Steinway Lyngdorf launches the new Steinway & Sons Model O loudspeaker

The new generation of the Model O combines enhanced sound performance, refined craftsmanship, and new customization options in an elegantly slender loudspeaker.

Steinway Lyngdorf is proud to announce the launch of the new Steinway & Sons Model O loudspeaker. The Model O is the entry model in Steinway & Sons’ floor-standing speaker range, yet provides an extremely high surprise factor: How is this room-filling sound and musical presence possible from such a slender two-way loudspeaker? The answer lies in the sound technologies of the Model O as well as in the Integrated System Approach, featuring the company’s unique digital amplifiers and RoomPerfect™ calibration. New customization options embody the craftsmanship and heritage of Steinway & Sons and give the Model O its unmistakable presence in the room.

Full-bodied sound from the smallest floor space

The Model O takes up minimal floor space yet delivers the full-bodied, detailed, and clear sound every Steinway & Sons loudspeaker is renowned for. Its remarkable bass performance is achieved through a concealed passive bass unit on the back that takes advantage of the boundary woofer concept. This sound-engineered design allows the Model O to be placed discreetly and elegantly closest to the room wall behind the speaker, where it benefits from the room acoustics rather than working against it. The Model O was specifically designed and tuned for such a wall placement. In the higher frequencies, the company’s acclaimed Air Motion Transformer tweeter ensures exceptional clarity and detail, reproducing the music’s finest nuances.

The story of the Model O

The iconic Steinway & Sons Modle D, C and B loudspeakers follow the extraordinary, uncompromising open-dipole principle to deliver an exceptional listening experience when positioned away from room walls. With the Model O, the engineers took a different approach: How could we bring the same dedication to musical performance into a much more space-conscious design? The answer is a speaker that takes acoustic advantage of its wall proximity and incorporates a passive rear woofer to deliver a remarkable bass from such a slender design. The philosophy behind the Model O speaker also has a close connection to its namesake, the Steinway & Sons Model O piano. Introduced more than 120 years ago as “The Living Room Grand Piano”, the original Model O was designed to bring the musical experience of a Steinway concert grand piano into the living room.

A new generation of the Model O loudspeaker

The original Model O loudspeaker has been introduced in 2018 as the entry model in Steinway & Sons’ floor-standing speaker range. The new Model O introduces two instead of one front-mounted midrange-bass-drivers, an enlarged cabinet with 80% greater internal volume, and a 50% larger passive bass radiator. Together, these improvements provide improved bass performance, more dynamic range and a more room-filling sound.

Highest level of craftsmanship and gold detailing

The new Model O reflects the distinctive design language and craftsmanship of Steinway & Sons. The gold-coated tweeter eye with a matte or polished surface and the high-quality lacquer underline the Steinway & Sons heritage and give the Model O its unmistakable visual presence. 26 black strings on the front resemble musical instruments and are carefully aligned by hand, so they don’t interfere with the sound nor resonate on their own. New customization options include gold-coated rings around the two front-mounted midrange drivers, further emphasizing the loudspeaker’s distinctive design and heritage. Every Model O loudspeaker is assembled and finished by hand in Skive, Denmark, and can be further customized with individual lacquers and select wood veneers.

Ideal amplifier match and perfect room calibration

Like every Steinway & Sons loudspeaker, the Model O is part of the company’s Integrated System Approach, ensuring each part of the system, from the speaker itself to the external Steinway & Sons stereo or surround processors and powerful digital amplifiers, work perfectly together as one. Steinway Lyngdorf’s RoomPerfect™ technology is the finishing touch for each system. RoomPerfect™ acoustically calibrates the Model O speakers to the room acoustics, always ensuring the very best sound experience for every customer, in any room and every desired listening position.

Availability

The new Steinway & Sons Model O will be available end from November 2026. System prices in each country depend on the choice of Steinway & Sons stereo or surround processor and Steinway & Sons amplifiers.

Read more about the Model O here.

