DYNAUDIODynaudio Confidence C2 Signature Aesthetically pure yet technically advanced: the Dynaudio Confidence C2 Signature loudspeaker combines a unique slim cabinet with an innovative baffle design. In Confidence, a completely new design concept defines the front of the speaker as a design element in its own right. The high-density, multi-layer baffle produces extremely low resonance and decouples the speaker drivers from the cabinet itself. The Confidence Signature models are available exclusively in dark brown mocca or dark red burgundy real wood finished in high-gloss piano lacquer and proudly feature an aluminum back plate emblazoned with the signature of Dynaudio founder and sole owner Wilfried Ehrenholz. Sensitivity 87 db, impedance 4 Ohms, two-way bass reflex, weight 40 kg. The product is in perfect condition We try to provide as much information as possible about the speakers we are selling without being over bearing. So potential buyers can have good understanding of what they are considering to purchase. Any questions please ask. THANK YOU FOR VIEWING OUR AD.We try to answer all of your questions as quickly as possible but, be patient as we receive numerous messages daily thank you. DYNAUDIO CONFIDENCE C2 SIGNATURES MODEL (Very rarely seen for sale) BORDEAUX WOOD PIANO FINISH (HIGH GLOSS mirror like beauties) PRISTINE, FLAWLESS CONDITION (low hours) MUSICAL ???? MASTERPIECES. THEY RETAIL FOR 16K+ WITH SHIPPING Confidence C2 Signature This extraordinary speaker adapts the reflection-minimizing DDC technology to an elegant, slim shape. Two Esotar² tweeters and two mid/bass drivers with special Kapton voice coil formers are perfectly integrated by the advanced crossover to yield a seamlessly balanced yet detailed sound and incredible sound staging. With the advanced DDC technology and latest fine-tuning, the new Confidence C2 II and C2 Signature is the best sounding and most refined Confidence ever. The Confidence Signature project was inspired by Dynaudios founder Wilfried Ehrenholz. He has always had the ambition of one day making the best even better. A new, higher level of fine-tuning and the experience gained from creating the exceptional Dynaudio Sapphire and Consequence Ultimate Edition have helped yield this most refined Confidence II and Signature edition. Incorporating select high-performance woofers, and the finest hand-crafted wood veneer finishes, the new Confidence models have been further refined. Every model incorporates Dynaudios finest Esotar² with neodymium magnet. In its newest version, it is further optimized via Dynaudios precision coating, improving the exceptionally smooth response and the authentic reproduction of all fine musical details. The crossover has been further optimized, while the internal wiring has been upgraded. With these upgrades, the second-generation model designations are now Confidence II and Confidence Signature. Aesthetically pure yet technically advanced – the C2 II combines a unique slim cabinet with an innovative baffle design. In the Confidence, a completely new design-concept defines the front of the loudspeaker as a design element in its own right. The multiple-layer high-density baffle yields extremely low-resonance and de-couples the loudspeaker drivers from the cabinet itself. The Confidence Signature models are exclusively available in dark-brown Mocca or dark-red Bordeaux realwood finished with high gloss piano lacquer and proudly feature an aluminium backplate plate adorned with the signature of Dynaudios founder and sole owner, Wilfried Ehrenholz. Confidence C2 Signature Specifications Segment Home Series Confidence Type Floorstand Sensitivity (dB @ 2.83V/1m) 87 IEC Power Handling (W) 300 Rated Impedance (Ohm) 4 Lower Cutoff (Hz @ +/- 3 dB) 28 Upper Cutoff (kHz @ +/- 3 dB) 25 Box Principle Bass reflex rear ported Crossover 2-way DDC Crossover Frequency (Hz) 2200,(8000) Hz Tweeter 2x 28 mm Esotar2 Midrange/Woofer 2x17 cm MSP Weight kg 40 Weight lbs 88.2 Width mm 238 Height mm 1550 Depth mm 445 Width inches 9 3/8 Height inches 61 Depth inches 17 4/8 Width mm incl. feet/grill 420 Height mm incl. feet/grill 1550 Depth mm incl. feet/grill 475 Width inches incl. feet/grill 16 4/8 Height inches incl. feet/grill 61 Depth inches incl. feet/grill 18 6/8 