Dynaudio Confidence 3

As great truths are wont to do, the Confidence 3 is discrete about its qualities. We all know of much, much bigger loudspeakers 49.5 x 22.5 x 33.5 cm won't even impress a dwarf in very flat shoes - one of the reasons why the Confidence 3 has its personal dedicated stand). Or speakers with even more wallop (die-hard heavy metal fans will probably put on an aloof smile - at least until you turn the volume knob a little clockwise).But if true musical worth is what you're after, the Confidence 3 is in a class of its own. The tweeter is a special version of our justly famous Esotar T-330 D, which combines absolute brilliance with ultimate musicality - without the least bit of hardness. (You probably knew how it looks without realising it: the most reputed speakers in the world tend to be designed around this tweeter, a laudable step in the right direction.) With its ferrofluid-damped resonance and an aluminium voice coil which is lighter than a feather, it is not only at the outer frontier of the technologically feasible. It also puts an end to all diffuseness and tonal colouration.

Not in the least because the backwards-radiated energy of the Esotar (a democratic 50%), thanks to damping measures calculated by our famously reliable Danish engineers on high speed computers, is almost completely absorbed.

Which makes the Confidence 3 one of the few speakers that do not distract you with their own echo.

Technical Specification Confidence 3

Drivers:

Tweeter:  ESOTAR, 28 mm state-of-the-art. soft dome tweeter. Pure aluminium wire voice coil.

Woofer:  Powerful 20 cm with 75 mm pure aluminium wire voice coil. Neodymium magnet system. Die cast basket.

Features:

High quality polypropylene capacitors.

Only high quality air coils are used.

Special multi core air coils.

Sandwich enclosure.

Dedicated stand with spikes.

Sensitivity (2.83 V/1 m):  86 dB

Recommended Amp. Power:

Medium size rooms:  >65 watts

Large size rooms:  >125 watts

IEC Long Term Power Handling:  200 watts

Impedance, Nominal:  4 ohms

Impedance, (20 - 200 Hz):  4.4 - 10.7 ohms

Impedance, (200 - 20 kHz):  4.7 - 6.3 ohms

Impedance, Phase Shift (20 - 200 Hz):  -28.8° - +20.4°

Impedance, Phase Shift (200 - 20 kHz):  -3.8° - +8.3°

Impedance, HF (200 kHz):  5.3 ohms

Frequency Response (± 3 dB):  38 Hz - 28 kHz

Resonance Frequency:  35 Hz

Crossover:  2 way. Crossover is impedance corrected

Crossover Frequencies:  2600 Hz

Crossover Slope: 

Woofer: 6 dB/oct,

Tweeter: 6 dB/oct

Connection:  OCOS + WTB gold binding posts

Recommended Placing:  On the included stand

Internal Cabinet Volume:  19 litres

Bass Principle:  Bass reflex

Dimensions (W x H x L):  226 x 492.5 x 336 mm

Weight:  17 kg