Music streaming update for our home theater processors

We announce software update for all Lyngdorf Audio and Steinway & Sons multichannel home theater processors, including Qobuz Connect and Pure Audio Streaming. This update continues our policy of adding new features to existing products and always focusing on the best sound quality.

Qobuz Connect for music lovers

We are already at the forefront integrating music streaming in our multichannel home theater processors, for example adding Tidal Connect with Dolby Atmos Music, Spotify Connect, Apple AirPlay 2, and Roon Ready. Tidal Connect also allows to play thousands of Dolby Atmos Music albums directly, specifically recorded or remixed in certified Dolby Atmos Studios to give the listener a totally new, fully immersive sound experience.

The newest software update adds Qobuz Connect, chosen by many music listeners for its rich catalogue of high-resolution music including a wide Jazz and Classical selection, available for both streaming and downloads. This makes our multichannel processors the perfect choice for movie enthusiasts as well as music lovers.

The new standard in immersive listening: Pure Audio high-resolution multichannel streaming

The software update also adds a new standard in immersive listening: Multichannel streaming in highresolution sound quality. Pure Audio Streaming delivers the world’s first lossless, uncompressed, and uncompromised immersive audio streaming, revolutionizing the way listeners experience music at home.

We will be the first manufacturer to integrate Pure Audio Streaming directly via AC Connect in our multichannel processors, ready to play high-resolution immersive audio with the convenience of app control. Simply open the Pure Audio app, choose a song, playlist or album, and stream directly over the multichannel processor.

Further updates and improvements including Auto Lipsync

The update also adds automatic lip-sync to the Lyngdorf MP-40 2.1 and Steinway & Sons P100 2.1 processors. The Auto Lipsync feature compensates for incorrect timing between audio and video, and syncs it with feedback from the TV, projector or video processor through HDMI eARC. Auto Lipsync was already available in the MP-60 2.1 and P300 2.1 models, and is now available in all models with HDMI 2.1.

The software update is available now and free of charge for all Lyngdorf Audio and Steinway & Sons processors.

Key features:

• Qobuz Connect support
• Pure Audio Streaming support via AC Connect
• Updates for Trigger function
• Updates for Roon and Tidal feature
• P100 2.1 /MP-40 2.1: Automatic lipsync

Upgradable products:

• Lyngdorf Audio MP-40, MP-40 2.1, MP-50, MP-60, MP-60 2.1
• Steinway & Sons P100, P100 2.1, P200, P300, P300 2.1, Head Unit Processor

Read more about Qobuz.

Read more about Pure Audio Streaming.

Steinway Lyngdorf releases new app for amplifiers, processors and music streaming

Steinway Lyngdorf releases completely new iOS and Android app to control Steinway Lyngdorf amplifiers and processors from a smartphone or tablet:

My Steinway Lyngdorf App

They are the smartest way to access all settings, help setting up a new device, customize the user interface, calibrate the sound system, and stream music. With an icon-based screen and intuitive touch, tap, and slide functions, operating a Steinway Lyngdorf system is now easier than ever.

The most convenient remote control for everyone

Every Steinway Lyngdorf amplifier and processor has a wealth of functions and features. Even though a conventional remote control has the advantage of physical buttons, and some functions are also accessible over the unit’s front display, an app allows to explore all functions in the most convenient and visual way. The graphical, iconbased layout has been specifically designed as an interactive, easy-to-understand interface, with several accessibility enhancements such as larger text, dark / light mode, and Apple VoiceOver.

Customize a Steinway Lyngdorf device – and even the app itself

Apart from setting up and controlling a Steinway Lyngdorf amplifier or processor, the new apps also allows user customization. Functions such as deleting unused inputs, renaming favorite inputs, selecting RoomPerfect modes, changing screen brightness and display modes, and modifying or creating custom Voicings all becomes inuitive and easy. Even the app home screen layout on the smartphone or tablet itself can be customized by the user, for example adding or removing app features and icons, and prioritizing often used functions.