Includes: OWNERS MANUAL / ORIGINAL WOODEN CRATES THAT THEY WERE SHIPPED IN FROM DENMARK / PAIR OF WHITE GLOVES. Also, they will be safely wrapped with extra plastic wrap and extra wood added to the crates to be sure they arrive to you in the condition they are packaged in. We always go above and beyond in our packaging process. Even though it takes a lot of extra time and expense for us as a seller. We feel it is the right thing to do! So much so, we have been praised for it by many other buyers on E-Bay . Dynaudio Confidence C2 Signature Loudspeakers Written by: Jeff Fritz Created: 01 December 2012 One of the questions readers often ask is how I choose what to review. My answers vary: What’s new that readers might be interested in? What products are creating buzz in the audiophile community? What looks promising in terms of sound? Over the years, I’ve gotten a pretty good handle on what products will ultimately lead to reviews -- positive or negative or somewhere in between -- that lots of folks will want to read, and that knowledge informs my decisions. A Dynaudio speaker is always a good bet for review, and the reasons are as clear as day. Some companies can be counted on, and Dynaudio is one of them. This Danish manufacturer produces high-performing loudspeakers in a wide range of prices, and has a devoted following built up through years of success. From examining acoustical measurements, both our own and those of other magazines, I know that Dynaudio speakers are technically excellent, as they should be -- the company is one of the few speaker manufacturers to have its own anechoic chamber. They also make all their own drivers. Also, I’ve rarely heard a Dynaudio speaker, at an audio show or elsewhere, sound anything less than very good, and more often than not it sounds better than that. All of this is to say that I felt that Dynaudio’s Confidence C2 Signature ($16,000 USD per pair) Delivered. Would be a good candidate for a review: something that would be likely to perform well, and that readers would thus be interested in. Confidence, C2, and Signature The Confidence C2 was first introduced in 2002. The current, basic C2 was fine-tuned last summer and is now the C2 II ($13,500/pr.). The subject of this review, however, is the Confidence C2 Signature, which includes a few specially selected veneer upgrades over the C2 II’s standard finishes: high-gloss Mocca and Bordeaux. The cabinet is made of MDF, and the speaker vents to the rear via a single port of flared plastic not quite midway up its rear panel. The driver complement of the two-way C2 Signature comprises pairs of tweeters and woofers. The tweeter is the newest version of Dynaudio’s 28mm, neodymium-magnet-driven, soft-dome Esotar2, whose fabric now has a new coating said to produce smoother response than the earlier version. The Esotar2s are housed in an aluminum subbaffle that’s mounted flush with the baffle proper, and crossed over at 2200Hz to the two 6.7 midrange-woofers, one above and one below the tweeters. These midrange-woofers have aluminum voice coils wound on Kapton formers and cones made of magnesium-silicate polymer, and are supported by die-cast aluminum frames. Of course, all of these drivers are made by Dynaudio, as has always been the case with this company’s speakers. All four drivers are mounted on an offset baffle painted flat black, and claimed to be made of multiple layers of MDF and to decouple the drivers from the main body of the cabinet. The chamfers at the edges of this baffle are intended to reduce cabinet diffraction, a design detail that helps ensure a clean wave launch from the drivers. The decoupling technique is an attempt to reduce the overall cabinet resonances that can ensue when a driver transfers its energy to the panels of the enclosure. Great drivers can’t do much without a great crossover. Dynaudio has improved the quality of components used in the C2 Signature, which now include ceramic resistors and air-core coils. The internal wiring has been upgraded, though no details were provided as to precisely what those improvements are. The audiophile who ponies up for the Signature edition gets more than just a nicer finish: applied to the Signature models is a doubling of the warranty period, from five to ten