Gryphon Audio Designs And Dynaudio North America Announce U.S. Distribution Agreement For The Gryphon Electronics

3-Jan-01

Dynaudio and Gryphon Audio Designs, two of the worldís leading high end audio companies and both hailing from Denmark, have entered into an agreement in which Dynaudio North America, the United States sales and marketing subsidiary of high end loudspeaker manufacturer Dynaudio, will actively distribute The Gryphon line of electronics in the U.S.A.Gryphon Audio Designs, the brainchild of company founder Flemming E. Rasmussen, was established in 1985 in his quest to produce audio components without compromise in either performance or design, and capable of delivering pure musical truth. To achieve this goal, the products would have to remain unconditionally faithful to the musical source while adhering to exacting standards. This unwavering philosophy has since forged The Gryphonís worldwide reputation for offering state-of-the-art performance, intuitive ergonomics, stunning aesthetic design and a perfect balance of form and function.The ""Gryphon,"" the fabled half-lion and half-eagle creature of Greek mythology, combines the power of the ""king of the beasts"" with the ""king of the birds"" - and it is fitting that the Gryphon products combine unlimited power with elegance and grace, perfectly conveying the essence of the companyís name and logo. Gryphon Audio productsí design principles have always been based on maintaining signal integrity, with an ultra-wide frequency bandwidth topology utilized to ensure the perfect phase character essential to accurate soundstage reproduction. Gryphon pioneered an external, overkill power supply incorporating extensive mains filtering, as well as being the first manufacturer to introduce a true dual-mono design configuration. All Gryphon products are heavily biased toward Class A operation to keep the transistors well within their most linear operating range, and most feature zero negative feedback designs.The engineering that goes into The Gryphon products is all focused on the single goal of recreating music faithfully and accurately, with no colorations or artifacts to be added by the audio components. This is a design goal, shared by Dynaudio in the manufacture of their high performance speakers, and their common understanding of creating audio products, capable of extracting the emotional content out of a recorded musical event by remaining faithful to the musical source, allows for a perfect synergy between the two companies products, in both application and distribution.""We at Dynaudio North America are excited to work with Flemming Rasmussen in bringing The Gryphon products to market in the U.S. For years we have all respected and admired these products from afar, as their aesthetic attributes are perfectly complemented by their musical capabilities,"" stated Dynaudioís Mike Manousselis. ""The Gryphon has never deviated from their passionate, quality-driven audiophile philosophy, and I see many similarities to our company - not just in the Danish heritage - but in the Danish ideology of innovative technology, beautiful craftsmanship and timeless design that are embodied in both Dynaudio and The Gryphon products. Iím certain that both quality-driven audiophiles as well as luxury-market consumers alike will be drawn to the unquestionable elegance and beauty of The Gryphonís industrial design and sonic performance."" Flemming E. Rasmussen of Gryphon states, ""We are both proud and excited about our alliance with Dynaudio North America, as Dynaudio can in many ways may be described as a ësoul mateí to Gryphon. Dynaudioís headquarters are located only a few miles from the Gryphon facility in Denmark, making logistics quite easy, while the impressive track record of Dynaudioís U.S. team gives us confidence that our products will be in very capable American hands."" Like Dynaudio, all Gryphon products are designed and hand-crafted in Denmark to the highest audiophile standards of subjective and technical performance. The solidly built chassis, with its elegant, minimalistic lines formed from a combination of satin black aluminum and glossy black acrylic material exhumes luxury, stability and power, hinting to the advanced technical performance existing within. Gryphon Audio Designs has recently updated its product range for 2001 - the core product range consists of the Tabu CDP-1 CD player ($5,400), the Callisto 2100 ($5,700) and Callisto 2200 ($7,000) dual-mono integrated amplifiers, the Sonata Allegro dual-mono Class A preamplifier ($11,500) and Legato Phono Stage ($4,300), the Antileon Signature Stereo 150 WPC Class A stereo amplifier ($19,800) and the flagship Antileon Signature Solo 175 WPC Class A monoblock amplifiers ($39,900 per pair). Also offered is the stunningly exquisite Gryphon Symphony Equipment Support System designed by Danish sculptor Kaj Hansen ($1,460 for three shelf system, $170 for additional spacers, $340 for Symphony Turntable platform) in the tradition of Gryphonís striking, minimalist design character. An updated CD player (replacing the CDP-1) and the forthcoming Colosseum five channel power amplifier (a prototype scheduled to be unveiled during 2001 CES) are slated for introduction sometime in 2001 as well.Dynaudio North America will ""officially"" begin formal distribution activities supporting The Gryphon product range in Las Vegas during the 2001 CES in conjunction with the premiere of Dynaudioís new Evidence Temptation loudspeakers, which will be actively exhibited with The Gryphon electronics in the Hilton East Tower, suite HE577. During CES, Dynaudio will also exhibit its entire loudspeaker range in booths 9717 and D-9816 at the Las Vegas Hilton Center. For more information, visit www.gryphon-audio.dk for additional details regarding The Gryphon product line.

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