experience the lumen white "altai" and "kyara" reference monitors at belgium’s biggest high end audio show, "new music high-end innovation show", november 9 & 10, 2024, at the hotel courtyard - marriott, olympiadenlaan 6, brussel 1140. join us in suite 308. for show guidance, kindly visit www.nmhighendinnovation.com.

listen to the lumen white "altai" and "kyara" reference monitors at the paris audio video show 2024, saturday oct. 26, sunday oct 27 & for trade participants on monday 28, at 143 avenue de malakoff, 75116 paris, france. join us in the "people like you" distributor suite at the show. www.peoplelikeyou.biz

lumen white to premiere the new "white light III" studio standard reference monitors at the zagreb hifi show. join us in the db audio showroom, suite "olive 3" on the 2nd floor. october 19th & 20th at the zagreb hilton.

lumen white to exhibit at the guangzhou hifi show, 22nd till24th November2024attheguangzhouorientalhotel. join our presentations of the white light III, kyara and altai reference monitors at the limin audio showroom.
http://www.liminaudio.com, http://pd.gzhighend.com

france's leading high end magazine "haute fidelite" reviewed the lumen white "altai" reference monitors for their june-july 2024 issue and granted them their prestigious "reference" award.

in his review, entiteled "pure seduction", bruno casteluzzo arrives at the following verdict:

"a true artisan creation with meticulous and sophisticated execution, the "altai" reproduces music in an elegant and natural way, immaculate and without redundancies. at once precise and vivid as lightning, listening through the "altais" can turn into a truly mesmerizing experience as their reproduction lends itself to musical realism of the most vibrant kind. It's difficult not to fall under the charm of this seductress, a true top class speaker whose visual beauty is a gratifying complement to its undoubtedly reference-class musical performance."

click for the full review

lumen white introduced the "surya" reference studio monitor

lumen white introduced the "surya" reference studio monitor, a 5 driver, 3 way monitor which combines our trademark technologies in a keenly priced 92 db efficient format. for the details of the "surya" reference monitorsm kindly visit the "product" section of this website.

france's leading high end magazine "haute fidelite" reviewed the lumen white "kyara" reference monitors for their decemberjanuary 2023 issue and gilded them with their prestigious "reference" award. kindly find the full text in the "review" section of this website or click the above picture.

lumen white "kyara" - the music and nothing else

"after the visual shock over the speakers' utter beauty and their exemplary manufacturing quality there comes the shock of listening to them:superbly pure, transparent, lightening-fast, but with utter sonic refinement and a rare nobility of timbres. the combination with our electronics proved particularly synergistic but the speakers will also work magnificent with good tube electronics. the kyara don't chase superficial show effects but true accuracy which reveals music in its purest form. they are exceptional beautiful and at the same time master the art to vanish behind the music: a sacred lesson in sound provided by lumen white."

lumen white introduces "altei" reference monitors

lumen white introduces the "altei" reference monitors, featuring the brand's multiple awardwinning technologies at an precently unavailable price point.

the "altai" are 2.5-way, reference grade monitors with proprietary lumen white driver-, port-, loadingand air-damping-technologies and an easy to drive sensitivity of 91 db.

their drivers, cabinet, crossover and components are designed, selected and matched for best-in-class spectrum fidelity, impulse precision, time- and phase-coherence, inter-octave energy balance, signal rise- and settling-times and freedom from impulsememory and signal-shadowing effects.

the "altai" cabinet is constructed from custom made, variable density, resonance-balanced, multiple tonewoods based, instrument-grade plywood., which our research has identified as acoustically superior to synthetic, metal and most solid wood enclosures due to a superior, balanced resonance-spectrum and a natural, psycho-acoustically vanishing sonic signature.

the "altei" fetaure a latest generation, customspecced, ceramic driver array with class-leading, sonically "vanishing" spectrum profile when compared to alternative metal, plastic, polymer- and compound membrane technologies.

