Dynaudio Bookshelf Speakers Evoke 20 Blonde Wood

Evoke 20 is a full-size stand-mounted speaker designed for almost any sized space. Its powerful 18 cm mid/bass driver ensures it can flex its muscles when there’s heavy lifting to be done, while its 28 mm soft-dome tweeter takes care of the fine detail. Evoke 20 has been designed by people who love music. They’ve crafted it from hundreds of hours of intensive measuring and listening. So when you play your collection, you know you’re hearing what they heard.

Advanced driver technology

The 0.4 mm thick, 18 cm Esotec+ woofer is made from MSP (Magnesium Silicate Polymer), a proprietary material that we’ve been using in our speaker cones for decades. It provides the perfect balance of lightness, stiffness and damping that, combined with its strontium carbonate Ferrite+ ceramic magnet system, reproduces midrange and bass frequencies in perfect balance.

The whole diaphragm is made from one piece of MSP. Rather than gluing on a dust cap or just leaving a hole, this construction makes the cone far more rigid – and means far less physical distortion. It gives a much better physical connection to the voice-coil, which means more of the coil’s motion energy is transferred to the diaphragm via the Balance Ribs around the centre.

Evoke 20’s 52 mm voice-coil is made from aluminium. It gives the correct balance of weight and winding height to give bass frequencies power and enough mechanical and electrical damping, while also letting midrange frequencies (where a vast amount of musical detail lies) sing through clearly.

An aramid fibre spider keeps everything centred and moving the way it should, while the seamless Contour-derived surround allows a longer throw ratio for greater power and punch.

The Cerotar tweeter

The tweeter is an original design. It’s called Cerotar, and is based on key technologies from the award-winning Esotar Forty anniversary tweeter and the mighty Esotar3. It’s a 28 mm unit and uses a precision-coated soft dome. This coating is applied in exactly the correct places and thicknesses to optimise high-frequency performance.

But that’s where the similarity to everything except Confidence ends. Hidden behind the dome is a part called the Hexis: a special inner dome that shapes airflow to smooth-out the frequency response and eliminate unwanted resonances that would affect high-frequency performance.

As with the Esotec+ woofer, it’s driven by a strontium carbonate Ferrite+ ceramic magnet for increased sensitivity, improved detail resolution and a natural, dynamic response.

A design for life

The cabinets themselves are tapered and rounded in a nod to the Contour and Confidence ranges. The mounting screws are hidden behind stylish one-piece trim rings. And because good design doesn’t age, you know they’ll look every bit as stylish when you’re still listening to them in 30 years.