At $2,999 each, the Lyngdorf Audio LCR-2 is a shallow passive on-wall speaker that can handle left, center, right, or surround duties while giving FR-2 owners a properly matched route into multichannel home theater. A three-speaker front stage costs $8,997 before amplification or subwoofers, so this is not Danish flat-pack territory, but its 4.33-inch depth and claimed 117dB peak output make it an appealing option for serious systems that still have to share space with an actual living room.

More Than a Matching Center Channel

The LCR-2 was created to complete the company’s FR-2 loudspeaker system, but Lyngdorf has wisely avoided limiting it to center-channel duty.

LCR stands for Left, Center and Right, and the new speaker can be used beneath a television, as part of a three-speaker front array, or for surround channels. Using identical speakers across the front can improve tonal consistency as voices, music and effects move across the screen. There is less chance of the center channel sounding like it was borrowed from another system because somebody ran out of cabinet space.

The LCR-2 uses the same two 6.5-inch aluminum-cone midrange and woofer drivers found in the FR-2, along with a 1.1-inch fabric soft-dome tweeter. That shared driver architecture should make it easier to build a coherent system around a pair of FR-2 loudspeakers without introducing a center channel with a completely different dispersion pattern or tonal balance.

There is one important difference. The FR-2 uses a downward-firing bass-reflex port and reaches a claimed 45Hz, while the smaller LCR-2 employs a sealed enclosure and is rated down to 80Hz. Translation: the LCR-2 was designed to hand the bottom octaves to a subwoofer, and Lyngdorf is not pretending otherwise.

Designed to Work Against the Wall

Many conventional loudspeakers are designed with the expectation that owners will pull them away from room boundaries. That is perfectly reasonable in a dedicated listening room and somewhat less realistic in a family room where people also expect to walk around without colliding with the front speakers.

Lyngdorf takes the opposite approach. The LCR-2 is specifically tuned for wall placement, with its drivers positioned close to the surface behind it. The closed, internally braced MDF cabinet measures 26 inches wide, 12.6 inches tall and only 4.33 inches deep, with a supplied wall mount. It weighs 23.8 pounds, so this is still a proper loudspeaker and not an acoustic picture frame with an ambitious press release.

The two aluminum-cone midrange and woofer drivers use 35mm voice coils, vented magnets and vented die-cast aluminum baskets. Lyngdorf positions the drivers and tweeter close together to create a more controlled sound beam and improve integration through the crossover region. The crossover point is set at 1.7kHz.

Lyngdorf rates sensitivity at 92dB, maximum output at 117dB peak at one meter and power handling at 250 watts IEC. Nominal impedance is 4 ohms, with a minimum of 3.7 ohms. That sensitivity should help the speaker achieve substantial output without absurd amounts of power, but the impedance suggests pairing it with an AVR or power amplifier that is comfortable driving 4-ohm loudspeakers.

Passive Means Passive

The LCR-2 has gold-plated binding posts and requires external amplification.

There is no HDMI eARC input, wireless connection, streaming platform or built-in RoomPerfect processing. Lyngdorf is known for digital amplification and room correction, but none of that lives inside the speaker. RoomPerfect would need to come from a compatible Lyngdorf processor or amplifier elsewhere in the system.

That will disappoint anyone hoping to mount three speakers, connect the television and declare victory before dinner. It will make considerably more sense to buyers already considering a premium AVR, multichannel processor or separate power amplifier.

For its Audio Advice Live demonstration, Lyngdorf will use three LCR-2 loudspeakers across the front with D-60 surrounds, D-5 height channels, REL subwoofers, an MP-60 2.1 processor and MXA-8400 eight-channel amplifier. In other words, the company is presenting the LCR-2 as part of a genuine high-output theater system, not as an expensive replacement for the speakers inside your television.

Designed for Rooms That Do Not Look Like Screening Rooms

Lyngdorf offers the LCR-2 in six enclosure and front-baffle combinations: white with white, black with black, mocca with mocca, white with black, white with mocca, and black with mocca.

Optional exchangeable fabric covers are available in light gray and midnight gray using material from Danish textile supplier Gabriel. The cabinet has rounded edges and a front baffle that flows into the upper surface rather than looking like a rectangular MDF box bolted to the wall. Each LCR-2 is manufactured at Lyngdorf Audio in Denmark.

None of that changes how the speaker sounds, but this category lives or dies on integration. People willing to spend almost $9,000 on three passive speakers may also prefer that the front wall not resemble the commercial cinema at a regional shopping mall.