Intelligent web radio

The most used function of a streaming amplifier is to interact with music, streaming services, and web radio. The new apps provide the common information about song, artist, and artwork, but also about the sound quality, such as bit depth and sample rate. The web radio player uses AI to easily find and filter radio stations by region, genre, tags, and preferences. This means one can easily find the best matching and best sounding music services, playlists, stations, or podcasts – for a better and more satisfying every-day listening experience.

Ready for Steinway Lynhdorf systems

The new app will control several products and adapt to their feature set: Steinway & Sons P100, P200, P300, Head Unit

The My Steinway Lyngdorf app are available in app stores now.

Click here for more information.

Steinway Lyngdorf announces the world’s first multichannel processors with Pure Audio Streaming

Steinway Lyngdorf will be the first manufacturer to integrate the world’s first lossless and immersive music streaming, Pure Audio Streaming. This feature will be available for the Lyngdorf Audio and Steinway & Sons multichannel processors by software update and continues Steinway Lyngdorf’s policy of being a pioneer in adding the newest features to existing products.

Immersive audio streaming now in high-resolution

Immersive audio already became the standard in movie soundtracks, from Dolby Atmos to DTS-X and AURO-3D. Recently, also Dolby Atmos Music has become more popular – music recordings or upmixes, for example available over Tidal Connect or Apple Music as compressed audio streams, or on dedicated Blu-Ray audio discs for higher resolution. Pure Audio Streaming has announced the world’s first lossless and immersive streaming service, set to debut at HIGH END 2025. As the premier platform for studio-quality lossless, immersive, surround sound, and binaural audio, Pure Audio Streaming is built for purists who demand uncompromising fidelity. The service delivers hardware-optimized playback for high-end AV systems and exclusive high-resolution content, positioning itself as the ultimate streaming solution for discerning audio enthusiasts. 

Steinway Lyngdorf multichannel processors ready for Pure Audio Streaming

Steinway Lyngdorf will be the world’s first manufacturer to integrate Pure audio Streaming directly in its multichannel processors. Playing directly has several advantages: Simply open the Pure Audio app, choose a song, playlist or album, and stream audio directly over the AV processor. With Pure Audio, streaming convenience is now available for immersive audio in high resolution quality. Steinway Lyngdorf will integrate Pure Audio Streaming in the Lyngdorf MP-40, MP-50 and MP-60 HDMI 2.1 multichannel processors, as well as for Steinway & Sons systems based on the P100, P200 and P300 multichannel processor. 

A true high-quality chain from music to amplification to loudspeakers

Both Lyngdorf Audio as well as Steinway Lyngdorf have extended the product portfolio over the years, now covering AV processors and power amplifiers to loudspeakers, including the final important part, calibrating the speakers to the room acoustics with RoomPerfect™. With Pure Audio, and audio productions by msm-studios, this high-quality chain is extended to the front-end: Excellent music recordings available over streaming directly into the AV processor, with the convenience of app control to choose albums by artists, recommendations, or browsing through cover artworks.

The new Pure Audio Streaming integration for the Lyngdorf Audio and Steinway & Sons processors will be available with the next software update coming soon, and free of charge for all product owners.

Steinway Lyngdorf extends its custom installation portfolio with the new high-performance in-wall woofer BWS-210

Steinway Lyngdorf launches the BWS-210, a high-performance in-wall woofer specifically made for Steinway & Sons speaker installations requiring the most shallow woofer solution. The BWS-210 adds to the BWS-110 launched last year and was designed to offer an in-wall woofer with an even higher dynamic range and SPL.

The BWS-210 is the brand’s seventh woofer model, a portfolio ranging from stackable installation woofers to extraordinary in-room woofers featuring the trademark high-gloss piano lacquer.

