Business Punk magazine visits Steinway Lyngdorf

Susi von den Stemmen, a profilic journalists writing for cars, travels, sports and many other lifestyle topics, visited the Steinway Lyngdorf headquarter to see how the loudspeakers and electronics are made, and to experience first-hand how a Steinway & Sons audio systems sounds like. Here are some of her impressions: 

“Welcome to Steinway Lyngdorf – a place where you can exchange the tranquillity of Denmark for what is perhaps the most radical musical experience in the world.”

“From the outside, the factory looks unspectacular: a few halls, clean lines, Scandinavian simplicity. Inside, however, black lacquer gleams like freshly tuned grand pianos, bronze frames shimmer, and loudspeakers stand like sculptures in a museum. This is not a place for tinkering; this is a place for building sound.”

“The first listening is not a concert, it’s a revelation. Two speakers, an inconspicuous sound calibration – and suddenly a stage opens up that seems larger than any concert hall. Strings emerge out of nowhere, singers stand in the room as if they were physically present. No sound colouration, no harshness, just pure truth in the sound. Anyone who thinks they know music will realise here that what they knew before was only a sketch.”

“People travel to Denmark to find peace and quiet. I travelled to Skive – and lost my peace and quiet. Because when a Steinway Lyngdorf system gets going, there’s no room left for background noise. Only for what really matters: music so real, so clear, so alive that even Beethoven would get goosebumps.” 

Read her full article here (in German).