the crossover is a proprietary, purist, time-, impulseand magnetic field interaction optimized, minimalphase design and features a switchable bass accenture/boost facility.

the "altai" reference monitors are available in numerous premium veneers and custom lacquer finishes.

never before have our advanced technologies and design innovations been available at such an affordable price point, providing ever more music lovers with award winning sonic excellence, decadeproven, user satisfaction, longterm value and freedom from technological obsolence.

please find the full product presentation at http://lumenwhite.com/altai_uk.html

four months after its introduction in the chinese market, lumen white`s "white light anniversary" monitors receive the "products of the year 2018" award by hong kong`s leading high end magazine

"hifi review" (http://hifireview.com.hk)

hong kong`s leading high end magazine "hifi review" dedicates the "white light anniversary" reference monitors a 10 page review, praising their superlative performance and mesmerizing musicality.

for the complete review, kindly visit our "review" section and http://hifireview.com.hk/20181004/389-hifi-review/

popular u.s. audio webzine "positive feedback" grants lumen white its "audio oasis" award in, quote, "recognition of truly superior show room sonics & musical experience, providing a haven for the weary audio traveler at axpona 2018"

popular u.s. audio webzine "part-time audiophile" pays a comprehensive visit to the lumen white exhibit at the rocky mountain audio fest 2018. the resulting full-page report makes for insightful reading for anyone interested in the edge-of-the-art in musical realism, emotionally genuine audio and musical enjoyment.

http://parttimeaudiophile.com/2018/10/14/rmaf-2018-ayon-lumenwhite

"audio extreme", lumen white distributor in mainland china and hong kong premieres the "white light anniversary" reference monitors at the hong kong high end audio visual show 2018 to record attendance and high acclaim.
aug 10-12 at the hong kong convention and exhibition centre

"stereo sound", japan�s leading high end publication portraits the lumen white "kyara" reference monitors, their design and groundbreaking technologies in the "exciting equipment" section of its march 2018 edition.

highfidelity.pl, poland's leading high-end audio publication, awards the lumen white "kyara" reference monitors their "statement 2017" award, a unique award created especially for the "kyara" monitors due to what "highfidelity" considers a rewrite of loudspeaker performance envelope in such a groundbreaking way, that they considered a new, superior category of award was due to recognize the achievement. before being awarded their "statement" award, the "kyara" reference monitors were the first product ever in the long history of highfidelity to receive their coveted "gold fingerprint" and "big red button" rewards at the same time in 2017.

poland's leading high-end audio magazine highfidelity.pl, esteemed worldwide, selects the lumen white "kyara" reference monitors for its "best products of 2017" listing. in fact, the "kyara" is the first product ever in the long history of the publication to receive their coveted "gold fingerprint" and "big red button" rewards at the same time. from their "best of 2017" editorial:

"lumen white speakers come from a small manufacture whose defining characteristic are unusual housings. known in top high-end circles and highly regarded in Japan, they offer outstanding sound. by using drivers with a ceramic membrane, they are a model of high resolution and precision. the kyara is the latest and at the same time the smallest model which fits smaller rooms. the speakers are able to make music from even poor recordings interesting and to literally enchant listeners with better ones. we do not listen to them as "speakers" but a wide-open window in front of us, with another world on the other side - one of recorded music with its pros and cons, but mostly with its beauty. warning: these speakers require the best possible audio path and do not tolerate imperfections! they are the first audio product in "high fidelity" history to have been awarded the big red button reserved for the best music recordings - it is because the speakers are both an audio product and a musical instrument"

japan`s "analog" high end magazine has reviewed our "kyara" reference monitors concluding that they are "captivating "ear-openers" ... and make other speakers sound dull in comparison". for further details of the review, kindly visit our "review" section.