years -- not inconsequential, given the $16,000 investment. Finally, on the rear panel just below the port, an aluminum plate bears the silk-screened signature of Dynaudio’s owner and founder, Wilfried Ehrenholz. Among the Confidence C2 Signature’s claimed specifications are a frequency response of 28Hz-25kHz, +/- 3dB; a sensitivity of 87dB; and the ability to handle 300W of power -- it should be able to play quite loud. Its electrical impedance of 4 ohms should be factored in when choosing an amplifier. The 88-pound C2 Signature measures 61H x 9.4W x 17.5D, though the speaker’s base sprawls to 16.5 wide for lateral stability. In that base are countersunk metal inserts that accept spikes for coupling the speaker to your floor, and directly above the base are a single pair of insulated, gold-plated, five-way binding posts. A few words about the cabinet: At 88 pounds, the C2 Sig is hardly chintzy, but it also wasn’t the most inert, solid-feeling design I’ve rapped my knuckles on -- you won’t mistake it for a speaker from Rockport Technologies. The C2 Sig seemed a bit hollow and thin-walled in comparison to the more massive speakers I’ve auditioned. How much does this matter, sonically? Hard to say. Confidence C2 frequency response in Jeff Fritzs Music Vault listening room. One important design detail of the C2 Signature is what Dynaudio calls its Dynaudio Directivity Control (DCC). You’ll notice the symmetrical driver layout; although doubling-up the drivers does, as you’d imagine, aid in power handling and absolute output-level capability, another benefit of this arrangement is that the floor and ceiling bounce created by these drivers’ outputs is reduced by as much as a claimed 75%. What this means in practical terms is that the C2 Sig’s output will interact less with the floor and ceiling, which should result in a smoother frequency response at the listening position, and thus a more neutral tonal balance. Kudos to Dynaudio for using their acoustical knowhow to make speakers designed to reproduce sound with high fidelity to the original recorded event, as opposed to a tailored house sound. That’s the nuts’n’bolts of the Confidence C2 Signature. Time to listen. Sound First impressions were strong. The Dynaudio Confidence C2 Signatures did a credible job of disappearing in my room from the get-go. Singers were centrally located, perhaps just a touch behind the plane described by the speakers’ front baffles. Alison Krauss’s voice sounded neutral in Gravity, from her Lonely Runs Both Ways (16/44.1 AIFF, Rounder). I found singers to be, in general, more intelligible than the norm through the C2 Sigs, whose clarity was a notch above that of most speakers I review and/or hear at shows. This was partially due to the C2’s neutrality and clear-as-day midrange, but I think it had just as much to do with what was going on in the treble and upper bass. North Dakota, from Lyle Lovett’s Live in Texas (16/44.1, MCA), had a strong midbass presence that, though tight and full, didn’t at all intrude on midrange clarity. This is quite a feat for a two-way speaker to pull off. There’s no question that having dedicated midrange and bass drivers gives a three-way design a tremendous advantage in this area, but the C2 Sig gave a fine showing despite being a two-way. Its full midbass did make the speaker sound a touch warm overall when a recording contained a lot of midbass energy. That warmth, however, stayed put down low, where it could be fully appreciated, instead of making its presence known where it wasn’t wanted: in the range of human voices. The acoustic bass was reproduced with good articulation. Kristy’s version of the 1944 standard It Could Happen to You, from her My Romance (16/44.1 AIFF, Alma), never mushed together or got sloppy. The bass line that dominates this track was always articulate, and energized my room enough to sound credible in terms of size. In this song, Kristy’s voice pops out of the mix in a very prominent way. The C2 Signatures reproduced this aspect of the recording just right. Now Kristy wasn’t behind the speakers but right up front, close and life-size, which is just how I’ve heard this track sound through the better speakers I’ve had here in the Music Vault. The accompanying acoustic piano also