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1. Specifications

PRO HERITAGE

Visit a control room in a top-ﬂ ight recording studio and you'll often ﬁ nd

yourself sitting in front of imposing custom-designed monitors built into

the walls featuring Dynaudio drivers. Founded in Denmark in 1977 to

manufacture hi-ﬁ loudspeakers, Dynaudio created a professional audio

division in 1992 and formed a strategic alliance in 1999 with TC Electronic

to provide digital signal processing and networking expertise [www.

tcelectronic.com]. The TC Group later acquired Tannoy when it merged

with TGI in 2002.

Dynaudio's soft-dome midrange and high frequency units in particular

are highly regarded by professional sound engineers, thanks to the

company's manufacturing consistency and strict quality control. The

drivers boast good power handling and are largely bomb-proof. In cost-no-

object monitoring rigs they are sometimes married to TAD bass drivers,

with custom-built electronic crossovers allowing sound engineers to dial in

a ﬂ at frequency response for critical analysis of master recordings.

create out-of-the-box images it will always

sound at its best when positioned in free

space. A minimum distance of 50cm from

rear and side walls is recommended.

The vented enclosure has a large ﬂ ared

port at the rear which can be ﬁ tted with a

foam bung if you have to site the speaker

close to a back wall or if you feel the need

to damp the lowest frequencies.

COMMANDING ATTENTION

The last speaker to visit my listening room

of similar proportions to this Dynaudio

column was Dali's Epicon 8 [HFN Sept

'12]. But the Epicon 8

'With the Harry

boasts truly luxurious

build quality and

consequently is twice

the price. I loved its

dynamic contrasts

relaxed, easy-going

sound, it's warm

were explosive'

intimacy and 'gentle'

and relaxed high

frequencies combined with oodles of

luscious, creamy bass.

By contrast, the Focus 380 is quite a

different animal: rather less ambitious,

with subjectively less bandwidth at

both frequency extremes and a more

forthright, up-front presentation.

Generally you get what you pay for, so

I wasn't expecting the Focus 380 to

be anything like as accomplished or as

reﬁ ned as the £11k Dali, nevertheless I

was impressed – and hugely entertained –

by its dynamic music making.

It's a speaker that commands

attention rather than seducing you with

its charms. Listening to a 24-bit/88.2kHz

download from HDtracks of Mozart's

Clarinet Concerto performed by Andrew

Marriner and the ASMIF, recorded in

London's Henry Wood Hall in 2004

[PentaTone Classics PTC 5186 048],

demonstrated the Focus 380's ability to

vividly portray a believable sound image

and track dynamic shadings in a musical

performance. The sense of space around

the clarinet was delightful, the speaker

constantly surprising in its ability to

describe varying timbres and textures of

the colourful orchestration.

Despite being forthright and explicit

it doesn't throw an image forward into

a room in a hectoring fashion. The size

of the Henry Wood Hall and its acoustic

was described wa-ay behind the speakers,

creating a 'walk in' sonic picture of

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of thunder when playing Norwegian

songwriter Anne Brun's eclectic It All

Starts With One album [Ballon Ranger

Recordings DEMCD12].

The thunderous bass notes in the song

'These Days' were handled with aplomb

as the bass rolled across the listening

room ﬂ oor. The Focus 380 is an explicit

monitor, the sound it delivers brimming

with ﬁ ne detail. The shufﬂ ing snare drum

and 'old fashioned' electronic organ in

the arrangement of 'These Days' were

clearly resolved, and each element of the

recording's slightly surreal production was

patently exposed – such as the myriad

electronic sound-effect treatments

on Brun's voice and the timpani-style

percussive wallops designed to catch you

off-guard during the piece.

The Dynaudio also proved more than

capable of transporting me to a 'rave'

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commendable scale

that belied the Focus

380s' relatively

modest size.

Those two 20cm

Dynaudio woofers can

shift plenty of air, too,

the speaker creating

a good impression

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