What we know about the measurement:

Dynaudio Special Forty is a passive bookshelves that cost around 3000 USD for a pair.

  • Quality of the measurement data is high.
  • Origin of the data is ErinsAudioCorner.
  • Format of the data is generated by a Klippel NFS .
  • Sensitivity: 83.8dB (avg. 100Hz-1kHz for 2.83V estimated at 1m)
  • -3dB (resp. -6db) point v.s. reference is at 54.2Hz (resp. 45.4Hz).
  • Reference level is normalised to -0.0dB computed over the frequency range [300.0Hz, 5000.0Hz].
  • Frequency deviation is 3.0dB over the same frequency range.
  • Directivity
    • Horizontal directivity is (-70.0°, 60.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
    • Vertical directivity is (-20.0°, 30.0°) between 1kHz and 10kHz. Angle computed for +/-6dB.
  • Tonality (Preference) Score
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 4.91 and would be 6.92 with a perfect subwoofer.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.463, LW 0.441, SP 0.414, PIR 0.393; SM: SP0.804, PIR0.676; LFQ 0.558, LFX 42Hz
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 6.32 with an EQ and would be 8.13 with a perfect subwoofer and the same EQ.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.363, LW 0.313, SP 0.316, PIR 0.258; SM: SP0.941, PIR0.917; LFQ 0.558, LFX 38Hz
  • Link to original Review: eac review. Links to other reviews: yt review .
  • Vendor specifications:
    • Sensitivity 86 dB
    • Impedance 6 Ohm
    • Size
      • Width 198mm
      • Height 360mm
      • Depth 307 mm)
    • Weight 8.1 kg
Dynaudio Special Forty
AutomaticEQ (IIR)
Set preamp gain to: -2.7dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
3 42.0 0.84 2.96
3 102.0 1.08 -1.73
3 382.0 2.11 1.32
3 1288.0 3.0 2.05
3 3068.0 2.57 -1.98
3 5934.0 2.74 -1.61
3 11476.0 1.83 -1.82
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These EQ optimise the Harman score and is a good start for far field listening like in your living room.

Dynaudio Special Forty filters_auto_eq

AutomaticEQ

Dynaudio Special Forty filters_eq_full

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