remained clear and tonally pure. Despite the C2 Signature’s two tweeters doing a job normally handled by a single unit, that didn’t mean that the treble stuck out of the mix at all. In fact, the sonic coherence displayed by the C2 Sig was another of its definite strengths -- I don’t think anyone will find the sound of these speakers disjointed or muddled. Nor did they ever sound bright or harsh, unless the recording itself leaned heavily in that direction. Therein lay an area in which taste will come into play. Although I never found the C2 Sig lacking in extension in any obvious way, its fabric-dome Esotar2s didn’t do air and ambience the way the best beryllium tweeters do. To be fair, some listeners feel that the latter can provide too much of a good thing, and find those ultra-hard-domed tweeters too detailed. (As long as they’re implemented correctly, I’ve found them to sound just right.) But based on its performance I can’t deny the fact that the Dynaudio Esotar2 is one of the finest tweeters in the business, and the pair of them in each C2 Sig sounded meaty and tonally dense -- stringed instruments sounded especially good. OK, soap box: It amazes me that some companies are, after many years, just coming back around to soft-dome tweeters, as if they’re a new discovery. Dynaudio’s Esotar has been in production for some two decades and just keeps getting better. Low, from Jonas Hellborg’s The Silent Life (16/44.1 AIFF, Day Eight Music), is one of the best tests for low-bass depth, power, and articulation. If a speaker can get this track right, I generally find that it can do justice to most any bass-laden music. The entire track is one long solo on electric bass guitar. The Dynaudio played lower than you’d think possible for a two-way speaker with only a pair of 6.7 drivers that must also reproduce the midrange. I found that the C2 Sigs could energize my room with an amount of bass power substantial enough that I doubt many listeners would feel they needed to augment it with a subwoofer. Still, the C2 Sigs couldn’t quite deliver Norbu, from Bruno Coulais’s music for the film Himalaya (16/44.1 AIFF, Virgin), with the power and authority of the largest floorstanders I’ve had in the Music Vault. No surprise there. In my room, the C2 Sigs sounded powerful down to the low-30Hz area -- plenty low enough for most people and most music. Sonus Faber vs. Dynaudio In April of this year I reviewed the Sonus Faber Amati Futura loudspeaker ($36,000/pair), which costs well more than twice the price of the Dynaudio Confidence C2 Signature. I compare them here because, of all the speakers that have visited the Music Vault this year, these most closely resemble each other in terms of sound. The Sonus Faber is more luxuriously built and more seductively styled. It’s also a four-driver, three-way design. The Amati Futura sounds slightly bigger than the C2 Signature, with bass that goes just a smidge deeper. The soundstage thrown by the Sonus Fabers is a bit more wall-meltingly expansive, which conveys slightly more of the original acoustic environment captured in live recordings. That extra $22,000 definitely buys you a little more but, not much. However -- and this is a big however -- the Confidence C2 Signature more than held its own in a number of areas. First, the C2 Sig was just as neutral and clear in the midrange as the Sonus Fabers. If you listen to tons of vocal music, I don’t know that you’ll hear that much of a difference between the two models. The Dynaudio could reproduce the textures in male voices just as well as the Amatis. In terms of midbass punch, there was no doubt that the Danish speaker was easily a match for the Italian. In fact, this is one area where the C2 Sig, with some music, pulled ahead of the Amati. The Dynaudio’s propulsive midbass fit Bon Jovi and Rage Against the Machine better than what I remember from my evaluation of the Sonus Faber. But the Confidence C2 Signature really shone in the highs. I can say with, um, confidence that the C2 Sig seemed to have more energy in the highs than the Amati Futura, but not at the cost of harshness, grain, or long-term listening fatigue. Whereas the Sonus Faber leans toward the softer side of the ledger, the Dynaudio was more neutral up top, which gave it a