Any guesses as to what th new Cyrus thingy will be?

[ifor]

"We're marking the launch of this ground breaking new product with a series of events around the UK. Wherever you are, we hope you will be able to come along to one of our events to hear and see it for yourself.

Over 2 years in development, this is not like any Cyrus product you have seen before, taking our renowned engineering expertise in a new direction. We think you’ll be surprised."

 

[chebby]

Done and dusted last week...

http://www.whathifi.com/forum/hi-fi/lets-take-a-guess

 

[chebby]

To save you clicking...

Here it is ...

It's called the 'Lyric' and the write-up is here..

http://hifipig.com/cyrus-lyric-sneaky-peek/

 

[John Duncan]

I'll bet its a pair of all in ones called Lyric.

 

[John Duncan]

Damn.

 

[kmlav]

a toaster ....

there is probably a clue in the "hear and see it" , maybe a digital media device serving audio and video.

 

[kmlav]

got that wrong , just read the other posts

 

[SiUK]

I recognise that box set.

 

[daveh75]

To save you clicking...

Here it is ...

It's called the 'Lyric' and the write-up is here..

http://hifipig.com/cyrus-lyric-sneaky-peek/

That's the result of 2 years of development and renowned engineering expertise?

:doh:

 

[ifor]

Done and dusted last week...

http://www.whathifi.com/forum/hi-fi/lets-take-a-guess

Cheers! I missed that.

 

[John Duncan]

To save you clicking...

Here it is ...

It's called the 'Lyric' and the write-up is here..

http://hifipig.com/cyrus-lyric-sneaky-peek/

That's the result of 2 years of development and renowned engineering expertise?

:doh:

Plus 20 minutes with a felt tip pen and a napkin.

 

[drummerman]

To save you clicking...

Here it is ...

It's called the 'Lyric' and the write-up is here..

http://hifipig.com/cyrus-lyric-sneaky-peek/

That's the result of 2 years of development and renowned engineering expertise?

:doh:

Conception, design, finance, material/parts-sourcing, tooling, manufacturing, Certification, packaging, transport, advertising ... I'm sure I forgot a few but there are a fair few things making up a new product, even for a renowned company like cyrus.

Kinda makes me take my hat off to tiny companies like you know who, controversy nothwithstanding, for their innovative and usually reliable products.

regards

 

[Gusboll]

Think I might *** down to Holborn Sevenoaks for a gander.

 

[kmlav]

I don't get it.

I'm sure it will sound good but if you want this sort of thing you can get a very good unit from the likes of Denon for a few hundred pounds. Is there a market for a better version of the streamline? Probably yes but I cant see there being a market for a premium all in one.

I predict these will be discontinued by November and half price by Christmas.

Cyrus stop now its a stupid idea

 

[Frank Harvey]

That's the result of 2 years of development and renowned engineering expertise?

:doh:

Wait until you hear it

 

[Infiniteloop]

Cyrus really do need to get some new designers in.

That thing is so ugly. :O

Their old 'shoebox' designs were horrible too. This is no better.

 

[MUSICRAFT]

The Lyric looks like a dated 80's product :? The display shows the 80 too

Thanks

Rick @ Musicraft

 

[drummerman]

Cyrus really do need to get some new designers in.

That thing is so ugly. :O

Their old 'shoebox' designs were horrible too. This is no better.

I quite like them. Understated quality, a bit like me and the casings serve both a purpose and are more solid than most others out there.

regards

 

[chebby]

The Lyric looks like a dated 80's product :? The display shows the 80 too

Thanks

Rick @ Musicraft

If it were a genuine 1980s product, it would have '00:00' flashing permanently on the display. (Because genuine 1980s men always threw the instructions away before trying to set the time and date.)

 

[Frank Harvey]

Cyrus really do need to get some new designers in.

That thing is so ugly. :O

Their old 'shoebox' designs were horrible too. This is no better.

As with most products, it does look much better in the flesh

 

[Benedict_Arnold]

David obviously has the inside scoop on the looks and sound etc., and personally I'm looking forward to seeing it from afar (no Cyrus dealers around here AFAIK, the nearest one's in Dallas).

Bose (yes, sorry to use that word in a Cyrus thread) have made a fortune with a similar product in the US, their "Wave Radio", which sells for a hefty premium for what is basically an upmarket boombox. So if Cyrus comes out with a one-box unit for the kitchen, home office, office-office, wherever, more power to their elbow, I say. More profits = Cyrus survives and has more money to plough into further development of their upmarket stuff. Excellent.

As for the look of Cyrus kit, I guess it's a kind of Marmite thing. I'm a Marmite (Cyrus) fan, although I didn't like the "sandpaper" finish on their quartz silver boxes of three or four years ago, and maybe it is time to bring in someone to freshen up the looks, their graphics and especially the LED / LCD (?) displays, but NOT the basic principles, of their shoeboxes.

 

[Frank Harvey]

As you say, Bose have done amazingly well with the Wave Radio - we get about three people per day coming in asking to buy them! Bang & Olufsen have also been doing these systems for decades.

Naim's Uniti has done well, and the UnitiLite is continuing that trend, and there's now higher end products from the likes of Devialet and Electrocompaniet. I think it is a good move by Cyrus, and could be pointing the way for hi-fi in the future. Active speakers still don't seem to be being requested by the general public, and with these one box systems, people have a wide choice of speakers to partner with them which they can choose on sound, looks, or both.

 

[chebby]

As you say, Bose have done amazingly well with the Wave Radio - we get about three people per day coming in asking to buy them!

I hope you can oblige them.

Three Bose radios per day is a tidy little profit to turn away if you can't.

 

[John Duncan]

Mail order only aren't they? And they never tell you how much they are...

 

[SiUK]

Wow! Three per day? Crikey! Annual sales for this product alone must be pretty incredible.