Lyngdorf LCR-2 Specifications

• Price: $2,999 each
• Design: Passive 2-way on-wall loudspeaker
• Applications: Left, center, right, or surround channel
• Tweeter: 1.1-inch (28mm) fabric soft dome
• Midrange and woofers: Two 6.5-inch (180mm) aluminum-cone drivers
• Enclosure: Sealed, internally braced MDF
• Frequency response: 80Hz to 20kHz (-3dB)
• Sensitivity: 92dB at 2.83V/1m
• Maximum output: 117dB peak at 1 meter
• Power handling: 250 watts (IEC)
• Nominal impedance: 4 ohms (3.7 ohms minimum)
• Crossover point: 1.7kHz
• Connections: Gold-plated binding posts
• Dimensions: 66.5 x 32 x 11 cm (26 x 12.6 x 4.33 inches)
• Weight: 10.8 kg / 23.8 lbs
• Mounting: Supplied wall bracket

What Makes the LCR-2 Different?

The LCR-2 is not the least expensive, shallowest or deepest-reaching on-wall loudspeaker in the category.

Its advantage is the combination of high sensitivity, dual 6.5-inch drivers, substantial claimed output, shallow wall-specific construction and direct compatibility with the FR-2. It can become a matching center channel for an existing stereo pair or serve as the foundation of an entire on-wall theater system.

The six finish combinations also provide more visual flexibility than the usual black-or-white decision. Apparently Denmark has discovered that home theater speakers can be engineered for a wall without being forced to dress like office equipment.

Competitors?

DALI RUBIKORE ON-WALL

The $2,500 DALI RUBIKORE ON-WALL is the closest competitor in national origin. It is also manufactured in Denmark and can serve as a left, center or right speaker.

RUBIKORE features a 6.5-inch Clarity Cone driver with a hybrid tweeter module, combining a 29mm soft dome with a planar element. The tweeter can be rotated, allowing the cabinet to operate in portrait or landscape orientation. It is rated from 59Hz to 34kHz, with 88.5dB sensitivity and maximum output of 108dB.

The DALI plays considerably deeper and offers greater placement flexibility. Although RUBIKORE On-Wall is smaller overall, its cabinet depth is over 1-inch thicker. Meanwhile, the Lyngdorf claims 9dB more maximum output, and both brands offer compatible floorstanding models for additional speaker pairings.

PSB PWM3

The $2,599 PSB PWM3 is less expensive and even shallower at 3.5 inches with its grille installed. It uses seven drivers: four 4-inch carbon-fiber woofers, two 3-inch carbon-fiber midrange drivers and a 1-inch titanium-dome tweeter.

The PWM3 can be mounted vertically or horizontally and used for every channel in a five-channel or seven-channel on-wall system. Its frequency response is rated from 60Hz to 35kHz, with an 8-ohm nominal impedance and 86dB anechoic sensitivity.

PSB provides greater orientation flexibility, a friendlier load for many AVRs and a lower price. The Lyngdorf counters with larger woofers, higher sensitivity, a more compact overall width.

Focal On-Wall 302

The $1,749 Focal On Wall 302 is the value option in this group, although “value” becomes an interesting word once the invoice passes four figures per speaker.

Made in France, it uses four 4-inch Flax midbass drivers and a 1-inch aluminum-magnesium inverted-dome tweeter. The cabinet is only 3.56 inches deep and can be positioned vertically or horizontally. Focal rates it from 50Hz to 28kHz, with 91dB sensitivity and recommended amplifier power of 40 to 180 watts.

The Focal costs considerably less, extends deeper and offers flexible mounting, but its 49-inch length makes it a much larger visual object. The Lyngdorf is almost half as wide, uses larger midrange and woofer drivers and offers a claimed peak-output specification aimed at more demanding theater installations.

Who Is It For?

The LCR-2 makes the most sense for:

• Lyngdorf FR-2 owners adding a center or surround channels
• Premium multipurpose media rooms where floor space is limited
• Home theaters using acoustically visible on-wall speakers
• Buyers who want identical speakers across the front soundstage
• Systems built around capable external amplification and one or more subwoofers
• Interior-conscious installations that need more than black or white cabinets

Who Should Avoid It?

The LCR-2 is harder to justify for anyone building a value-focused theater or expecting full-range performance without a subwoofer.

