Gryphon Audio Designs of Denmark celebrates the launch of the Gryphon Pendragon

Gryphon Audio Designs of Denmark celebrates the launch of the brand’s greatest loudspeaker achievement yet, the semi-active, four-tower Gryphon Pendragon (150,000 Euro).

The three-way Gryphon Pendragon system employs a bass tower (eight 8” bass drivers per channel driven by a custom-designed 1000 Watt Gryphon Class A/B power amp) and an open baffle mounted with a two meter long dipolar planar magnetic thin-film ribbon (covering the 200 Hz – 18 kHz with no crossover in its operating range) alongside a vertical array of four dipolar Air Motion Transformer super-tweeters, specified to beyond 32 kHz.

Features

• Three-way four-piece loudspeaker system
• System response 16 – 32,000 Hz, + 3 dB (depending on Q setting and room size)
• Separate active bass crossover network for each channel isolated in bass tower
• Four dipolar AMT (Air Motion Transformer) super-tweeters per channel in vertical array
• Wideband, dipolar thin-film planar magnetic, line source ribbon driver
• Linear, push-pull ceramic magnet system
• Reinforced, low-diffraction open baffle
• Custom designed Gryphon Class A/B bass tower amplifiers, 1000W continuous, 4000W peak
• Eight 8” bass drivers per channel for extreme speed and precision with massive air displacement
• Suspended, dampened passive x-over for midrange and tweeter towers.
• Triple-magnet bass driver motor system for maximum force and precise focus
• Sealed bass enclosures with extensive internal bracing
• Combination of pure wool and synthetic interior damping materials
• Remote control for Q setting, Bass Level and Low Cut
• Integrated Linkwitz-Greiner Q Controller with preset and custom Q settings for ideal low frequency integration in any room
• Gryphon internal wiring
• Power consumption at idle below latest EU requirements
• L link remote start up circuitry
• Non-invasive protection system
• Stylish string grille for driver protection
• Designed and built in Denmark

The Ribbon Panel
The Pendragon ribbon generates a continuous, perfectly coupled, cylindrical wavefront across its entire frequency range for a coherent, wide and deep soundfield. The system’s innate extremely wide and even horizontal dispersion with virtually nil vertical dispersion creates a large, stable sweet spot with none of the floor and ceiling reflections that muddy the sound of conventional multi-way systems.

The AMT Array
Because of their large surface area and pleated diaphragm, the Air Motion Transformers move a large air volume with minimal motion for lightning fast transients with flat frequency response well beyond the audible range with negligible distortion and a total absence of compression.

The AMT array incorporates a +/-1 dB attenuator for ideal integration with the acoustics of the listening space.

The Bass Tower
To keep pace with the extraordinary speed and openness of the dipolar drivers and eliminate the discontinuity that typically plagues “hybrid” speakers, the Gryphon Pendragon low-frequency system is a further refinement of the innovative Poseidon bass tower with eight custom designed 8” drive units and a built-in, specially designed Gryphon Class A/B power amplifier weighing in at 80 kg per channel and capable of 1,000 Watts continuous output. For extended headroom, peak power is approximately 4,000 Watts or 4.5 horsepower.

Active bass allows the user to select a separate amplifier for the high frequency panels without having to worry about the power demands of the massive Pendragon bass system.

Pendragon is shipping now.

About Gryphon Audio Designs
Since its inception in 1985, Gryphon Audio Designs of Denmark has earned a worldwide reputation for state of the art performance, intuitive ergonomics and stunning aesthetic design. The Gryphon is among the select few High End brands to offer complete system solutions incorporating digital sources, amplification and loudspeakers.