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  • Page 1 Special Forty Owner's Manual...
  • Page 2 We Thank You Dear music lover, Thanks for buying Dynaudio loudspeakers. You’re in for a treat! Turn the page to find out more about them…...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Owner’s Manual Special Forty Table Of Contents Table Owner’s Manual Meet the Special Forty Safety Instructions About this guide Made in Denmark Connecting Positioning General recommendations Distance to back and side walls Contents Adapting the bass reflex port Floor-standing loudspeaker set-up...

  • Page 4: Meet The Special Forty

    And yes, we know you’re the ones supposed to be giving us gifts Say hello to the next evolution – but we just couldn’t help ourselves. Happy birthday to us! Meet the Special Forty. of passive stereo speakers...
  • Page 5 Special Forty takes that to a new level. and total love of authentic sound you’ve selected components handle the voice-coil, as well as stabilising its form –...

  • Page 6: Safety Instructions

    Owner´s Manual Special Forty Safety Instructions / About This Guide Safety About High sound pressure levels Used expressions and symbols In this operating manual following signs and symbols are used: Instructions This Listening to high sound pressure levels over a longer The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to period of time may harm your hearing.

  • Page 7: Made In Denmark

    Back in 1977 Dynaudio’s founder, Wilfried Ehrenholz, decided that the off-the-shelf speakers he’d been listening to weren’t telling the whole truth. Dynaudio started out by putting drivers made by other companies It’s all in the detail into tweaked off-the-shelf cabinets, with crossovers made in-house.
  • Page 8 Fort Knox around that enlightening), and they’re incredibly Dynaudio was always striving to reach we started are still valid after 40 years, Magnets and wires and robots precious gold). It’s just as important –...

  • Page 9: Connecting

    Owner’s Manual Special Forty Connecting SPEAKERS Fig. 1 Binding posts at rear of cabinet (example). Fig. 2 Amplifier loudspeaker outputs (example). Connecting 1. Connect a two-pole (+/-) loudspeaker cable to the binding posts, located at rear of 2. Connect the other cable ends to the Bi-wiring/bi-amping entire audio system.

  • Page 10: Positioning

    Owner's Manual Special Forty Positioning A≤B Fig. 3 Positioning the loudspeakers. Positioning Dynaudio loudspeakers consist of classic bass reflex General recommendations • As a starting point, it is recommended Excessive brightness that the speakers be about 2 meters Direct sunlight or excessive brightness loudspeaker designs with no unusual or extraordinary Following explanations refer to Fig.

  • Page 11: Distance To Back And Side Walls

    Thus, when loudspeakers are positioned which will be heard as a thickening of assemblies. These stabilize the cabinet Dynaudio Stands) to position them at the boundaries at the top and rear of the reflex port. Make sure the ring is...

  • Page 12: Loudspeaker Toe-In

    Dynaudio (see Fig. 5). sound with diverse echoing frequencies. covers in place during listening A room with thick carpet, curtains and...

  • Page 13: Multi-Channel Setup

    Compact and floor standing on a stand. This allows you a wide models with a matching center channel, all optimized for use with Dynaudio variety of placements, even if your active subwoofers and Dynaudio optional accessory products.

  • Page 14: Running-In

    Any damage caused under such circumstances is not covered by the The moving parts of a newly Due to the construction and the driver Dynaudio warranty and is easily avoided manufactured Dynaudio loudspeaker technology Dynaudio loudspeakers can in the first place by consulting your have been acoustically checked after be driven with very high power levels.

  • Page 15: Care & Maintenance

    All performance criteria are strictly controlled. In the whole production procedure – from All materials used by Dynaudio are raw materials to the final assembly – Dynaudio thoroughly inspects Use a soft dry or slightly damp cloth integrated with exceptional care. By all parameters along every step of way.

  • Page 16: Ways To Listen Like The Professionals

    Owner’s Manual Special Forty 6 Ways To Listen Like The Professionals Want to know how pro ‘Golden ears’ are a myth. No one is born being able to pick out what makes one speaker better than another, to engineers put loudspeakers know when one component doesn’t work with another or...
  • Page 17 Special Forty Designed, engineered and assembled in Denmark Dynaudio A/S 8660 Skanderborg Denmark www.dynaudio.com Owner’s Manual Special Forty, version 04/17, item no. 455265A. All text and image copyrights reserved. Subject to change without notice.

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