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Special Forty
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Product description
A 40th-anniversary stand-mount commemorative model. The Special Forty pairs the Esotar Forty 28 mm soft-dome tweeter — derived from the Esotar2 lineage — with a 17 cm MSP mid-bass driver, crossed at 2 kHz with a 1st-order topology and a rear bass-reflex port. Hand-built in Skanderborg.
Units
| Type | Bookshelf |
|---|---|
| HiFi ladder position | #108 of 212 bookshelf |
| Power | Passive |
| Height | 360 mm |
| Width | 198 mm |
| Depth | 322 mm |
| Weight | 8.1 kg |
| Enclosure | bass-reflex-rear |
| Drivers | 1× 28 mm tweeter (Esotar Forty soft dome), 1× 170 mm mid-bass (MSP cone) |
| Frequency response | 41–23000 Hz (±3 dB) |
| Sensitivity | 86 dB |
| Impedance | 6 Ω |
| Power handling | 200 W |
| MAP (USD) | $3,500 / pair |
| Where to buy | Check availability ↗ |
| Manufacturer | dynaudio.com ↗ |
| Product page | Open product page ↗ |
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