DYNAUDIO - ALL-NEW CONFIDENCE RANGE: A NEW LEVEL IN HIGH-END LISTENING
The new Dynaudio Confidence features new tech, head to toe – all conceived, engineered and perfected in Denmark – to deliver pure performance The all-new Dynaudio Confidence range of flagship loudspeaker is now on-sale. The new collection introduces a raft of new technologies – all of which were conceived, engineered and perfected in Dynaudio
Labs, the company’s R&D facility at its Headquarter in Skanderborg, Denmark.
Comprising four models, the new line-up promises game-changing performance regarding Dynaudio’s best flagship speaker range yet.
About Dynaudio
Dynaudio was founded in 1977 in Skanderborg, Denmark. Today, Dynaudio is recognized as one of the leading manufacturers of high-quality audio systems and one of the world’s most distinguished high-end audio companies. For more than 40 years, it has been designing and building loudspeakers, and its engineers have used all their experience to take technology familiar to all and further refine it – starting at the top with the new Esotar3 tweeter. The new Confidence also marks the first outing for Dynaudio’s next-gen DDC Lens. The speakers’ woofers are the allnew NeoTec design, while the composite Compex baffle and midrange driver with ingenious Horizon surround also make their debuts.
New Esotar 3 tweeter
Representing the pinnacle of Dynaudio soft-dome tweeter design, Esotar3 incorporates, and improves on, the cutting-edge airflow-optimization system employed in the award-winning Esotar Forty anniversary tweeter. This version uses a larger rear chamber to reduce resonance, further optimizes damping, and uses a super-strong neodymium magnet to present greater sensitivity and control. Estoar3 also implemented Hexis – a small inner dome for greater control over resonances, while also smoothing out the frequency response.
DDC Lens
Dynaudio Labs has created a nextgen DDC (Dynaudio Directivity
Control) platform for the new Confidence. The latest speakers need only one tweeter, and a simpler crossover, much more concise than the previous generation, thanks to the DDC Lens. It can form a sound beam that would reduce reflections from floors and ceilings, and with the the Esotar3 and the speakers’ midrange drivers and woofers, it also focuses the stereo image on the listening position.
Neo Tec woofers
The Confidence’s brand-new woofers use neodymium magnets for greater power, more finesse and improved dynamic range. The drivers also have new voice-coils for optimum stiffness, along with developments in airflow and venting. Clever use of aluminum or copper in the voice-coils across different models ensures the moving mass is appropriate for that particular driver.
The Confidence’s signature baffle has been revamped. It’s now crafted from an advanced composite, Compex, that’s not only very light, but extremely strong – not to mention rigid and well-damped to absorb unwanted resonances.
The drivers are sandwiched around the baffle with gaskets. Woofers are very tightly coupled, and the tweeter and midrange drivers are decoupled as much as possible to avoid vibration.
The Compex baffle has been developed, simulated and constructed to work as part of the DDC Lens – so they both, along with the drivers and crossover, all mesh perfectly into the DDC platform.
Why composite? Compare to former models, Compex can handle the precise angles, curves and edges that the updated DDC technology demands. Plus, it can be designed with specific mechano-acoustical properties that won’t change over time.
New midrange driver with Horizon surround
The Confidence’s brand-new MSP midrange driver is a big departure from previous Dynaudio designs. It has a radical surround design – the Horizon. This reduces the surround’s first resonant mode to effectively increase the whole playing surface area and improve performance. It also sits flush with the baffle to reduce diffractions from the diaphragm and the nearby tweeter.
The presence and the power
Dynaudio’s design team has created four striking new cabinets, in which to contain its raft of new speaker technology -- a bullet-shaped cabinet with a seamlessly rounded shape all the way around the back. These curved cabinets also integrate WBT’s Next Gen terminals into the foot of the plinth. This downward firing approach enables a wider port – this decreases port noise – as well as higher output and lower tuning frequency. The result?
Clean, powerful and articulate bass response, minus audible artefacts, at even high volumes.
As promised, the Confidence’s innovative design runs from top to bottom: the innovative dual-surface feet keep everything on the level regardless of the floor material – and they’re adjustable without tools, and without having to turn the speaker upside-down.
The new Dynaudio Confidence range is on-sale now. It’s a masterclass in performance.
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