more exciting sound, especially with rock. This comparison makes the Confidence C2 Signature seem somewhat of a bargain in comparison with the Sonus Faber Amati Futura. It is. Conclusions Dynaudio’s Confidence C2 Signature occupies an interesting place in the high-end marketplace. It’s not inexpensive at $16,000/pair, though it can be considered a bargain in the context of such expensive speakers as the Sonus Faber Amati Futura. But as I said at the outset, it is a Dynaudio, and that means something. The Danish firm has long been a pioneer in the loudspeaker industry -- the Esotar tweeter alone, in all its iterations, has seen to that -- and its followers are legion. My listening experience of it in the Music Vault revealed not one thing that would tarnish that reputation. I expect that the Confidence C2 Signature will please many, and none more than the audiophile who has dreamed of owning a special-edition speaker from a legendary company. The Confidence C2 Signature is a fine example of exactly that. REVIEW SCORE 4 REVIEWS 5 ????? ????? OUT OF 5 Own this?Help your community and rate it.(Hover and click on a star) 5 4 3 2 1 ?/5 Dynaudio Confidence C2 Floorstanding Speakers DESCRIPTION With its slim, graceful profile, and its 62 inch height, the Confidence C2 makes a bold statement as the entry into this new product line. The smallest model in the Confidence range particularly captivates through its extremely elegant proportions. In typical Danish fashion, Dynaudio pays meticulous attention to high quality craftsmanship. Every Confidence model is built in Denmark, completely in-house, through a combination of advanced computer-aided production engineering and exhaustive hand craftsmanship. The cabinets are built by skilled craftsmen who finely sand and hand polish each loudspeaker in a lavish process. The result is a high quality cabinet that will endure for decades while always maintaining the magnificent beauty of its appearance. The baffle rests a bit in front of the cabinet enclosure, forming a gently curved tail on its moulded proportions. The audible benefit is that a wonderfully precise imaging is achieved, as is a soundstage with authentic dimensions, while vocals are rendered with an unbelievably natural precision. These performance attributes are also related to the Confidence models balanced impedance technology, which results in the speaker not having to demand unreasonably high current from the connected amplifier. Low frequencies are now effortlessly reproduced without consequence, and it is possible to effectively utilize even inefficient power amplifiers due to the ease of drive achieved through the balanced impedance. USER REVIEWS Showing 1-4 of 4 [Apr 06, 2011] AudioNut AudioPhile The C2s to me do everything right, to my ears. You can find them used for a much better deal. The workmanship is some of the best I have seen in the industry and there drivers are very detailed and not bright. This speaker sounds good with just about every type of music you can imagine, the C2 sounds good in a small room and even better in a bigger one, so no limitations on size of the room except for very low ceilings since these stand tall. Matching a good Int. Amp and or Amp is makes these speakers, sing even better. Musical Fidelity seems to mate very well with them. Other speakers to listen to: C1, C4 and Joseph Audio comes to mind. OVERALL RATING 5 ????? ????? VALUE RATING 5 ????? ????? [Sep 24, 2004] swsmusic30 AudioPhile Strength: height. Weakness: none. I originally wanted to purchase C4s but I feel the C2s sounded better. Enough bass, great midrange and treble. Similar Products Used: Listened to a lot of speakers. OVERALL RATING 5 ????? ????? VALUE RATING 5 ????? ????? [Jun 26, 2003] Gust AudioPhile Strength: Enough good bass always in control Excellent reproduction of voices very good soundstage, clear and realistic needs quality amp but not the big power monsters, enough power though, fully class A amp recommended Weakness: none I had about 9000 Euro to spend on a good speaker. Finally I had to choose between the Dynaudio confidence C2 and the B&W Nautilus 802. Both are very good speakers but differ a lot. The B&W has deeper bass and clearer bass. The Dynaudio outshined the B&W in the midrange and higher