Gryphon Pendragon User Manual
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as it immerses the listener in music’s rhythmic power.
Passive Upper Frequency Panel
By physically separating the bass and upper frequency sec-
tions, Gryphon Pendragon elegantly sidesteps issues that ine-
vitably arise in a full-range cabinet or in a satellite/subwoofer
configuration.
Reproduction of deep bass from a dedicated cabinet comple-
tely eliminates bass vibrations, resonances and internal bass
pressure waves in the upper frequency enclosures, for cleaner,
clearer mid and high frequencies. By reducing the enclosure
to its most basic form, a floor-standing open panel, Gryphon
Pendragon takes mid and high frequency clarity and articula-
tion to an entirely new level.
By eliminating fundamental issues of mass, inertia and internal
resonance, the Gryphon Pendragon ribbon and AMT drivers
are able to respond accurately and instantaneously to even the
subtlest of micro-dynamic changes, conveying all the expressi-
veness, richness and complex textures of the greatest recor-
dings, laid out across a vast, natural soundstage with pinpoint
stereo imaging.
Four Air Motion Transformer (AMT) drivers and a two-meter
tall ribbon in an open baffle configuration provide ideal cove-
rage of an exceptionally wide frequency range extending from
16 Hz to 32 kHz.
Thanks to its line source dispersion characteristics, the Pen-
dragon ribbon generates a continuous, perfectly coupled, cy-
lindrical wavefront across its entire frequency range for a
uniquely coherent, wide and deep soundfield.
As a consequence of this ideal wavefront form, sound pressure
level at a given distance drops off by only -3 dB, half the rate of
conventional speakers (-6 dB), for a more full-bodied, consi-
stent, room-filling listening experience.
The ribbon is mounted in a three-layer frame of heavy-gauge,
self-reinforced steel to ensure solid construction, free from any
inherent resonance. A symmetrical magnet system consisting
of a push-pull configuration of ceramic magnets fitted on both
sides of the diaphragm provide linear drive of the diaphragm
whose moving mass is actually less than the air load.
Laminated with aluminium strips that act as a planar spiral
voice coil, the ribbon’s large radiating area moves only a very
small distance even at high volume with minimal distortion
and perfect control. Due to the ribbon’s open construction and
large surface area, heat dissipation is not an issue, resulting in
high power handling capabilities with consummate ease.
The extreme high-frequency range is handled by an array of
AMT super tweeters