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Culminating their 25-year anniversary, Danish loudspeaker manufacturer Dynaudio has released the Special Twenty-Five compact loudspeaker. Featuring a twenty-five-year warranty, the new speaker boasts a host of design advances based on the companys experience with the Evidence and Confidence speaker lines.
An 8" woofer provides the Special Twenty-Fives midrange/bass frequencies. The high-excursion driver uses a 3" voice coil fashioned out of lightweight aluminum. The woofer cone itself is Dynaudios magnesium polymer cone (MSP), while the voice coil consists of a Kapton former within a die-cast chassis. The magnet material is neodymium, which, according to the company, improves efficiency over a ferrite-derived alternative. The tweeter is the newest version of the companys Esotar, now in its second iteration. The Esotar2 (Squared) is a soft-dome design that utilizes a rear-mounted damping chamber to prevent soundwave reflections. The tweeter is coated with a proprietary material applied directly to the dome, which reportedly improves transient and impulse response. The power handling of the newest Esotar is enhanced by use of "magnetic cooling/damping oil," which also prevents dynamic compression under extreme conditions. Other features of the Special Twenty-Five include a crossover mounted onto an aluminum plate, which aids in heat dissipation, and "zero-compression wire-wound resistors, ultra-fast metallized polypropylene capacitors with low-loss dielectric, and air-core inductors."
The Special Twenty-Five comes in a custom cross-grained birch-veneer finish. It will be available at the end of September and carry a retail price of $4800 USD per pair.
DYNAUDIO Factsheet
Dynaudio Special Twenty-Five Technical Specifications
Sensitivity 88 dB (2.83 V/1m)
IEC Long Term Power Handling >200 watts
Impedance Nominal 4 ohms
Frequency Response 35 Hz 25 kHz (+/- 3dB)
Internal Cabinet Volume 17.5 litres
Bass Principle Bass reflex
Weight 13 kg
Dimensions 222 x 423 x 349 mm
8.8 x 16.7 x 13.8
Tweeter 28mm soft dome, Esotar 2 technology
Pure aluminium wire voice coil
Integrated rear chamber with acoustic vent
Large neodymium magnet ring
Woofer 20cm one-piece moulded MSP cone
75mm pure aluminium wire voice coil
Large neodymium magnet ring
Die-cast chassis
Crossover 2 way crossover with 6 dB/octave slope
Glassfibre-reinforced PCB
Resistors with thermal coupling to heatsink
Integrated gold plated binding posts
Cabinet 20mm MDF with 10mm sandwich construction
Internal MDF bracing
Large 70mm diameter vent
Solid metal back plate
Exclusive cross-grained birch veneer
and warranty for 25 years...
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Available at the end of September, Dynaudio's Special Twenty-Five will retail for $4800 per pair and will carry a 25-year warranty. The new speaker will make its official debut at the upcoming CEDIA show, to be held in Minneapolis September 2529, 2002. CEDIA attendees eager to see and hear the Twenty-Five should check out booth #408. Further information is available from Dynaudio's director of sales and marketing
Culminating their 25-year anniversary, Danish loudspeaker manufacturer Dynaudio has released the Special Twenty-Five compact loudspeaker. Featuring a twenty-five-year warranty, the new speaker boasts a host of design advances based on the companys experience with the Evidence and Confidence speaker lines.
An 8" woofer provides the Special Twenty-Fives midrange/bass frequencies. The high-excursion driver uses a 3" voice coil fashioned out of lightweight aluminum. The woofer cone itself is Dynaudios magnesium polymer cone (MSP), while the voice coil consists of a Kapton former within a die-cast chassis. The magnet material is neodymium, which, according to the company, improves efficiency over a ferrite-derived alternative. The tweeter is the newest version of the companys Esotar, now in its second iteration. The Esotar2 (Squared) is a soft-dome design that utilizes a rear-mounted damping chamber to prevent soundwave reflections. The tweeter is coated with a proprietary material applied directly to the dome, which reportedly improves transient and impulse response. The power handling of the newest Esotar is enhanced by use of "magnetic cooling/damping oil," which also prevents dynamic compression under extreme conditions. Other features of the Special Twenty-Five include a crossover mounted onto an aluminum plate, which aids in heat dissipation, and "zero-compression wire-wound resistors, ultra-fast metallized polypropylene capacitors with low-loss dielectric, and air-core inductors."
The Special Twenty-Five comes in a custom cross-grained birch-veneer finish. It will be available at the end of September and carry a retail price of $4800 USD per pair.
DYNAUDIO Factsheet
Dynaudio Special Twenty-Five Technical Specifications
Sensitivity 88 dB (2.83 V/1m)
IEC Long Term Power Handling >200 watts
Impedance Nominal 4 ohms
Frequency Response 35 Hz 25 kHz (+/- 3dB)
Internal Cabinet Volume 17.5 litres
Bass Principle Bass reflex
Weight 13 kg
Dimensions 222 x 423 x 349 mm
8.8 x 16.7 x 13.8
Tweeter 28mm soft dome, Esotar 2 technology
Pure aluminium wire voice coil
Integrated rear chamber with acoustic vent
Large neodymium magnet ring
Woofer 20cm one-piece moulded MSP cone
75mm pure aluminium wire voice coil
Large neodymium magnet ring
Die-cast chassis
Crossover 2 way crossover with 6 dB/octave slope
Glassfibre-reinforced PCB
Resistors with thermal coupling to heatsink
Integrated gold plated binding posts
Cabinet 20mm MDF with 10mm sandwich construction
Internal MDF bracing
Large 70mm diameter vent
Solid metal back plate
Exclusive cross-grained birch veneer
and warranty for 25 years...
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Available at the end of September, Dynaudio's Special Twenty-Five will retail for $4800 per pair and will carry a 25-year warranty. The new speaker will make its official debut at the upcoming CEDIA show, to be held in Minneapolis September 2529, 2002. CEDIA attendees eager to see and hear the Twenty-Five should check out booth #408. Further information is available from Dynaudio's director of sales and marketing