| We will understand if you’re getting a whiff of deja vu here. We have mentioned these speakers before. They were shown at the Munich High End show in May this year. Slightly bizarrely, the launch was booked for 29th October and we were asked to keep them a secret until then. Despite appearing on hi-fi dealer websites over the course of the summer, most references were promptly deleted to allow for the launch.
Given that these look like a carbon copy of the Contour 1.8 MkII from the mid 1990’s, all this secrecy seems a little pointless. Either way, we can now talk about them and ‘admit’ that we actually have our demonstration set on site.
In the manner of the limited edition Heritage specials from a year or two ago, these are beautifully finished products in sustainable American Walnut veneer. The whole design and manufacturing process takes place in Skanderborg, Denmark and they sound really, really good.
Early reviews have been effusive, although at least one of them mentioned that they were already sold out. This may be true from Dynaudio’s perspective but dealers, such as ourselves, who have committed to buying them in anticipation of demand still being there, see them as very much available. Mind you, with the total production run this time being just 1000 units of which just 50 are destined for the UK we will hopefully see them flow through to end users as they come into stock over the coming months.
For reference, the last ‘Heritage Special’ production run was 2500 units and they didn’t sit on shelves for all that long.
Dynaudio have certainly pulled out all the stops on these with all of the content being properly high end:
The Esotar 3 tweeter is from the Confidence series but dressed to look like the original Contour version.
The bass drivers are based on those used in the ultra high end Evidence series (technically above Confidence level) but actually unique to this particular model.
The crossovers are exceedingly highly specified, using high end Mundorf and Duelund parts.
The first thing is to have a listen and demonstrations are something we are very happy to arrange. |
