DYNAUDIO CONFIDENCE 60 LOUDSPEAKERS

Even the most cursory glance at the Dynaudio Confidence 60—or indeed any model in the Confidence range—will reveal the most significant difference between this series and the one that preceded it. Whereas all models in the outgoing range had two tweeters, the models in this series have only a single tweeter.

Losing the second tweeter proved to be a hugely divisive move within this Danish company. Dynaudio’s marketing department wanted the new range to have two tweeters, just like the previous one, arguing that ‘customers would expect it’ whereas the engineers had discovered that switching to just a single—albeit far higher-performance—tweeter and adding an improved DDC acoustic lens resulted in superior sound. As you can see, the engineers won out in the end, but the background to the story is truly fascinating… as you will discover.

THE CASE OF THE MISSING TWEETER

To understand why the Dynaudio Confidence 60 has only a single tweeter, and why the marketing department was fighting with the engineering department, you first have to understand why the model it replaces (the C4) had two tweeters. It all has to do controlling the directivity of the loudspeaker. When a loudspeaker diaphragm creates sound by moving