Music is a primordial and most common expression of emotion. From the ancient Greek theatres to today’s high-tech concert venues, the conveyance of music from its producers to the human ear has been studied, dissected and optimized, with every step carefully controlled and stage-managed by the music cognoscenti. On the part of the discerning music lover, it is simply the desire to experience the best music to his ears and food for the soul. Yet two wild cards remain in this process: the room and the listener. Therein lies the problem: what use is there in ensuring a pitch-perfect performance, only to have the quality of the sound ruined by the acoustics of the venue?

In any given room, sound can bounce or be absorbed, or distorted by many things. It all depends on the nature of the materials that make up the room and the layout of the room, the furniture and furnishings as well as on the placement of the speakers. Quite simply, it has been near impossible and even impractical to create a perfect sound system for the home because there are too many unpredictable variables. This is traditionally where we would tune in the high-end audiophile toolkit, and where major adjustments to the room as well as complicated additions and expensive enhancements are mandatory in the effort to get anywhere near great sound.

Fortunately, overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds is oxygen to those who crave the best and is often the rites of passage for luxury products. Thus we have Steinway Lyngdorf’s patent-pending RoomPerfectTM technology, employed in its signature Model D Music System.. Before we begin our odyssey into the realm of aural perfection, as envisioned by Steinway Lyngdorf we must begin with a brief examination of the history and science of the minefields they navigated.