u.s. high-end audio webzine "enjoythemusic.com" awards lumen white "best sound of the show" at the "rocky mountain audio fest 2017" - quote: "ayon audio and lumenwhite keep getting best of sound at shows from not just from us, but from other mags too and so once again they don't disappoint. lumenwhite kyara loudspeakers ($49,000) feature accuton drivers specially made for lumenwhite to their specs. Instrument grade cabinets are obvious just from looking at the fine craftsmanship, with the finish seen here being french nut. Yes sir, it sings, it dances, it handles playing your fave tunes!" (http://enjoythemusic.com/RMAF_2017/)

wojciech pacula, chief editor of poland`s leading high-end magazine www.highfidelity.pl, has given the "kyara" studio reference monitors an in depth-review and grants them the magazine`s two highest "gold fingerprint" and "rec big red bottom" awards, for superior sonic performance and outstanding musical accomplishments.

the "kyara" monitors are the first product in the magazine`s history to receive both these awards at the same time. the review is available at http://www.highfidelity.pl/@main-771&lang=en

lumen white premieres the "kyara" studio reference monitor loudspeakers for asia at the tokyo-international-audio-show 2017 together with leading japanese high end distribution firm axiss audio japan, sept. 29 through oct 1st at the international forum tokyo.

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www.axiss.co.jp
http://iasj.info/tokyo-international-audio-show

poland`s leading high-end audio publication http://highfidelity.pl awards lumen white its "best sound of the show" award for the lumen white "kyara" studio reference monitors demonstration at the muenich high end show 2017, europe`s leading audio industry event.

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the 2017 los angeles audio show

neil gader`s �best of show - best sound� (cost no object category): Most Surprising was the stunning lumenwhite �white light anniversary ($69,000) neil gader on the lumenwhite �white light �anniversary�

do blondes still have more fun? if it�s a wood-veneer finish, lumenwhite certainly thinks so. it premiered generation 4 of its famous �white light� speakers�the white light anniversary reference ($69,000). the anniversary reference features the world�s first all-ceramic driver array in a radically advanced �pressure-and-flow-dynamics-optimized cabinet,� with numerous innovative technologies in an all-out assault on the state of the art in reference loudspeaker performance. sonics were brilliantly fast and open. to my ear lumenwhite�s latest generation of ceramic transducers was uncolored and possessed terrific dynamic output as well as sensitive micro-gradients.

www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/la-audio-show-report-loudspeakers/

the 2017 los angeles audio show

robert harley`s �best of show - best sound� (cost no object category):

usa tube audio�s demonstration of the new lumen white 15th anniversary, generation 4 speakers driven by ayon electronics was spectacularly great, with wall-to-wall soundstaging. close your eyes and you�d never know that you were in a hotel room.

www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/the-2017-los-angeles-audio-show

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world premiere

lumen white �kyara� next generation, superlative, compact reference monitor edge of the art, custom design drivers, time-, spectrum-, phase- & impulse-coherent x-over bionic, dynamic flow- and pressure-optimised cabinet design psychoaccoustically selected, balanced-spectrumtm materials, artisan craftsmanship & instrument grade construction pure lines, visual elegance & timeless beauty a mesmerising tribute to music

hall 1 studio d03

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lumen white presents the "lumyere" superlative monitors at the "klangbilder hifi show 2016" in vienna, austria, november 10 - 13

poland`s leading high-end audio publication http://highfidelity.pl awards lumen white its "best of the best" award for the lumen white "lumyere" ultimate studio reference monitors presentation at the warsaw audio video show 2016.

photo courtesy of soundrebels.com
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lumen white research group premieres the new lumen white "lumyere" superlative monitors to record audiences at the warsaw audio & video show 2016 in warsaw, november 4 - 6

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"While I don`t want to warm up the old analog-versus-digital discussion here again, there is no denying the fact that never before have I heard this fantastic recording reproduced even close to the emotionally gripping, musically fluid and dynamically supercharged way in which the "Mystere" presented it - whatever the digital source, - format and cost involved in those other auditions."