frequencies. (personally I think the B&W midrange is a little bit aggressive causing fatique, but then again a life violin for example is not always sounding sweet. Anyway listening to the C2 made it clear that I would be able to listen longer at home and that is what I want to do. The high and midrange frequencies are excellent and the soundstage is very realistic. Bass is less than the 802 but this is no problem. The C2 has firm and controlled bass. You should stick to the 802 however if you want to listen to church organs. The C2 has enough bass for all other music and just enough. But the 802 is a marvellous speaker so why did I choose for the C2? Budget, yes! Well they are nearly the same price but you can only make the B&W sound good with very strong amps, which are mostly costly. The C2 can be driven with less power, however they sound best with a big amp, aswell, but they are less sensitive to the amps power than B&W. Do buy the B&W 802 is you could find two second hand SUMO 9 plus amplifiers to bi-amp the 802. It will sound great. If not you will have to pay a lot of money to drive the B&W. Or buy the C2 and I am sure you will be pleased, like I am with excellent sound, where you can spend money on a less expensive amp. I know use a LUXMAN 505s integrated wich is not the best amplifier for the speaker. I ve listend to a Plinius Class A amp that made the C2 sound great. Shpinx Project 12 mono blocks as well. But they work well with a relatively cheap pre/power amp of Primare (30 series). Similar Products Used: B&W 802 Nautilus OVERALL RATING 5 ????? ????? VALUE RATING 3 ????? ????? [Jun 11, 2003] Fred Kaandorp AudioPhile Strength: - easy to integrate in your room (design as well as acoustic) - impressive soundstage (3 dimensions) - easy to listen; makes the best of your CDs, the focus is not on the weaknesses of a recording, but on the musicality. Weakness: - took a long time to run in (200 hours) - needs a strong amp and good (expensive) electronics - lacks some punch at ultra-low (<45 Hz) Its strange to be the first to review this speaker. I own this speaker for nearly an year and reviews has been published in nearly all important audio-magazines in Europe and in the US. Why took it such a long time before we can review this C2 on this website?? The Dynaudio C2 is a beautiful speaker. The looks are nice and they are easy to integrate in the design of your room. The acoustics are also simple to handle. At home I have a living room (40m2); not a studio, but the soundstage is nonetheless really impressive. It is high (from floor to ceiling), wide and deep. It is important that you use a very good CD-player and amplification to reveal this quality (in my case Audio Research CD 3 and Marsh 400 + 2000T). The soundcharacter is neutral, perhaps a little dark. The treble is silky; the mids detailed but not edgy; the low is easy and fast. You can play every kind of music (classic, jazz, rock, folk) at any volume and you will enyou the music and the emotions. Even after hours of listening there is even no trace of fatigue and you will only experience the real ambiance of the music floating in your room. Only at the ultra-lowend (<45Hz)it lacks some punch (esp. rockmusic, pop, reggea or surround movies). But for this booming music/moviesound you can switch on a good subwoofer (I use REL Q200), this is cheaper than to buy the C4 and pay 4000 Euro for the 20 lowest Hertz. To discribe this speakers in two words: they are EASY and PLEASURE. Buying Guides Dynaudio Confidence C2 Signature Loudspeakers Details Parent Category: 2012 SoundStage! Network Equipment Buying Guide Category: (2012) Stereo Loudspeakers Over $10,000 Price: $16,000 per pair shipped Website: www.dynaudio.com Jeff said: Dynaudio’s Confidence C2 Signature occupies an interesting place in the high-end marketplace. But as I said at the outset, it is a Dynaudio, and that means something. The Danish firm has long been a pioneer in the loudspeaker industry -- the Esotar tweeter alone, in all its iterations, has seen to that -- and its followers are legion. My listening experience of it in the Music Vault revealed not one thing that would tarnish that reputation. Read the Ultra Audio review. The gist: Souped-up version of a very well-regarded loudspeaker.