Most aesthetically pleasing amplifiers

[MRC01]

What I like about that EQ is the bands are set at perceptually equal intervals (1 octave spacing).

 

[cochlea]

They wouldn't be half as bad if it weren't for those fonts. My eyes.... my eyes....

This was my first receiver and I still think it's one of the most beautiful things ever (maybe just because of sentimentality). Despite the fact that it had vinyl veneer (ugh). The best part is that you could send the needle from one end of the dial to the other with one spin of that flywheel tuning knob

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Love it! Here is a picture of my friend’s receiver that we were listening to just last night!

 

[cochlea]

Aaaa... Champagne and wood! Purdy!

Almost Accuphase-ish.

 

[Powerbench]

Soundstage Hybrid Integrated Tube amp few found there way in Canadian market around 2005 , about 30 watt a side, a later version actually had a remote for about 400 dollars and sounded decent too!

 

[Powerbench]

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Here is an interesting fun fact Peter Lyndorf actually owned NAD in the 90s ( at this time of the monitor then later collaborated on some present day tech… hmmm). I just find it interesting he not only played a part in NAD but then with the Purifi development….

Aquisitions of leading American brands Snell Acoustics (wholly owned by Lyngdorf from July, 1989 to September, 1996) and NAD Electronics (wholly owned from October 1991 to May, 1997) led to an abiding interest in the underlying technologies and a growing desire to explore the very boundaries of audio technology. Kevin Voecks, founder of Snell Acoustics, presented an early implementation of room corrective technology at a Consumer Electronics Show in 1992.

“I have heard the future, and the sound is wonderful,” Peter W. Mitchell of Stereophile wrote of the event. “This may seem like a purely technical feat, but with music, the subjective effect of this correction was mind-boggling.”

Initial investment in 1997 in small Danish start-up Toccata Technology, the engineering team behind EQUIBIT technology headed by Lars Risbo, led to the development of the Millennium all-digital amplifier. Risbo is the holder of more than 30 US audio patents.

Peter Lyngdorf and associated companies have been matching loudspeaker output to rooms using DSP for nearly 30 years. Today, Lyngdorf RoomPerfect™ room correction hardware is built for audiophiles who live in the real world where the room itself is far from optimal and for whom treatments are impractical and/or simply beyond financial limits.

“Amplifier of the year – and perhaps quite a few years to come.” Tact Millennium, Soundstage.com, June 1999

As the innovative Danish technology evolved from Millennium Mk I through versions II, III, and IV, Lyngdorf Audio was created in 2005 to manufacture true High End loudspeakers and amplifiers.

In 2007, legendary piano makers Steinway & Sons gave the company exclusive rights to manufacture audio systems under the brand name Steinway Lyngdorf to produce a sophisticated, high tech line of digital amplifiers, preamplifiers, and surround processors featuring Lyngdorf’s proprietary, award-winning room correction and digital amplification technologies.

Most recently, Peter Lyngdorf has joined with Lars Risbo and Bruno Putzeys in 2014 to form Purifi ApS, based in Roskilde, Denmark, to bring together some of the brightest minds and patent holders in the European audio industry with high ambitions to focus on the development and verification of accurate mathematical models to solve real problems in analogue and digital sound reproduction.

Lyngdorf’s holdings currently consist of multiple development facilities and factories in Denmark and China and over 1,000 employees. As profiled by audiophilestyle.com, June 28, 2019, Peter Lyngdorf is “a well-networked personality and guiding light, who takes care that all that virtuosity will find its place in real life products.”

The Evolution of Digital Amplification and Room Correction​

Over the years Steinway Lyngdorf has received numerous accolades of Digital Amplification and RoomPerfect™ in the press. Just to mention a few:

“Makes music as if it is being played right in front of you.” Millennium integrated all-digital amplifier, Soundstage.com

“All in all, the listening experience with the room correction system is a watershed event, almost paradigm shattering, demanding an entirely new perspective and mindset in audio.” TACT RCS 2.0, High Fidelity magazine (Denmark), no.8

“First, it is literally transparent: there is no sense of anyone pulling the strings behind the scenes. There is nothing manipulated in the way it sounds, or that points to any distortion signature that we could identify. Tonally, it isn’t warm or cold, it just is.” Millennium IV integrated all-digital room correction amplifier, Techradar.com

“Known for audio components that are recognized worldwide as some of the best high-performance digital audio products available, the sound quality is superb and the low noise floor is remarkable. Stereo separation is also excellent with a wide and deep sound stage.” Lyngdorf Audio SDA-2400 Class D power amplifier, Hometheaterhifi.com

“The Lyngdorf Audio MP-50 is the real deal. This processor offers various trump cards. The biggest of them all is RoomPerfect. Time aligning speakers and optimizing their frequency response offer a major step up in sound performance. The more speakers you use, the more obvious it gets. RoomPerfect turns a 3D surround sound setup into a homogenous whole that provides an addictive sound experience.” MP-50 surround processor, Bestofhighend.com

“By now, you will probably have realised that I was absolutely blown away by the TDAI-3400. It is an absolute stand-out product in every way.” TDA-3400, the-ear.net

“The RoomPerfect system, previously available only in the most expensive Lyngdorf models, elevates the sonic result to a level that surprises even this critical reviewer.” TDAI-1120 all-digital amplifier, recordere.dk

Gathering together some of the finest minds working in the audio field, Steinway Lyngdorf continues to advance the categories of high-end digital amplification and room correction.

