Lyngdorf DP-1 stereo speakers

The DP-1 is a true little jewel. This elegant and slim line floorstanding dipole loudspeaker will deliver midrange and treble with an effortlessness and musicality you have never heard before. The DP-1 is intended to be used in a Lyngdorf 2+2 set-up - where you combine it with a BassDirect speaker to deliver the bass. When we started developing the DP-1 we took a serious look into one of the largest problem for loudspeakers - the cabinet itself - and simply removed it. The speaker cabinet was originally invented as an easy way of obtaining deep bass from a small speaker system. But a cabinet is resonant and vibrant and thus makes a lot of unwanted contribution to the sound. Therefore, the cabinet advantage of extended bass has severe costs in degradation of all the octaves above, especially the upper bass and midrange. And since we did not need bass from the DP-1 the choice was easy. Furthermore, the air inside a cabinet works like a "spring" attached to the cone and like a real spring actually works as a mechanical "brake", holding back the driver unit when it starts to move. This actually drains energy from the drive units which obviously compromises dynamics, attack and precision. The new Lyngdorf DP-1 speakers have no cabinet, just a stylish front baffle on which the drivers are mounted. This - in combination with the selection of some of the best drivers available - results is an extremely open, detailed and dynamic musicality completely free for traditional cabinet-induced smear and coloration.