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DYNAUDIO EMIT30 FLOORSTANDINGLOUDSPEAKERS ByAlanSircom
Right,Ihavepromisedtomyselfthatthisreviewwil containnoswearing,butinalhonestyit’shardnotto getalitleswearyinthepresenceoftheDynaudio Emit30becauseitisafloorstandingloudspeaker withanexcelentperformanceandapricetagofjust £1,300perpair.Imean,Iknowaudiophileswhohave spentmore**ingmoneyon13Afusesthanthat.So, I’mfindingithardtocontainmyself.Emitistheentry pointtotheDynaudioproductline.It’saconscious atempttodeliverthesortofperformancethat’s ‘hard’(read:‘nexttoimposible’)tofindatthisprice, andthat’sadoublyimportantconsiderationgiven thatformanythismightbetheirfirstever‘proper’ loudspeaker. Therangecomprisestwostand-mountmodels(Emit 10andEmit20),twofloorstanders(Emit30andEmit 50)andacentrechannel(Emit25C).They’vealbeen designed,styled,tuned,tweaked and optimised in-house at Dynaudio Labs in Denmark. The company’sstate-of-the-artJupitermeasuringfacility –avastmeasuringaray–playedakeyroleintheir creation.WewentwiththeEmit30asitseemstobe insomethingofasweetspot.Infact,thatsweetspot isbesthighlightedbyjusthowharditwastogeta pairoftheseloudspeakers.Dynaudiocanbarely makethem fastenoughtokeepupwithdemand; evenbeforetheproductrangewaslaunched,dealers were pointing theirbank acountsatDynaudio knowingtheEmitrangewilsellikeacomplete, wel… IpromisedIwouldn’tswear. Giventhecostoftheseloudspeakers,theEmit30 usessomedownrightimpresivetechnologyinits drivers,enclosureandeventheport.Ifyoujudgea loudspeakerbyitsweight(it’snotanidealmeasure, andtherearealotofexceptionstoprovetherule, butgeneralyaweightierspeakermeansadeader cabinet,whichitselfmeansthedriversdon’thaveto fightacivilwarwiththeirenclosure)thentheEmit30 wilimpres.Ithasacabinetmadefrom18mmthick MDF panels,wrapped in one ofthree laminate finishes;wewentwithWalnut,butthere’salsothe veryontrendwhiteandblack(fortunatelynotthe
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