Daniel J SaitSteinway Lyngdorf, the Danish audio brand known for innovation in digital amplification and room correction, is proud to announce that SL Audio A/S (parent company of Steinway Lyngdorf) has taken ownership of the Nexgentec Audio brand and product portfolio—recognised for its Audio-over-IP solutions in the marine and luxury residential sectors. This strategic integration is designed to deepen Steinway Lyngdorf’s leadership in audio innovation and expands the company’s capacity to develop and deliver fully in-house engineered solutions.
Those will good memories will note that Nexgentec was briefly part of the Wisdom Audio set up, but following the end of that relationship, Nexgentec including their main developer and founder team in Switzerland were independent and free again.
As part of this transition, the core team behind Nexgentec—Rico Vögeli, founder and CEO, and Boas Hochstrasser, CTO—have joined a newly established Swiss branch office of SL Audio A/S, where they will continue to develop and support the product line under the Nexgentec name. While the former Nexgentec Audio company has ceased operations, the new branch—SL Audio A/S, Skive, Branch Konolfingen—will serve as the foundation for the brand’s continued evolution. This structure ensures Nexgentec’s Audio over- IP solutions remain aligned with Steinway Lyngdorf’s standards for innovation, integration and engineering precision, says the company.
“Joining Steinway Lyngdorf is an exciting new chapter, says Rico Vögeli, founder of Nexgentec Audio. “We now have the R&D muscle, in-house engineering expertise and production capabilities to keep developing the systems we’re passionate about—while expanding our reach through one of the most respected names in high-end audio.”
Speaking exclusively with EI, Roland Hoffmann, Director of Product Marketing, added some detail, “Nextgentec has been an OEM customer of Steinway Lyngdorf for some years; we have developed one of their products for them and also had some Yacht projects together. We realised that their spirit, technical understanding and quality standards, product line-up, and of course their rich experience and network in large home and yacht installations are a perfect match for our Steinway Lyngdorf products and systems.
“It is not our intention to merge the two brands, and Nexgentec will keep its own distribution, but we will of course share knowledge, product ideas, technology implementations both ways and joint projects over the coming years. We will also assemble their products here at our facility in Denmark.”
A Renewal of Vision and Continuity
Nexgentec has earned a strong reputation in the high-end marine and residential markets for its compact, energy efficient hardware, proprietary software and strong user control. These attributes have made Nexgentec a favourite among European integrators and align with Steinway Lyngdorf’s commitment to delivering sophisticated, high-performance audio experiences that integrate beautifully into architectural and lifestyle settings, says the new owners.
“Rico and Boas have developed a truly unique platform for Audio-over-IP distribution,” says Thomas Birkelund, CEO and CTO of Steinway Lyngdorf. “As a company known for our engineering-led culture, we immediately saw the potential to support and scale their vision. By bringing the brand and its engineering team under the SL
Audio umbrella, we’re ensuring a future where reliability, innovation, and integration go hand-in-hand—whether on land or at sea.”
Expanding into the Marine and Hospitality Sectors
With Nextgentec having equipped many of the world’s leading superyachts—Steinway Lyngdorf will be able to deepen its focus on high-end marine audio. In the future, Steinway Lyngdorf says it will leverage its extensive network of U.S.-based custom integrators, to introduce Nexgentec’s Audio-over-IP solutions to the North American market. Sales channels will remain separate between the two companies but the shared knowledge base opens new opportunities across luxury residences, commercial environments, hospitality properties and private resort developments for Nexgentec, report the new partners.
With Nexgentec’s integration, Steinway Lyngdorf says the maker will be able to bring this proven AoIP technology into its own engineering ecosystem enhaving its own products as well as making it more attractive as an OEM partner.
The new partners intend to….
• Leverage decades of combined experience to fuel the development of new, high-performance products.
• Help introduce Nexgentec’s proven AoIP technology to expand their own dealer and distributor networks across international luxury residential, marine and commercial markets. • Sustain the uncompromising quality of support and service that integrators and clients expect.