"the lumen white 'mystere' is one of the three best turntables, which i have had the privilege to listen to. visually it easily is the most attractive of the three....a veritable analogue dream-machine"

dirk sommer, recording engineer & senior analog reviewer

please find the full review at http://positive-feedback.com/reviews/hardware-reviews/lumenwhite-mystere-reference-turntable-review-dirk-sommer/

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lumen white "best sound" at t.h.e. show, newport 2016

the absolute sound, on t.h.e. show at newport 2016 - best of show selection. chief editor robert harley`s - best sound (cost no object): "the newly introduced lumen white "white light" speaker from switzerland ($70k) not only looked gorgeous, but also sounded fabulous driven by ayon electronics and front end.

the absolute sound on t.h.e. show at newport 2016 jonathan valin`s best of show:
lumen white intro'd its $70k "white light 15th anniversary" three-way with ceramic drivers driven by ayon xs monos, and the sound was so good I gave it a double exclamation point in my notes. with an extremely wide soundstage with virtually no box coloration (thanks to an "instrument-grade" wood enclosure), it sounded open and natural and fast on an dianne reeves vocal from a wynton marsalis cd (and on marsalis' trumpet).

we welcome you at at the lumen white presentation at booth C 03, hall 1 , m.o.c. m�nchen, lilienthalallee 40, 80939 muenich, germany. for show information and directions, please visit http://www.highendsociety.de/index.php/en_high_end_moc.html

poland`s leading high-end audio publication http://highfidelity.pl awards lumen white its "best of the best" award for the lumen white "white light anniversary" reference monitors demonstration at the warsaw audio video show 2015.

the show attracted a record 12000 visitors making it one of the world`s most prominent high-end events.

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lumen white at the warsaw audio video show

lumen white premieres the "white light anniversary" reference monitors for poland at the warsaw audio video show 2015 to a continuously packed hall and standing ovations.

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premieres the "white light anniversary" reference monitor loudspeakers for asia at the tokyo-international-audio-show 2015 together with leading japanese high end distribution firm axiss audio japan, sept. 25 through sept 29 at the international forum tokyo.

www.axiss.co.jp
iasj.info/tokyo-international-audio-show/2015

" poland�s www.highfidelity.pl, one of europe`s most active high end audio webzines grants lumen white`s muenich high end 2015 show exhibit their "best sound of high end 2015" award.

from highfidelity`s report on the muenich show:

" the lumen white "mystere" turntable and the lumen white "white light anniversary" speakers, driven by the new ayon audio crossfire evo monoblocks, sounded fantastic - a rich, transparent, highly dynamic sound which haunts one still long after one has heard it. reaching far beyond hi-fi or mere high-end, this was truly living music.

not surprisingly, recording master and long standing reviewer dirk sommer has used lumen white speakers as his reference monitors since ever. "

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dirk sommer, recording-expert and chief-editor at www.hifistatement.de reviewed the lumen white "mystere" turntable.

quotes from the review :

"a perfect symbiosis of state-of-the-art sound, -technology and visual beauty"

" strikingly reminiscent of master-tape sound"

"no digital source known to me approaches the "mystere`s" sonic realism, dynamic capabilities and conveyance of music`s emotional depth"

"outperforms 99.9 % of all turntables in sonic realism, sheer musicality and emotional impact"

"one of the three best turntables i have ever heard, and visually the most appealing"

"if you spent a few hours with the "mystere" turntable system, you will get irreversibly addicted to it"

original - german language - review at
www.hifistatement.net/tests/item/1537-lumenwhite-mystere

english version of the review forthcoming.

picture courtesy of www.soundrebels.com

premieres
the "white light anniversary" reference monitor loudspeakers at the munich high-end
show 2015 celebrating 15 years of innovation in high end audio design.

introduced in 2000, lumen white`s original "white light" reference monitors became instant legends, rated "best in class" (audio art, taiwan), "one of the best audio components of all times" (stereo sound, japan), an "ultimate, absolute reference in every category" (fedelt� del suono, italy), and as offering "sonic realism which may prove impossible to surpass" (h�rerlebnis, germany).

the "white light" reference monitors featured the world`s first all-ceramic driver array, radically advanced pressure- and flow-dynamics optimized, air-damped, instrumentgrade tone-wood cabinets, purist crossover design and further advancements of the art.

