Dynaudio Bookshelf Speakers Evoke 10 Blonde Wood

Classic Dynaudio heritage with a twist

Each speaker’s single 14 cm long-throw mid/bass driver is made from MSP (Magnesium Silicate Polymer). They use updated surrounds to extend their throw, their frequency response and their low-frequency dynamics – all while maintaining stellar midrange performance. Want to know the woofer’s secrets? The diaphragm is 0.4 mm thin, which provides exactly the right combination of lightness, stiffness and damping to ensure optimum performance. It’s made of one piece (the dust-cap is part of the playing surface), and is bonded directly to the rigid glass-fibre voice-coil former directly under the Balance Ribs you’ll see around the centre dome. That means the whole unit moves as one, in a predictable (and carefully tuned) way, for a performance that strikes the ideal balance between bass and midrange.

The 38 mm voice-coil itself is made from aluminium, making it extremely light. That means we can use more windings. More windings gives us more control over the cone’s movement, which means more control over the sound – even at high volumes and high frequencies. It’s kept stable, centred and true by the aramid fibre spider (the circular spring assembly that stops the cone moving when it shouldn’t, and lets it move when it should). And the whole assembly is driven by one of the powerful strontium carbonate Ferrite+ ceramic magnet systems.

Cerotar: an improved tweeter

Up top is the 28 mm Cerotar soft-dome tweeter. The headline-grabbing component is the Hexis – an ingenious inner dome that refines the airflow behind the playing surface to smooth-out its frequency response and eliminate unwanted resonances. The Cerotar, like the woofer, is powered by a powerful Ferrite+ ceramic magnet assembly. Linking the drivers together is a high-grade second-order crossover that uses the Confidence’s design with different components.

Honest Danish design

The wood versions use a tactile, open natural veneer for either a warm, dark tone or a light apricot look. Evoke has simple, clean trim rings that emphasise the cabinet’s finish as well as the moving parts of the drivers. The rings are one-piece moulded, with the surface finish embedded in the moulding process.