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