The Steinway & Sons Model A loudspeaker is named after the Steinway & Sons Model A piano, known for delivering a “grand” sound in a medium-scale instrument, with a design that allows the solid spruce soundboard to freely and efficiently resonate, like its larger counterparts.
With that reference, the Steinway & Sons Model A similarly offers maximum sound performance from an optimized speaker design with an extended full-range response from a compact cabinet when compared with other models in the series. While the company’s own Air Motion Transformer tweeter, dedicated 6.5" midrange driver, and two large 12" woofers provide outstanding clarity, resolution, and a deep yet defined bass, the shallow closed-cabinet construction takes advantage of the speaker placement near the wall. The result is a room-filling sound with a fast and tight impulse response, suited to every musical style from pure acoustic recordings to dynamic sound effects and large orchestral pieces.
As Steinway Lyngdorf details, no compromises have been made in this design, which extends the frequency response with ease in the higher frequencies, and benefits from the bottom-end provides by the two combined large diameter woofers for a powerful and surprisingly dynamic performance. And this is even more surprising given the shallow closed cabinet design, which doesn't reveal the reinforced internal structure using aluminum and MDF over a steel base.
The Model A uses the company’s own Air Motion Transformer tweeter with an ultra-thin, folded Kapton diaphragm between extremely powerful neodymium magnets, achieving a completely clear, high resolution, distortion-free performance even during the loudest crescendos. The tweeter is embedded in a solid, gold-plated base and complemented by lacquered side panels and acoustically transparent strings, giving the speaker its unmistakable Steinway & Sons appearance.
The two large 12" woofers on the front are unusual for a speaker of this size, providing a combined foundation that adds up to a very large sound-radiating surface, capable of reproducing a deep bass even below 25Hz. Large vented magnets with copper rings and four-layer voice coils provide low distortion, low compression, and high power handling. The shallow cabinet allows speaker placement against the wall, which can be fully optimized with additional external signal processing.
Steinway Lyngdorf's integrated system approach provides the ideal amplifier match and ensures the best system performance. The Model A has been designed with the Steinway & Sons A1 or A2 digital power amplifiers as an integral part of the system, with the Steinway & Sons stereo or surround processors performing the active crossover in the digital domain. Additionally, the processor’s RoomPerfect technology will adapt the Model A to the room acoustics and always ensure the best sound performance in any room. Model A speakers can also be combined with other Steinway Lyngdorf home-theater and in-wall speakers.
The distinctive design with black piano finish, black strings, and matte gold details resembles the famous Steinway & Sons pianos, while each loudspeaker is assembled and finished by hand in Denmark. The Model A loudspeaker comes as standard in matte black with high gloss black side panels and matte gold details, and can be customized with polished gold details as well as other lacquers and finishes, on request and special order.
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