It is also not an all-in-one or wireless product. Buyers looking for HDMI, amplification, streaming or wireless surround operation should look elsewhere because the LCR-2 supplies none of them.

Renters may also want to consider the installation requirements before attaching 23.8 pounds of Danish loudspeaker to a wall their security deposit technically still belongs to.

The Bottom Line

The Lyngdorf LCR-2 fills an obvious gap in the company’s lineup. The FR-2 finally has a matching center and surround option, while custom installers gain a compact speaker that can be repeated across an entire front wall.

Its 80Hz lower limit means a subwoofer is not optional in a home theater system, and the $2,999 price makes a complete LCR array an $8,997 proposition before the processor, amplification and bass system arrive.

That is expensive, but the LCR-2 offers something more focused than another oversized center speaker balanced on furniture. It is designed for the wall, matches Lyngdorf’s existing loudspeakers, produces substantial output and looks like somebody considered the room before drawing the cabinet.

In high-end home theater, that last part remains surprisingly uncommon.

Price & Availability

The Lyngdorf Audio LCR-2 will retail for $2,999 each and is scheduled to begin shipping in the United States in August 2026.

It will make its North American public debut at Audio Advice Live in Raleigh, North Carolina, from August 7 through August 9, 2026.

For more information: lyngdorf.steinwaylyngdorf.com

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eBay has reached a settlement with a pair of journalists who sued the company after its employees subjected them to a campaign of cyberstalking and harassment. This case may have fallen off your radar, so let’s recap the whole horrifying saga. Massachusetts-based David and Ida Steiner run a newsletter and website called EcommerceBytes. In 2019, articles about eBay written by Mrs. Steiner apparently drew the ire of then-CEO Devin Wenig. According to evidence from prosecutors, Wenig told his communications chief to “take her down,” which he continues to assert referred to a common PR takedown, while the comms exec told eBay’s former security team lead to do “whatever it takes” to silence her.

Security employees of the shopping company then engaged in a campaign of harassment and cyberstalking aimed at silencing the pair. eBay workers threatened both of the Steiners online and with material sent to their home. The threats included live cockroaches, a bloody pig mask, a funeral wreath and a book on surviving the loss of a spouse. Seven eBay security employees were charged and pled guilty in a case brought in 2020, but the executives who allegedly instigated the campaign against the couple did not face punishment at that time.

Today’s settlement will see the Steiners receive compensation of $46.15 million from eBay, $2 million from Wenig, $500,000 from former eBay executive Wendy Jones and $50,000 from former eBay executive Steve Wymer. In addition, eBay will commit $6 million in charitable contributions to various nonprofit organizations and Wenig will give $1 million in Ina Steiner’s name to a charity that supports First Amendment rights.

“This case was always about more than obtaining financial recovery,” said Christopher Murphy of Scalli Murphy Law, which represented the Steiners.” From the beginning, our clients wanted to uncover the truth, protect journalists and publishers, hold those responsible accountable, deter future corporate misconduct, and help ensure others would never have to endure what they experienced.”

“As we have long stated, what the Steiners were subjected to by former eBay employees in 2019 was wrong, reprehensible and should never have happened,” eBay said in its statement today. “The 2019 conduct is not representative of eBay’s culture or thousands of employees around the world today. Since these events occurred, new leaders have joined the company and eBay has strengthened its policies, procedures, controls and training consistent with the company’s ongoing commitment to uphold high standards of conduct and ethics.”

In a statement provided to Engadget, Wenig said:

No one should ever have been subjected to what the Steiners endured in 2019, and I’m saddened by it, especially because it occurred during my time as CEO of eBay. The harassment was deliberately done in secret and without my knowledge, as established by an independent law firm review, a federal probe, and the sworn testimony of the security employee convicted as the ‘ringleader.’ This behavior is antithetical to everything I stand for and believe in.

The Steiners’ right to publish content was always protected by the First Amendment, and protection of the press and the right to free speech are causes I have long supported and defended. I’m pleased that a meaningful portion of my settlement will go directly to a non-profit committed to protecting freedom of the press.

Update, July 28, 7:25PM ET: This article was edited after publish to include comment from former eBay CEO Devin Wenig.

The US is banning humanoids and other advanced robots made outside of the United States, the FCC announced, saying that “advanced robotics devices” pose a national security threat. Foreign-made power inverters have also been deemed a security risk.

