Owner's
Manual
Special Forty
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Страница 2: ...We Thank You Dear music lover Thanks for buying Dynaudio loudspeakers You re in for a treat Turn the page to find out more about them ...
Страница 3: ...k and side walls 20 Adapting the bass reflex port 21 Floor standing loudspeaker set up 21 Compact loudspeaker set up 23 Loudspeaker Toe In 23 Room and furniture influence 23 Grille 24 Multi Channel Setup 25 Loudspeakers for multi channel setups 25 Multi channel loudspeaker setup 26 Running in 27 Running in the loudspeakers 27 Power rating 28 Care Maintenance 29 Warranty 30 6 ways to listen like th...
Страница 4: ...d candles although we are partial to a tasty fastelavnsbolle we d celebrate a little differently With a new speaker And yes we know you re the ones supposed to be giving us gifts but we just couldn t help ourselves Happy birthday to us Meet the Special Forty They say life begins at 40 Take a peek inside Dynaudio Labs and you ll see that s absolutely true Say hello to the next evolution of passive ...
Страница 5: ... yourself to fastelavnsboller 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...
Страница 6: ...oided could result in minor or moderate injury or damage to equipment The arrow will identify steps to be performed Please follow the instructions carefully Multiple steps that should be performed consecutively are numbered Please follow these instructions carefully Note Additional information is provided which is important to fully understand the loudspeaker and how to operate it 1 2 P10 Owner s ...
Страница 7: ...losophy an enduring one to guide it Back in 1977 Dynaudio s founder Wilfried Ehrenholz decided that the off the shelf speakers he d been listening to weren t telling the whole truth Dynaudio started out by putting drivers made by other companies into tweaked off the shelf cabinets with crossovers made in house But they still weren t Right it wasn t all made in house And we all know there s only on...
Страница 8: ...t to make a perfect thing I talked to a lot of other engineers at the time and I could see how limited their understanding of speaker technology was says Wilfried So we did it ourselves That obsession with The Truth set us on the path to Right ness Owner s Manual Special Forty We began in Skanderborg Denmark It s a small town by a lake you d like it it s lovely And because there isn t an awful lot...
Страница 9: ...el stereo system only the right and left channels are connected to the amplifier In a surround set up center side or rear loudspeakers as well as a subwoofer are typically connected to provide for a multi channel listening experience Please refer to the amplifier s owner manual for particular connection instructions and see chapter Multichannel loudspeaker setup on page 10 for further help Fig 2 A...
Страница 10: ...e speakers can be positioned to each other As a starting point it is recommended that the speakers be about 2 meters apart from each other for the best results A If the speakers are positioned too close to each other the stereo image will not seem realistic if that distance is too wide the image may leave an acoustic hole in the middle Paying attention to the image during listening tests will help...
Страница 11: ...furniture the bass reflex port can usually be left unplugged as long as there is minimal clearance to the boundaries at the top and rear of the loudspeaker cabinet Distance to back and side walls Every loudspeaker not only disperses sound energy directly into the room but also to the side and even backwards As a result time delayed reflections occur and add to the original music signal Thus when l...
Страница 12: ... much furniture and many clean hard wall surfaces can give a bright and diffuse sound with diverse echoing frequencies A room with thick carpet curtains and soft furniture surfaces will give a warmer darker and less lively sound Grille A cloth grille is included and can be affixed to the cabinet to help protect the drivers from dust and any other influences The grille is acoustically optimized but...
Страница 13: ...n be placed onto a shelf mounted at the side rear wall or placed on a stand This allows you a wide variety of placements even if your listening room and furniture limit an optimal setup Corresponding to the surround format 5 1 or 7 1 you need to install additional speakers 5 1 The standard multi channel setup with two side surround speakers preferably placed at the sides or slightly behind the lis...
Страница 14: ... can be driven with very high power levels With a high quality amplifier delivering undistorted signals the speaker can achieve high levels without any compromises in sound quality Attention must be given to amplifiers with very low power and adjustable tone controls or switches These types may soon overreach their own performance limits and may send distorted output signals to the speakers compro...
Страница 15: ... parameters along every step of way Dynaudio loudspeakers require no special treatment apart from the kind of careful handling you would normally apply to any high tech product in your home Cleaning the loudspeakers Switch off all components of your system when cleaning any of these components Avoid touching the tweeter domes as any change of their shape may have an impact on sound quality Clean t...
Страница 16: ... d never picked out before hearing it again as if for the first time And that is where the magic happens 04 05 06 Owner s Manual Special Forty P30 Want to know how pro engineers put loudspeakers through their paces in listening rooms You can do it too Pick music you know Get rid of any preconceived notions about what you should listen to on these speakers and play something you love It doesn t mat...
Страница 17: ...nderborg Denmark www dynaudio com Owner s Manual Special Forty version 04 17 item no 455265A All text and image copyrights reserved Subject to change without notice Special Forty Designed engineered and assembled in Denmark ...