5 years in the making, the latest iteration of flow- and pressure-dynamics modelling, a completely new, custom designed driver array and continuous advancements of our signatory loudspeaker technologies have prepared the stage for lumen white to introduce a new generation of our reference monitor speaker designs, the new technology plattform to be premiered in a special "anniversary" model of the iconic "white light" monitors format.

the "white light anniversary" reference monitors premiered in a mythical white macassar finish at the high end 2015 show in munich, together with the latest generation of lumen white`s acclaimed, limited edition "mystere" air bearing turntable system.

"white light anniversary" reference monitors
technical highlights & specification

3 way system with proprietary lumen white port-, loading- and air-damping technologies.

drivers, cabinet, crossover and components designed, selected and matched for best-in-class spectrum fidelity, impulse precision, time- and phase-coherence, inter-octave energy balance, signal rise- and settling-times and freedom from impulse-memory and signal-shadowing effects.

cabinet constructed from a new generation of custom made, variable density, multiple tonewoods-derived, instrument-grade plywood. acoustically preferable to synthetic, metal and most solid wood enclosures due to its amorphous energy dissipation behaviour, superior balanced resonance-spectrum and natural psychoacoustic sonic signature.

available in numerous premium veneers and custom lacquer finishes.

latest generation, custom designed, advanced ceramic and ceradome driver array : one 1" ceramic or diamond tweeter, one 5" ceramic mid-range driver, three 7.5" ceradome woofers, physically time-aligned.

all drivers featuring 3d, ideal-acoustic-center dome-geometry, optimized for negligible impulsedelay and energy-storage effects. class-leading, sonically and psycho-accoustically "vanishing" spectrum profile preferable over alternative metal, plastic, polymer-fiber and other high-tech membrane technologies.

novel, next-generation "overhung" motor topology, outperforming prior art, over- and underhung designs, in high linear excursion at significantly reduced distortion when compared to previous ultra-low distortion driver generations and competing high-end transducer designs.

new, advanced, extended cone excursion spider- and surround technologies eliminate the compression artifacts found at the excursion perimeters in alternative designs.

crossover: proprietary, purist, minimal phase design with best resource allocation custom tailoring of both drivers and x-over to the target performance envelope. switchable impedance correction for tube- and solid state amplification.

"white light anniversary" reference monitors

specifications

frequency response 30 hz - 35 khz / -3 db

impedance: 6 ohm

sensitivity ( 1W / 1m ) 89 db (91db - average value )

recommended amplifier power 20 - 200 watt

wbt - nextgen bi-wire terminals

dimensions (h x w x d) each 129 x 32,5x 60,5 cm

weight, each 85 kg

shipping dimensions (h x w x d) each 140x 70x 44 cm

shipping weight, each 110 kg

designed in switzerland

manufactured in the eu

we reserve the right to change product specifications without prior notice to enhance
product quality and performance balanced spectrum design, balanced spectrum materials,
balanced spectrum construction,balanced spectrum technology are trademarks of
lumen white research

2015 � lumen white research, all rights reserved

contact@lumenwhite.com

german high end magazine "lp" grants lumen white its prestigeous "best of the decade award" for the lumen white "silver flame" monitors.

thriving to provide audio components with longterm value and benchmark setting significance, we appreciate the recognition of this very - and rare - quality of our products by seasoned reviewers, trusted industry representatives and the expert media.

