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Dynaudio Special Forty

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£2800

Perhaps we are hard to please, but on first hearing Dynaudio’s 40th anniversary speaker, in 2018, our first impression was actually one of mild disappointment. It’s not that there is a lot wrong with the Special Forty – it’s just that the design seemed to us to be a little too familiar.

Dynaudio has made any number of two-way standmounters, of this size and with drive units that look pretty much identical to the ones used here. Put aside the gorgeous finishes – the options are birch in

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