specs:

Description: Standmount loudspeaker
Power handling: 250 W

Tweeter: Air Motion Transformer, Kapton foil, Neodymium magnet
Midrange/woofer: 18 cm / 6.5-inch Aluminum cone, 39 mm 4-layer copper-clad aluminum voice coil on fiberglass former, Neutral surround geometry, Die-cast vented basket
Woofer: 2 x 18 cm / 6.5-inch passive radiator, Aluminum cone, Neutral surround geometry, Die-cast vented basket

Enclosure: MDF, oak
Frequency response: 35 – 22,000 Hz (-3 dB)
Nominal impedance: 4 Ohm
Sensitivity: 83 dB 2.83 v/ 1 m
Crossover frequency: 2300 Hz

Connections: Gold-plated speaker binding posts
Recommended placement: On stand (included)

Dimensions (W x H x D): 350 x 513 x 329 mm /13,8 x 20,2 x 13 inches
597 x 1196 x 520 mm / 23,5 x 47,1 x 20,5 inches (including stand)
Weight: 13,8 kg / 30.4 lbs
16,2 kg / 35.7 lbs (including stand)

Standard finishes: white/oak base, black/oak base, white/white base, black/black base, stand legs in oak, optional fabric covers in different colors

 

[VintageFlanker]

My guess is that these will come not cheap...

...Oh no, these won't.

MSRP is 9980€... Piece.

 

[fpitas]

Still, they have that War of the Worlds motif going for them.

 

[Sokel]

Are Purifi drivers normally put so recessed?
I mean they don't seem ugly this way.

 

[fpitas]

Seriously...those are nice drivers that Bruno came up with. But if that poor little thing tries to make substantial bass, the resulting cone motion will make enough phase modulation intermod that all the driver work is pointless.

 

[fpitas]

Are Purifi drivers normally put so recessed?
I mean they don't seem ugly this way.

Probably to get driver z-axis alignment.

 

[BeeKay]

The drivers are interesting. Unfortunately more that kind of chassis you would leave the grills on. Cabinet not a real beauty too. So that matches.

 

[VintageFlanker]

The drivers are interesting

Sure they are. Yet, Lyngdorf's R&D does have nothing to do with them.

Are Purifi drivers normally put so recessed?

Nope. First time I see this kind of implementation. I also like the design. Not the overall speaker design, but how Purifis fade into the baffle.

 

[Matias]

Damn ugly imo. I wonder how its spin is though.

 

[BeeKay]

Sure they are. Yet, Lyngdorf's R&D does has nothing to do with them.

I know. Purifi. Putzeys. Buchardt used those as well on a limited version of the A500.

 

[Mr. Widget]

Just checked my Google News feed this morning and saw this...

Definitely odd looking.

 

[fpitas]

 

[Mr. Widget]

If only... those look cool.

 

[fpitas]

Well, they show a turntable and a room that has to be a sonic disaster. I don't think anyone here is the target audience.

 

[Mr. Widget]

For kicks I just looked at the specs... 83dB 1 watt. Really? I'm sorry, but for me that is a show stopper.

 

[fpitas]

For kicks I just looked at the specs... 83dB 1 watt. Really? I'm sorry, but for me that is a show stopper.

Maybe baffle step compensation ate the sensitivity. The bête noire of passive design.

 

[fineMen]

Just checked my Google News feed this morning and saw this:

Lyngdorf Cue-100 - Lyngdorf Audio

The Cue-100 is the first high-end audio loudspeaker merging modern Danish design with the latest Purifi speaker technology.

lyngdorf.steinwaylyngdorf.com

The term 'Danish Design' doesn't fit this anymore. It is at best a quote of some loosely connected elements. It came out to look unmotivated. The stand doesn't need any comment, do they? The price is over the top. The use of the drivers in particular is due to their prestige alone, especially regarding the AMT tweeter. Nice miss.

 

[fpitas]

The term 'Danish Design' doesn't fit this anymore. It is at best a quote of some loosely connected elements. It came out to look unmotivated. The stand doesn't need any comment, do they? The price is over the top. The use of the drivers in particular is due to their prestige alone, especially regarding the AMT tweeter. Nice miss.

You're trying to make sense of it in logical terms. I don't think we're the target audience.

 

[VintageFlanker]

Buchardt used those as well on a limited version of the A500.

No sh*t. Do they?

 

[Timcognito]

WAF+++