Lynx
Company profile[edit]
Founded in Hanover in 1989.
History
LYNX - Luchs in German - was founded in 1989 by three HiFi enthusiasts in Hanover. Already at the end of the seventies the later owners of the company had been infected by the bacillus of original music reproduction. In the following years more or less successful own constructions were created, until finally at the end of the 1980s enough know how was available to dare the jump into the cold water of independence. The first two models - sensibly christened B 1 and B 2 - achieved cult status, mainly due to their still modern appearance. The first positive tests followed. The product range was gradually expanded. The A - series with the models A 0.2, A 0.5, A 1 and A 2 became a great success. B 1 and B 2 were further developed, the top model B 4 marked the upper end of the model range. The triumph of multi-channel systems was taken into account with 2 centres and also 2 subwoofers. From the very beginning, LYNX focused exclusively on active concepts. Finally, in 2001, the completely new aluminium series ECLAIR followed. Which is now - in the year 2020, before a new edition.
Philosophy
"Stereo systems drive apart again everything that the conductor has laboriously woven together." This sentence by the German journalist Wolfram Weidner stands for the widespread prejudice that music from "the can" can never sound as good as the live performance. We at LYNX have always set ourselves the goal of proving the opposite. But how do you achieve this goal? By uncompromisingly paying attention to the lowest possible losses in signal transmission. Only if the information stored on the record, CD or hard disk reaches the loudspeaker without any loss, there is a chance to achieve a really true-to-life reproduction. Fatally, however, this also has the consequence that many recordings are exposed as relatively poor. Data compression, which still appears lossless over an IPhone, leaves only limited joy at the end of the chain over a high-resolution system with LYNX speakers. But just as car drivers who drive over bad roads do not blame their car for the lack of comfort, music listeners should not blame the bearer of bad news for the lack of enjoyment. Because one thing is clear: only the consistent elimination of all sound-deteriorating components makes the enormously good quality of many recordings audible and tangible. And not voodoo.
Technology
The goal - faithful reproduction - has already been described. Now we want to say something about the way to get there - the technology. HiFi enthusiasts often indulge in flowery phrases when they want to describe the sound of their system. This is nice to read, but it ignores the fact that it is not the purpose of a hi-fi component to create a sound itself. The equipment should reproduce a sound event as faithfully as possible - no more and no less. LYNX loudspeakers consistently follow this path. This starts with the choice of the individual drivers. Thus, the ferrofluid, which degrades the sound, is not to be found in any of our tweeters. The used midrange and bass-midrange drivers always have a very good ventilation and often a so-called phase plug. This is followed by a high quality internal wiring that connects to a free-wired crossover. After all, what's the point of all those expensive loudspeaker cables if they end up on wafer-thin conductors with bell wire inside the cabinet? Our crossovers are always equipped with high-quality components. You will not find wire resistors in any LYNX speaker. Not even in the entry-level model. Only foil capacitors are used in the signal path of the drivers. If you think that this should be standard for all manufacturers, you are very much mistaken. The free wiring brings a big advantage especially with the used coils. On circuit boards high quality air core coils can only be accommodated up to very low values. With our crossovers this is no problem. However, the free wiring also has a disadvantage:
IT IS EXPENSIVE!
Especially here in Germany. The crossover is always connected with a high-quality connection terminal and gold-plated sockets. As you can see - we do everything to ensure that the valuable music signals reach your ears undamaged.
Made in Germany
As a rule, the term is no longer tenable today. There is an international division of labour and no customer would agree to pay more without getting a qualitative benefit from it. Therefore: Our products are developed in Germany and assembled here. The parts used mostly come from Europe - but non-European quality components are also used. We think, however, that this distinguishes us from many competitors who have their products completely manufactured in the Far East and then stick their label on them. That is why we allow ourselves to continue to print "Made in Germany".