Lyrus Audio Introduces Two New High-End Planar Magnetic Headphones

Newly formed company, Lyrus Audio Designs Ltd, has announced plans to enter the high-end headphone market at the 2015 Munich HIGH END SHOW May 14-17 with two new technology laden planar magnetic headphones. The company’s top-of-the-line offering, the Lyrus Audio Model Nine, features the industry’s largest planar diaphragm at 90mm (78.5 cm2). It utilizes gold conductive traces on an ultra-thin planar membrane, described by the company as “a combination of pristine sound quality, flawless mechanical execution, beauty, and comfort.” The Model Six possesses virtually identical execution and technology, but with an 80mm (63.59 cm2) diaphragm and silver conductive traces on its planar membrane. In an industry where 50mm has defined the upper limit in planar diaphragm size, Lyrus Audio claims that with these two new models they have broken the mold.

Both models are fully balanced planar magnetic designs utilizing a patent pending charging process called SCN™ (Super Charged Neodymium) for raw neodymium which results in significantly higher flux per weight than off-the-shelf magnets. These super-charged magnets are then mounted on both sides of the diaphragm in a true push-pull balanced arrangement. This is unlike what the company describes as the inherently non-linear use of magnets on only one side of the diaphragm, as they claim is prevalent in planar magnetic headphone design.

Ducted port tuning (DPT™) is used in both the Model Nine and Model Six for bass loading. This is an industry first in planar magnetic design, and more reminiscent of high end loudspeaker design than that of a headphone. Utilizing Thiele-Small parameters to calculate proper bass loading, low end reinforcement and bass extension, according to the company, are absolutely unrivalled.

As a final statement of quality, each headphone is given a serial number and supplied with an individual measurement sheet, signed and dated by the inspection technician.

Model Nine will have a US Retail Price of $ 1,890, the Model Six $ 1,290; and both are scheduled for availability in July 2015.

At the 2015 Munich HIGH END show, 14 – 17 May, Lyrus Audio will be exhibiting in booth C10, Hall 4, where the company will showcase all three of the new planar magnetic headphones.

Source: Press Release