Dynaudio · M · Studio monitor

C3 MkII

Product description
The narrow one: a three-way column 44 cm wide with a single 300 mm woofer, a 170 mm midrange and an Esotar 3, crossed at 200 Hz and 3 kHz. At 40 kg it is the lightest of the M-series mains by a wide margin and the only one a pair of people can lift, which is the point — it reaches the same 35 Hz as the four-way M4 MkII from a cabinet a tenth of its mass, giving up 10 dB of maximum output to do it. Two channels of 250 to 500 watts. Front-ported, black textured paint or hardwood to order.

Performance — where it sits in the catalog

BassTrebleCone area
Bass reachTreble reachCone area
C335 Hz20 kHz940 cm²
How to read this chart

Each axis spans the range the 114 studio monitors in the catalog actually cover, so equal distance means equal difference — and for cone area and the two frequencies, which are read as ratios, equal distance means equal ratio. The dashed inner ring is where the scale starts, not zero. Ranked within a class because a bookshelf measured against floorstanders is feeble on every axis for the single reason that it is a bookshelf. Cone area is summed from the drive units — no maker publishes it. Bass and treble reach are quoted to different tolerances and only 56% of the catalog says which, so read those two axes as approximate. Not shown: Sensitivity, Easy load — the maker publishes no figure.

Units
TypeStudio monitor
HiFi ladder position#98 of 114 studio monitor
PowerPassive
Height875 mm
Width440 mm
Depth395 mm
Footprint1738 cm²
Space taken152.1 L
Weight40 kg
EnclosureBass reflex, front port
Drivers1× 28 mm tweeter (Esotar 3 soft dome), 1× 170 mm midrange (MSP cone), 1× 300 mm woofer (MSP cone)
Crossover frequency200 / 3000 Hz
Frequency response35–20000 Hz
Recommended amp250–500 W
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Manufacturerdynaudio.com ↗
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