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renowned analogue weblog http://twogoodears.blogspot.ch,
dedicated to analogue playback of the highest caliber,
takes a look at the lumen white mystere turntable system
praising its swiss design & engineering:

http://twogoodears.blogspot.ch/2014/03/mystere.html

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lumen white at the CES las vegas high end audio shows

swiss-korean high end audio manufacturer merlin audio choose
a pair of lumen white "white light" custom verneer reference monitors
to premiere their 3d holographic sound technology
at CES 2014 at venetian towers skyline suite 31-232.

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"dutch high end magazine "music emotions" gives the artisan reference
monitors a glowing in-depth review, calling them "the closest thing to a
straight wire between the recording and the listener" and " easily on par
with competitiors costing three times their price".
visit our "review" page for the dutch "review" - english translation
forthcoming.

review quotes:

"the lumen white artisans are absolute "non-compromise" monitors right in
the center of the holy grail of loudspeaker design. .offering
edge-of-the-art sound quality....setting the reference bar significantly
higher…a revelatory tool for musiclovers and audiophiles alike….their
ultimate sonic realism provides a truthfull window into the original
musical event ......... the closest thing to a straight wire between the
recording and the listener....easily outperforming speakers costing three
times their price.

lumen white best sound award, las vegas 2013

u.s. audio webzine avshowrooms grants "best sound" and "gold show award"
to the lumen white & ayon audio suite at t.h.e. show las vegas 2013. for
details and videos from the las vegas audio shows, please visit at
www.avshowrooms.com.

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lumen white at the newport beach home entertainment show 2012

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the lumen white mystere turntable makes it on the cover of europe`s biggest audio high end show

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lumen white live exhibit at the swiss high end show 2011:
playing the "mystere" laboratory reference turntable system, "aquila" and "artisan"
reference monitors to enthusiastic praise by the audience.

read the discerning show reviews of this and previous year`s key swiss
high end event at

www.bernd-zumoberhaus.ch

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best sound of show at the california audio show in san francisco 2011

lumen white "artisan" reference monitors receive "best sound of the show"
vote at the california audio show in san francisco, july 2011, as
reported by u.s. high end webzine "positive feedback"

u.s. high end webzine dagogo.com reporting on the california audio show:
"the lumen white artisan speakers were quite punchy, very immediate
sounding and did not lag when pushed to high levels.... charlie harrison
of lumen white usa had the lumen white artisan speaker running hard, yet
it did not fall apart at elevated levels."

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constantine soo of acclaimed high end webzine www.dagogo.com has given the
"artisans" an in depth review, rating them visionary, magic,
irrestistable, among the world`s very best now and relevant for many
years to come.

quotes from the review, which is available for download in our "review"
section.

"for the time i began auditioning the speakers until their imminent return
to the importer, i just couldn't get over the magic created by the ...
lumen white.

the instance I began auditioning the lumen white, it became an experience
few speakers could match..... until the day it was returned to charlie
harrison, the "artisans" turned my every listening session into a festival
of sorts, an eye-opening, three-dimensional and irresistible one.

re-imaging live instruments on stage to the extent accomplished by the
"artisan" was a feat far and few in between, one that nearly made the
listening experience a visual one.

.. lumen white reveals the wide sonic divide between its "artisan" and the
rest of the world.

...among the best in today's market......the technology embedded in the
"artisan" is so unique and visionary that it will continue to be highly
relevant even in five years."

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the lumen white
"mystere" turntable system and "aquila"
reference monitors at the swiss highend
show 2010 in zürich.

lumen white
at the salon son et image show
march 31, april 1, 2, 3, 2011
hilton bonaventure hotel
montreal, quebec, canada
http://www.salonsonimage.com

lumen white
at the ces international show 2011
jan 6, 7, 8, & 9th 2011
suite 30-127 venetian towers, las vegas, usa
http://www.cesweb.org

lumen white
at the rocky mountain audiofest 2010
oct 15, 16, & 17th, 2010
pikes peak ballroom,
denver marriott tech center
denver, colorado, usa
www.audiofest.net