Native immersive experience with Spatial

The next generation of high-quality and home audio systems will provide a native immersive experience with the digital integration of Spatial’s real-time immersive audio engine and Steinway Lyngdorf’s unsurpassed processor audio experience

Spatial, the immersive audio experience company that is reinventing sound and Steinway Lyngdorf today announced at CEDIA Expo a game-changing native digital integration between Spatial’s real-time immersive audio engine and Steinway Lyngdorf’s unsurpassed processor audio experience. The integration promises to provide audiophiles and home-theater system owners with deeper, immersive sound that will not only reproduce the sound to its truest fidelity, but will also transport listeners to another place, moment or time.

“We’ve been working closely with the Steinway Lyngdorf team to break traditional installation constraints,” said Calin Pacurariu, Co-Founder and CEO, Spatial. “Our clients, modern architects, and space designers demand flexible layouts for interior and exterior spaces across estates. Spatial’s new native integration with Steinway Lyngdorf enables designs that otherwise wouldn’t be possible.”

“Spatial’s deep real-time immersion combined with Steinway Lyngdorf’s unparalleled processing performance brings a unique approach to sound in the smart home industry,” said Thomas Birkelund, CEO, Steinway Lyngdorf. “Combining our technical expertise and strengths provides our respective customers a first-of-its-kind product that delivers an unmatched audio experience.”

Crafting Next-Gen Sound Experiences

Spatial Reality engine is built on an object-driven platform that operates on modern Mac and Linux systems. The program is free of rigid requirements like speaker location or the size/shape of a space. Designers using Spatial playback can connect and assign a variety of audio outputs and inputs to prepare believable soundscapes in real-time, and scenes can scale and adapt to each location with natural physics and complex object behaviors that allow for 24:7 dynamic experiences. Spatial Reality runs on a dedicated Mac that is connected digitally via AES67 to Lyngdorf MP-60 2.1 surround sound processor or Steinway & Sons P300 2.1 ultimate performance processor.

The Spatial integration with Steinway Lyngdorf allows for a seamless expansion to the soundfield for all the native processor immersive formats including Dolby Atmos, DTS:X and more. Spatial’s flexible layout approach allows for additional channels in non-traditional locations to fully envelope the space. The approach is particularly well suited for modern indoor and outdoor theater environments.

With the pure digital integration Spatial’s expanded soundfield and real-time soundscapes stay in their native form assuring the highest quality and performance. Native Steinway Lyngdorf technology including RoomPerfect, Boundary Woofers and more are maintained thanks to the fully digital system architecture.

Early customers include estates with non-traditional theater layouts that were demanded by the clients and architects. A traditional approach simply wouldn’t work as the traditional speakers’ locations weren’t possible due to the large opening glass panels to the outside or non-rectangular room designs. In one example, Spatial’s solution coupled with Lyngdorf MP-60 allowed for an expanded soundfield from 27 James Loudspeakers arranged in a discrete manner meeting the clients aesthetic and performance expectations.

“When I first heard the Spatial integration with the Lyngdorf Audio processor I was blown away,” said Claus Glaesner, CEO of Home Theater Professionals. “I can’t wait for people to experience the rich depth of immersion that’s possible with Spatial and Steinway Lyngdorf.”

“It’s been a pleasure working with the deep audio experts at Steinway Lyngdorf as we developed the native real-time integration of Spatial Reality via AES67 to Steinway Lyngdorf’s processors,” added Michael Plitkins, Co-Founder and Co-der “The standards-based approach allowed us to natively enhance traditional immersive audio formats with Spatial’s computational auditory approach in non-traditional spaces while reducing complexity in system design.”

Where to Listen

Private listening sessions are available by appointment at Spatial’s locations in Emeryville CA and Scottsdale AZ. In the coming months Steinway Lyngdorf locations in Hollywood CA and New York NY will start hosting private listening sessions.

About SpatialX Inc.

