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Dynaudio Bookshelf Speakers Special Forty Black Vine High Gloss(pair)

Dynaudio Bookshelf Speakers Special Forty Black Vine High Gloss(pair)

SKU: 3525

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Laurels aren’t for resting on We still surprise ourselves. Some people might be content to sit back and be complacent about their successes after 40 years of constant innovation. We aren’t. In fact, we only get hungrier for new techniques and tec...
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  • Type Bass-reflex rear ported
  • Tweeter 28mm Esotar Forty
  • Woofer 17cm MSP cone
  • Crossover 2-way
  • Crossover Frequency 2000Hz
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Dynaudio Bookshelf Speakers Special Forty Black Vine High Gloss(pair)
Laurels aren’t for resting on

We still surprise ourselves. Some people might be content to sit back and be complacent about their successes after 40 years of constant innovation. We aren’t. In fact, we only get hungrier for new techniques and technologies.

That’s why we developed the Special Forty: we wanted to revisit those innovations and see what we’d do differently this time.

What you won’t find here is anything revolutionary. Instead, you’ll discover a look at our past – along with some special sneak-previews of the future.

The Special Forty is classic Dynaudio: all the craftsmanship, attention to detail and total love of authentic sound you’ve come to expect. It’s the connoisseur’s choice – a simple pair of passive hi-fi speakers. But it isn’t about looking back, misty-eyed, at past glories and leaving it at that. It’s about using those glories as a platform from which to launch our next set of breakthroughs.

Greatest hits… reimagined

We do compact speakers really well. We always have. So, as a nod back to classics including the Special One, the Special Twenty-Five, the Crafft and the Contour 1.3SE, we kept the Special Forty pure – if incredibly advanced.

Of course, it wouldn’t be an anniversary speaker if it didn’t include some of our greatest hits. But we haven’t just got the old band back together to trot out the same old stuff, unchanged. We’ve remixed, remastered and rearranged things to bring those old favourites into 2017 – and beyond.

That’s why it has one of our classic first-order crossover designs, incorporating our unique Phase Alignment and Impedance Alignment technologies. The crossover expertly marshals the input signal between the woofer and the tweeter – so each driver gets only the frequencies it’s supposed to, and can perform at its very best. Its specially selected components handle the impedance optimisation and, because both drivers have extended frequency ranges for even better overlap and integration, that performance borders on the mesmerising.

The song remains the same

The Special Forty uses our proprietary MSP (Magnesium Silicate Polymer) material for its main driver. MSP delivers precisely the right combination of rigidity, damping and stability for the most faithful sound reproduction. And, unlike other cone materials, it doesn’t change over time – so your Special Forty speakers will still be singing just as sweetly come our next anniversary.

The cone itself uses a painstakingly developed symmetrical excursion for even better midrange performance. Behind it sits our asymmetrical spider – our passive harmonic rectifier. It minimises upper harmonics to further tighten the performance and make it possible not only to pick out individual parts in a piece of music, but even individual instruments in an orchestra. (So now, finally, the Third Violin section can have its day in the sun.) And, like all our other MSP cones, it’s a one-piece design (you can tell by the special balance ribs around the central dust-cap). This gives it an incredibly solid connection to the voice-coil, as well as stabilising its form – which is crucial when you decide to turn it up to 11.

It all sits in our special AirFlow Basket – the bit that holds the whole driver motor securely in place in the cabinet. Its development was one of those ‘Eureka!’ moments our engineers seem to get a few times a week in Dynaudio Labs (you can often hear them cheering from across the road in our factory). We asked them to reduce internal reflections and increase air movement without compromising the basket’s stiffness or stability, and this genius design is what they came up with.

Airflow is king

The new Esotar Forty tweeter takes air-movement to another level. It moves the air in typically sweet fashion in front of the DSR (Dynaudio Secret Recipe) precision-coated soft-dome, of course, but there’s a lot of engineering going on behind it as well.

Specifications
General
Type
Bass-reflex rear ported
Basic
Tweeter
28mm Esotar Forty
Features
Woofer
17cm MSP cone
Functions
Crossover
2-way
Crossover Frequency
2000Hz
Frequency response (+/-3dB)
41Hz – 23kHz
Impedance
6 Ohms
Sensitivity
86dB (2.83V / 1m)
Power
Power Handling
200W
Dimensions
Dimensions ( W x H x D )
198 x 360 x 307mm / 7.8 x 14.2 x 12.1in
Weight
8.1kg / 17.9lb
About brand
Dynaudio Dynaudio

Dynaudio is the leading producer of hand-crafted high-end loudspeakers created by impassioned music lovers for your living room, the professional studio and for your home.Dynaudio makes the best and the most authentic audio experience. Not by being overly expressive - but by being efficient and precise. Paying meticulous attention to every detail from material finish to the sound performance.We show belief in our products and in ourselves. This is how we achieve the best sound quality without boundaries. Every day, always.

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About brand
Dynaudio Dynaudio

Dynaudio is the leading producer of hand-crafted high-end loudspeakers created by impassioned music lovers for your living room, the professional studio and for your home.Dynaudio makes the best and the most authentic audio experience. Not by being overly expressive - but by being efficient and precise. Paying meticulous attention to every detail from material finish to the sound performance.We show belief in our products and in ourselves. This is how we achieve the best sound quality without boundaries. Every day, always.

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