Based in the Polish city of Piątek, Lirogon Instruments is a new company. The small firm is named for the Polish word for “lyrebird,” a species known for its bizarre ability to mimic the sounds of its environment—not just the calls of other birds, but even mechanical, manmade sounds. It seems an apt analogy for Lirogon’s new electrostatic speaker, the Origin, which made its debut at Audio Video Show 2025.
Electrostatic loudspeakers are a rare breed—go ahead and ask your friends and family if they’ve even heard of such a thing. Unless they’re audiophiles, they haven’t, and it’s not just because electrostats are uncommon, but because they’re difficult and expensive to construct. The challenge hasn’t prevented Lirogon Instruments from creating the Origin. Not only is it a new electrostatic speaker, it’s quite good at what it does, and it’s very innovative in many respects. I just had to get the lowdown on this thing.
Set to retail at €79,000 per pair in Europe (or zł360,000 in Poland), the Lirogon Origin is not cheap. A look at its construction explains why: its frame is made of milled aluminum, and contained within it are nine electrostatic drivers. A company rep explained that four of them handle the bass, with each tuned by hand to have a slightly different resonant frequency. As a result, the passbands of each section overlap, and the speaker as a whole can achieve flat frequency response. Three of the speaker’s sectors handle the midrange, while one handles the high frequencies and another handles the ultra-high frequencies. The Origin has no crossover, so the signal never touches a capacitor, inductor, or resistor from the amplifier output to the transducers.
Maybe the coolest part of the Origin is the pulley system that connects the High Level and Brilliance Level knobs directly to the high- and ultra-high-frequency diaphragms, respectively. These are not potentiometers—they physically change the relationship between the membrane and its electrostatic field generator. This allows high-frequency output to be adjusted to match one’s room and tastes.
Powering the Lirogon Origins were two Sonic Frontiers Power 3 Special Edition stereo amps, each configured to power one channel in this setup. This amplifier has long since been discontinued, but it was a treat for me and especially for Jason Thorpe to see a pair of them. Jason’s long been a fan of the brand, and he spent his early audiophile career cheering the stratospheric rise of the Canadian company—then watched its death spiral in horror. We both can vouch that the amps were providing the Polish electrostats with top-shelf oomph. An Everest streamer (too new to have any published information yet) and a Lampizator DAC rounded out the system’s front end. A combination Canadian-Polish system, featuring a pair of all-new electrostatic speakers? You’d think they put it together just for the SoundStage! crew.
The sound coming from the Origins was very clean and refined—precise, almost headphone-like in its control and clarity. There was no absence of deep bass, and the Lirogon guys happily alternated between spare-sounding acoustic stuff and punch-you-in-the-gut electronic dance music. The soundstage was wide and atmospheric, and although the sound was airy, I still found it warm and cozy. Make no mistake, these Polish electrostatic speakers made a statement.
I found it heartwarming to hear the latest and greatest stuff coming from Polish manufacturers at Audio Video Show 2025—there were some real hometown heroes in Warsaw. Lirogon Instruments is one of them, and I wish them much success. And, for our sake, hopefully distribution in North America!
Matt Bonaccio
Contributor, SoundStage!