Precise, punchy and powerful bass

BWS-210 stands for Boundary Woofer Shallow, incorporating two 10-inch bass drivers. The model is designed as a high-performance in-wall woofer for custom installations that require the most shallow woofer solution yet with the best bass performance. The BWS-210 utilizes a patented high-excursion shallow woofer design, customized for Steinway Lyngdorf and based on an innovative voice-coil / cone geometry and suspension which allows the highest excursion from the most space-saving construction. A four-layer voice coil, ultra-rigid dual aluminum cone, a very powerful neodymium magnet and an extremely rigid cast aluminum basket provide impressive bass performance, matching the renowned sound quality of Steinway & Sons speakers.

 Perfectly fits 6 inch / 15 cm wall cavities

The rigid and sealed enclosure is easy to integrate and perfectly fits 6 inch / 15 cm cavity walls, while the extended height provides the large inner cabinet volume required for remarkable bass extension. In combination with the two very powerful 10-inch bass drivers, the BWS-210 delivers an outstanding bass performance from a slim design. It is the ideal solution for any media room and home cinema with no space for placing woofers in the room. It comes with a paintable, magnetically held grill to cover the woofer front.

Integrated System Approach for the best sound performance in any room

As with every Steinway & Sons loudspeaker, the BWS-210 is part of the company’s Integrated System Approach, ensuring all parts of the system, from the speaker to the woofers to the powerful digital amplifiers and the stereo or surround processors, work perfectly together as one. Steinway Lyngdorf’s incorporated RoomPerfectTM technology acoustically calibrates the speaker and woofer performance to the room acoustics, while the unique Bass Management achieves the very best sound integration between the chosen Steinway & Sons speakers and woofers. This ensures the best sound experience for every customer, in any room and any speaker layout.

The BWS-210 production will start in March 2025 at Steinway Lyngdorf in Skive, Denmark.

Read more about the new BWS-210 here. 

Steinway Lyngdorf extends with the new in-wall woofer BWS-110

Steinway Lyngdorf launches the BWS-110, a high-performance inwall woofer specifically made for Steinway & Sons speaker installations requiring the most shallow woofer solution. The BWS-110 is the brand’s sixth woofer model in a portfolio ranging from stackable installation woofers to the extraordinary in-room woofers featuring the trademark high-gloss piano lacquer.

Precise, punchy, and powerful bass

BWS-110 stands for Boundary Woofer Shallow, incorporating one 10 inch bass driver and designed as a highperformance in-wall woofer for custom installations that require a most shallow woofer solution yet with the best bass performance. The BWS-110 utilizes a patented high-excursion shallow woofer design, customized for Steinway Lyngdorf and based on an innovative voice-coil/cone geometry and suspension, which allows the highest excursion from the most space-saving construction. A four-layer voice coil, an ultra-rigid dual aluminum cone, a very powerful neodymium magnet, and an extremely rigid cast aluminum basket provide impressive bass performance, matching the renowned sound quality of Steinway & Sons speakers.

Perfectly fits 4 inch/10 cm wall cavities

The rigid and sealed enclosure is easy to integrate and perfectly fits 4 inch/10 cm cavity walls, while the extended height provides the large inner cabinet volume required for remarkable bass extension. In combination with the very powerful 10 inch bass driver, the BWS-110 delivers an outstanding bass performance. It is the ideal solution for any media room and home cinema with no space for placing subwoofers in the room. It comes with a paintable, magnetically held grill to cover the woofer front.

Integrated System Approach for the best sound performance

As with every Steinway & Sons loudspeaker, the BWS-110 is part of the company’s Integrated System Approach, ensuring all parts of the system, from the speaker to the woofers to the powerful digital amplifiers and the stereo or surround processors, work perfectly together as one. Steinway Lyngdorf’s incorporated RoomPerfect™ technology acoustically calibrates the speaker and woofer performance to the room acoustics, while the unique Bass Management achieves the very best sound integration between the chosen Steinway & Sons speakers and the BWS-110 woofers. This ensures the best sound experience for every customer, in any room and any speaker layout.

The BSW-110 production will start in October 2024 at Steinway Lyngdorf, Denmark.

Read more about the woofer here.