 

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[bkatbamna]

Where on earth did you find that ad? It has to be the most crass, tasteless, and offensive thing I've seen all day (granted, I've only been up for less than an hour). I wonder if she really wears glasses or that the marketers want us to think that she's smart (for a woman of course ) and appreciates whatever brand that is.

I'm so disgusted by that ad, I had to examine it carefully to make sure I was seeing what I was seeing.

 

[MakeMineVinyl]

I'm so disgusted by that ad, I had to examine it carefully to make sure I was seeing what I was seeing.

I had to ask my wife to re-create this pose so that I could try to discern the hidden meanings of this ad. Surely there was more than tits involved - there had to be deeper meaning. I even placed my vintage MacIntosh C-11 preamp next to her to ferret out hidden enlightenment. It turns out that is is raw sexploitation, and I had to react accordingly.

 

[kschmit2]

I'm so disgusted by that ad, I had to examine it carefully to make sure I was seeing what I was seeing.

and it's quite tame compared to some of the HiFi Ads on these sites:

The Sex-Soaked History Of Hi-Fi Advertising

GARY STEEL takes a close look at the salacious world of 20th Century hi-fi advertising.

witchdoctor.co.nz

The Seductive World Of Hi-Fi Advertising - Desperate Living

The Hi-Fi system was an essential part of any would-be swinging bachelor's pad - and advertisers knew how to package the dream of sexy stereos and gorgeous girls.

reprobatepress.com

Sexist stereo ads from the 70s are a total turn-off

Buy a Sony HP-188, get a threeway for free! 1970s Ah, the 70s. If I could pick a decade to live in forever, that would be the one. From punk rock, to movies and television, cocaine… pretty much everything was better in the seventies. Except of course if you happened to be a woman. A fact that...

dangerousminds.net

 

[MakeMineVinyl]

and it's quite tame compared to some of the HiFi Ads on these sites:

The Sex-Soaked History Of Hi-Fi Advertising

GARY STEEL takes a close look at the salacious world of 20th Century hi-fi advertising.

witchdoctor.co.nz

The Seductive World Of Hi-Fi Advertising - Desperate Living

The Hi-Fi system was an essential part of any would-be swinging bachelor's pad - and advertisers knew how to package the dream of sexy stereos and gorgeous girls.

reprobatepress.com

Sexist stereo ads from the 70s are a total turn-off

Buy a Sony HP-188, get a threeway for free! 1970s Ah, the 70s. If I could pick a decade to live in forever, that would be the one. From punk rock, to movies and television, cocaine… pretty much everything was better in the seventies. Except of course if you happened to be a woman. A fact that...

dangerousminds.net

I thought that having a bitch'in stereo when I was a teenager would get me women like in those ads. I was misinformed.

 

[Powerbench]

The 60-70s brought the sexual revolution, consumerism etc etc as blooming music lovers were being groomed to be blooming audiophiles
( hifi,cars and girls) to grab the attention of most red blooded North American young men (for most part) being the targeted audience as those still today buy the best of the best if they can afford it.

Go to an audio show it is mostly middle aged men living the dream. “Yeah baby!”

VAC 450IQ

 

[bkatbamna]

and it's quite tame compared to some of the HiFi Ads on these sites:

The Sex-Soaked History Of Hi-Fi Advertising

GARY STEEL takes a close look at the salacious world of 20th Century hi-fi advertising.

witchdoctor.co.nz

The Seductive World Of Hi-Fi Advertising - Desperate Living

The Hi-Fi system was an essential part of any would-be swinging bachelor's pad - and advertisers knew how to package the dream of sexy stereos and gorgeous girls.

reprobatepress.com

Sexist stereo ads from the 70s are a total turn-off

Buy a Sony HP-188, get a threeway for free! 1970s Ah, the 70s. If I could pick a decade to live in forever, that would be the one. From punk rock, to movies and television, cocaine… pretty much everything was better in the seventies. Except of course if you happened to be a woman. A fact that...

dangerousminds.net

I was disgusted by those ads all the 20 times I looked at those pages.

 

[tomchris]

Sansui CA-2000 & BA-2000:

 

[Doodski]

Sansui CA-2000 & BA-2000:

Wonderful gear. Here's a rebuild of a CA-2000 c/w @restorer-john's favorite old diodes that fry sometimes.

 

[tomchris]

Beosystem 8000:

 

[tomchris]

Yamaha C-1 and B-1 from 1974:

 

[JiiPee]

Braun CSV 300:

 

[jcgriff]

My Sig says it all. Almost anything Dieter Rams touched. Just a couple of examples.

 

[antcollinet]

My Sig says it all. Almost anything Dieter Rams touched. Just a couple of examples.

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In an industrial sort of way

 

[jcgriff]

But I also like other things, I have one of these and I think it's beautiful.

And this one too and I like it as well.

I guess you could say I'm all over the place.