Spatial is redefining the human experience by creating virtual soundscapes where you work, where you play and where you stay. Spatial’s technology is flexible, powerful and scalable, breaking down traditional audio barriers. Serving customers in corporate, retail, theme parks, museums, hotels, estate entertainment and more, Spatial is taking audio to a new level and allowing creators to unleash their creative soundscapes. Spatial’s team and demo locations are located in Emeryville, California and Scottsdale, Arizona. Led by experienced leaders from Apple, Nest, Dolby, LucasArts and Disney and backed by DBL Partners and BITKRAFT Ventures, Spatial is poised to reimagine immersive entertainment. To learn more, visit www.spatialinc.com or follow us on Instagram, Twitter or LinkedIn.

Spatial Reality is a trademark of SpatialX Inc. RoomPerfect is a trademark of Lyngdorf and Steinway Lyngdorf. All other trademarks are property of their respective holders.

Momentum Group and Rio Grande Reps as new partner in US

Steinway Lyngdorf has engaged Momentum Group and Rio Grande Reps to provide sales representation services in the Rockies and TOLA regions of the US for performance focused dealers, integrators, and specialty audio / video / home theater retailers. Momentum Group covers the Rocky mountain states of Colorado, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico, and southern Idaho. Rio Grande Reps covers Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas.

We are excited to partner with David Thomas and the Momentum and Rio Grande teams in the Rockies and TOLA regions to build out our network of partners and increase the level of support we are able to provide. Davids reputation in the industry as a strategic businessman and his commitment to long-term manufacturer partnerships make him a perfect fit for our first representation partnership in the US said Katherine Spiller, Steinway Lyngdorf Director of Sales & Marketing for the Americas. We believe that working with a team of professionals with strong dealer relationships at the local level with a dedication to performance solutions will add energy and momentum to our market development plans.

Momentum Group and Rio Grande Reps are manufacturer sales representation companies focused on exceeding expectations of supported manufacturers by presenting and selling brands at the local level to dealers, retailers, and distributors through best in class technical sales training, education, and design services.

David Thomas, president of Momentum Group and Rio Grande Reps, said Steinway Lyngdorf, with such elegant design & engineering prowess, is reshaping the expectations in the high-performance audio space. We are proud to partner with them to broaden the appeal of their solutions through Lyngdorf Audio and to further the reach of Steinway & Sons Audio Systems for a small number of luxury-focused dealers in select markets.

Steinway Lyngdorf to introduce HDMI 2.1 in flagship processors

BusiSoft AV has been appointed as the official distributor of Steinway Lyngdorf for Australia, effective 1 May 2020.BusiSoft AV is thrilled to be working with Steinway Lyngdorf on establishing the brands in Australia.

You can read the whole press release from BusiSoft here.

Watershed Group becomes exclusive distributor

Steinway Lyngdorf is proud to announce a new distribution partnership with The Watershed Group. Effective immediately, The Watershed Group will oversee distribution and partner support for both of Steinway Lyngdorf’s brands, Steinway & Sons and Lyngdorf Audio throughout Canada. The Watershed Group, previously known as The Rep Company, serves the Canadian market with warehouse and showroom facilities from Brantford, Ontario.

“We are looking forward to working closely with the entire team at The Watershed Group” said Katherine Spiller, Steinway Lyngdorf Director of Sales & Marketing for the Americas, who added “we were drawn to The Watershed Group for their unique dedication to customer service, dealer education programs and client services, that are well-aligned with our own company philosophy.”

 

Mark Lefler, Managing Director for The Watershed Group, added “we have always partnered with brands and technologies that enable our group to best support our independent customer-base and their specific needs for product performance, reliability and profitability. Our relationship with Steinway Lyngdorf will continue this tradition. Entrusting both members of the Steinway Lyngdorf family with us” continued Lefler, “not only humbles us, but allows us to strategically invest the resources necessary to position both brands for the success they so duly deserve.”