Lipinski Sound

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Lipinski Sound
Type	Private
Founded	2003
Headquarters	New York, NY, United States
Key people	Andrew Lipinski, Founder Lukas Lipinski, President & CEO
Industry	Consumer electronics, Professional audio
Products	Loudspeakers, Audio electronics
Website	lipinskisound.com

Lipinski Sound is a professional market and audiophile oriented manufacturer of loudspeakers, subwoofers, powered speaker stands (patent pending), surround sound systems, power amplifiers, microphones and microphone preamps.

1 Background
2 Current hardware
- 2.1 Home theater consumer market
- 2.2 Pro-audio market
3 Customers
4 Notes
5 External links

[edit] Background

The company was established by Andrew Lipinski. He is an audio engineer and producer of Polish origin, educated in Europe, based in the United States, and professionally active around the globe. The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology recognized Andrew Lipinski’s outstanding hearing abilities. He was the one and only individual to receive a 100% score on evaluation of phonographic recording, rated 1:1000 chance among pro audio professionals^[1].

The company is unique in the industry in that its founder is professionally active in the recording arts, as well as in the engineering sciences (see: Lipinski Records). An example of his work was reviewed by, Stereophile Magazine, which rated Andrew Lipinski’s Super Audio CD (SACD) among 75 best surround recordings ever made saying: It is a phenomenal demo, both on its own and as proof of how, without any gimmicks, multichannel can improve on two-channel stereo. A great audio and a great musical experience^[2].

Business affairs are assisted by his son, Lukas. The aim of the firm's products and services is to advance the art of music recording and playback to absolute perfection.^[3].

[edit] Current hardware

Lipinski Sound loudspeakers on exhibit at a high-end audio conference

[edit] Home theater consumer market

Decades of research and phonographic experience led Lipinski to develop a complete solution for High Definition surround sound - fully integrated, time aligned, tri-amplified system.

Satellite loudspeakers: sealed, two-way MTM design with patented diffraction control, time-aligned, low-order crossover, ready for bi-amplification. Runner-up for "Product of the Year" in Stereophile magazine; Recommended Components list Class A. Six exemplary reviews in worldwide audio press.
Monblock amplifiers: dual topology, biamplification or bridge mode, one-of-a-kind accuracy and dynamics, also beating cost-no-object designs. Built-in high-pass filters precisely tuning and integrating the whole system.
Subwoofer: sealed, unique double wall, double voice coil driver working in parallel to enhance damping factor.
Subwoofer amplifier: unique for its 150-Ampere current capability, dual topology, parallel mode, with built-in low-pass filter, precisely integrating subwoofer with components within the monitoring system.

The "Lipinski Surround Solution" is time-aligned, from tweeter to mid-woofer down to subwoofer. According to the company's founder, this issue is neglected by the audio industry and imprecise time-alignment is responsible for a major degradation in the quality of sound reproduction.

[edit] Pro-audio market

Lipinski developed a most demanding analog front-end system for professional recording studios:

Microphone preamplifier: a mic-pre beating out vintage classics as well as modern designs. PAR Excellence Award; Reviewer’s Choice by Pro Audio Review; Distinguished performance at 3DAudio shootout in Nashville.
Microphone: a unique vacuum tube, but transformer-less electronics, designated to work exclusively with a transformer-less input of the Lipinski mic-pre.

[edit] Customers

Its professional audio systems and speakers are used in recording and production studios. Since 2006, Dolby is exclusively working on the 7.2 Lipinski Sound surround sound monitoring system for their TrueHD Studio in Tokyo. Clients include engineers for Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Jay-Z, Missy Elliott, Snoop Dogg, Aretha Franklin, Dire Straits, Sheryl Crow, Peter Frampton, Wynonna Judd, Reba McEntire, and Willie Nelson, among others.

[edit] Notes

^ K. R. Eberhardt, B. A. Bell, G. N. Stenbakken, D. R. Flynn, D. J. Evans, E. D. Burnett, and V. Nedzelnitsky, Evaluation of a copy prevention method for digital audio tape systems, NBSIR 88-3725, National Bureau of Standards, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Washington, DC (1988)
^ Stereophile Magazine, February 2007 issue
^ Company's Web page, retrieved on September 5, 2007.

Lipinski Sound products are distributed in Australia by Wicked Digital with an information portal for Australian consumers here.