A press release from the FCC cited unnamed national security agencies. “In their determinations, national security agencies referenced, among other things, unacceptable risks, including that these devices could create supply chain vulnerabilities that could disrupt U.S.economic and national security and could create a cybersecurity risk that threatened American critical infrastructure,” it said.

As with an earlier ban on routers manufactured outside of the United States, the government justified the bans as being in line with White House’s 2025 national security strategy, which calls for re-shoring industrial production “with a focus on the critical and emerging technology sectors.” Unlike the more strict router ban, the robot and power inverter bans use the “Buy American” statute to judge where a device is made, which typically allows for some foreign parts in a US-manufactured product.

The FCC cites quadrupeds and humanoid robots as the kind of “advanced” devices covered under the ban, though there will be carveouts for those used by the the Department of War and Department of Homeland Security. “As our dependence grows on advanced robotic devices for critical infrastructure protection, manufacturing, and US military dominance, it is vital that we have a secure domestic supply chain and industrial base for advanced robots,” the FCC writes. “The networked capabilities of advanced robotic systems create extensive vulnerabilities and vectors for attacks that can manipulate the data and physical operation of the advanced robotic system. Relying on foreign-produced advanced robotic devices presents unacceptable supply chain and cybersecurity vulnerabilities.”

The agency uses similar reasoning in its ban on power inverters, which specifically covers devices that convert current and also have Wi-Fi, cellular or bluetooth connectivity. “Any unanticipated manipulation or disruption of the supply of power inverters or of the inverters themselves would likely compromise the United States’ electricity supply and by extension threaten the economic prosperity and national security of the United States,” the FCC says. But, as with the ban on routers earlier this year, banning all foreign-made power inverters might prove to be difficult, at least in the short term. The broad wording of the FCC’s power inverter definition would seemingly include any backup batteries with an AC outlet and companion app, though these aren’t specifically named and may be exempted.

The FCC cites a Department of Energy assessment that notes that many of the components of inverters “are almost entirely produced [outside the US]” and that without moving production of those components to the US, it will be “challenging” to reduce the associated security risks. As with robots, companies can apply for conditional approval to continue selling their devices in the US.

King of the (Stock) World: After ceding its Wall Street crown to Nvidia, Apple has reclaimed the title of the world’s most valuable public company, and the shift says as much about the mood on Wall Street as it does about Apple itself. Investors are growing wary of the AI infrastructure race that’s driven tech valuations for years, and they’re rewarding the one Big Tech giant that largely sat it out.

The timing adds extra stakes, too. Tim Cook is preparing to step down soon, and the incoming CEO is expected to preserve the same approach to market and financial management that defined Cook’s tenure, the very discipline investors now appear to be betting on.

Apple’s stock rose 1% this week to push its market cap to roughly $4.9 trillion, while Nvidia’s shares fell 5%, dropping the chipmaker to about $4.8 trillion. Chip stocks have been especially volatile lately, which is one reason a “traditional” IT company like Apple looks better positioned to ride out the turbulence.

Nvidia became the first company in the world to cross a $5 trillion market cap in 2025, fueled by surging interest in AI tools and infrastructure that heavily depend on its hardware and software. The company’s valuation has grown more than tenfold as Nvidia supplied the GPUs needed to train and run today’s most complex AI models. Other Big Tech players followed suit, pouring billions into ever-larger AI data center buildouts, most of them running on Nvidia’s GPUs.

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Apple has approached the “AI revolution” a little differently. The company that once adapted DARPA’s CALO project to build Siri spent years developing its own custom large language models, but after apparently falling behind other AI pioneers, it opted to lean on Google’s services and AI models for the next generation of Siri AI.

In somewhat of a turn of events, analyst Daniel Newman says investors are turning back to Apple because they see it as a safe harbor from the broader AI hangover.

As AI-focused stocks look increasingly volatile, Newman noted that owning Apple still feels “almost like owning an index.”

Apple CEO Tim Cook is expected to step down soon, handing the reins to senior VP of hardware engineering John Ternus. Cook led Apple for 15 years, and Ternus is reportedly set to carry on his former boss’s approach to major financial decisions, including AI infrastructure spending.

Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior VP of software engineering who oversees development of the company’s operating systems, echoed that sentiment in June. The exec said AI is meant to serve people, not the other way around.

The PS5 Digital Edition has just dropped to £429.99, a genuine £90 saving on a console that rarely gets discounted this much.

That’s down from this PS5’s usual £519.99 price, a 17% saving at JoyBuy. This price is far lower than what you’d pay on Amazon.