Authentic premium Danish hi-fi, handmade with love in Skanderborg
Skanderborg, Denmark – 19th November, 2020
Dynaudio has launched its new, limited-edition Heritage Special passive stand-mount loudspeakers – handmade from top to bottom, inside and out, at its headquarters in Denmark. Started as an ‘off-the-radar’ project and developed under top-secret conditions at Dynaudio Labs, it’s now ready to be unveiled.
Heritage Special is a tribute to some of Dynaudio’s most legendary speakers – including Crafft, Contour 1, Special Twenty-Five and more. Outwardly it’s affectionately retro; inside, defiantly modern.
Handcrafted cabinets
The Heritage Special, limited to 2500 pairs worldwide, has a 19mm-thick MDF cabinet finished in sustainable American Walnut veneer. It’s internally braced for extra rigidity and lined with heavy bitumen to further minimise unwanted resonance. Each piece of veneer (including the thin list strips surrounding the front baffle) is matched to its companions – and those for each speaker are matched to each other – for complete consistency. The cabinet goes through three meticulous sanding and lacquering processes. It takes just over three days to build each one from start to finish.
Premium tweeter technology
The tweeter plate is from the highly regarded Esotar T330D. Behind it, however, is an up-to-the-minute Esotar 3 tweeter unit – as found in the top-of-the-range Dynaudio Confidence family. It’s the finest, most sophisticated tweeter Dynaudio has ever produced – featuring a larger rear chamber, powerful aerodynamic neodymium magnet system, the resonance-defeating Hexis inner dome, and Dynaudio’s characteristic precision-coated soft-dome diaphragm.
Top-level woofer design
Heritage Special’s mid/bass driver is a supercharged version of the one featured in the now discontinued $85,000 per pair Evidence Platinum flagship model. You might also notice that it overlaps the edges of the baffle and its signature groove, as it did in times gone by. The 18W75 XL Heritage Special MSP Woofer shares the Evidence version’s exponential diaphragm construction, but then takes the original technology to a new level:
- The improved voice-coil uses a classic internal-magnet aluminium design, now on a glass-fibre former
- A new magnet system uses both neodymium and ferrite magnets to fine-tune flux around the voice-coil’s windings, which reduces second-harmonics and improves clarity
- The new asymmetrical Nomex spider, derived from the Dynaudio Confidence and Contour i, models, provides even greater control over the long-throw diaphragm’s excursion.
Custom crossover
The speaker’s ‘brain’, the crossover, has been designed in-house from the ground-up. It uses classic Dynaudio first-order topology, delivered by high-quality components from German manufacturer Mundorf (including its noted Evo Oil capacitors), plus bespoke parts specified by Dynaudio Labs. The crossover uses local impedance correction and time-alignment technology for each individual driver to ensure a smooth transition between the two.
Inside there’s Van den Hul’s CS12 12 AWG wiring, plus Swedish-made damping material. And to hook the speakers up, Dynaudio has opted for WBT’s ultra-high-level 710 Cu mC NextGen terminals.
Made for individuals
Each pair of Heritage Special speakers has its own pair number etched on to its brushed aluminium back-plate. It’s a chance for those lucky enough to own a set to be able to say they have a unique piece of Dynaudio history in their listening room.
“It’s been a labour of love for our R&D, production and marketing teams,” says Otto Jørgensen, Dynaudio’s Director of Product Management. “Our initial listening session with the first playing pair of Heritage Specials was meant to last 20 minutes. It ended more than two hours later. I think that says everything you need to know about these speakers. We absolutely love them.”
Heritage Special has a retail price of $7,000 (USD) per pair and will be available exclusively in American Walnut natural veneer at select Dynaudio dealers in the USA and Canada beginning early December 2020. The speakers feature a magnetically attached grille and provisions to be attached directly to Dynaudio;s optional Stand 20 speaker stands with an optionally available adaptor plate. There’s also a 10-year extended warranty for owners who register their speakers online with Dynaudio. Buyers can find their local authorized dealer here: http://www.dynaudio.com/dealers.
For more information, please visit www.dynaudio.com/heritage. For high-resolution pack-shots and campaign images, please access https://mediakit.dynaudio.com.
Dynaudio media contact (Americas)
Michael Manousselis
President, Dynaudio North America Inc.
500 Lindberg Lane, Northbrook IL 60062
E: [email protected]
T: (847) 730-3280
About Dynaudio
Dynaudio was founded in 1977 in Skanderborg, Denmark. Today, it’s recognised as a leading manufacturer of high-quality audio systems, and one of the world’s most distinguished high-end audio companies. Dynaudio designs, engineers and manufactures dedicated systems for professional studios, as well as car audio and home hi-fi and consumer loudspeaker products, from its state-of-the-art facility in Denmark. The company is particularly recognised for its advanced driver technology designed, engineered, and continuously developed in-house, not to mention its furniture-grade, handcrafted Danish cabinetry.
