Australian HiFi – May 2019

BRYSTON| DALI

DYNAUDIO

EVOKE 10 RELEASED

ThenewlyreleasedDynaudioEvoke 10 is a compacttwo-waybook-

shelf/standmountdesignthat’sthesmallestinDynaudio’snewEvoke

rangeofloudspeakers.Thebass/midrangedriverintheDynaudio 10

is a 140mmdiametersingle-piecemagnesiumsilicatepolymer(MSP)

conedrivenbyanaluminiumvoice-coilanda strontiumcarbonate

ferriteandceramicmagnet.Thiscrossesat1.4kHz,viaa second-order

network,toDynaudio’snew28mmCerotarsoft-dometweeter.This

new tweeter is based on the tweeter Dynaudio developed for its Special

40 anniversary speakers, but whereas the tweeter in the Special 40 uses

a neodymium magnet, the new Cerotar tweeter uses a strontium car-

bonate ferrite and ceramic magnet. The new tweeter has an inner dome

behind the fabric dome, which is intended to improve air-flow that

Dynaudio calls a ‘Hexis’ and it was first used on the Esotar3 tweeter

used in Dynaudio’s Confidence range. Dynaudio rates the Evoke 10

loudspeakers with a frequency response of 47Hz–23kHz (±3dB) a sen-

sitivity of 84dBSPL (2.83V/1m) and a nominal impedance of 6Ω. The

crossover is at 1.4kHz and uses 2nd-order slopes.

‘We spent a lot of time listening to the tweeter,’ said Alex Newman,

one of the acoustic designers on the Evoke range. ‘At first, there was

something bugging me when they started doing tuning and testing, which,

after much work, we discovered was because we didn’t have absorption

material behind the Hexis. If you don’t have any in there, you get some

resonance.Sowesimplyaddeda smallamountof absorptionmaterialand

that’swhatmadethedifferencebetween“no,it isn’trightyet”,and“shut

upandtakemymoney”. ‘Howmanyversionsdidit taketogetit right?’

weasked.‘I don’tevenremember...’ saidNewman,‘andI don’treally

wantto!’ DistributedinAustraliabyBusiSoft,theDynaudioEvoke 10

is availablenowinBlackHighGloss,WhiteHighGloss,WalnutWood

andBlondeWoodfinishes,andsellsfor$2,399perpair(RRP).

For more information, contact BusiSoft AV on 1300 888 602 or

(03) 9810 2900 or at http://www.busisoft.com.au

BRYSTON ADDS

QOBUZ STREAMING

Bryston has announced a firmware update for its BDP Series that en-

ables native support for the Qobuz streaming music service. Qobuz says

it is the world’s first high-resolution (24-bit/up to 192 kHz) streaming

service and that anyone subscribed to its service can stream ‘more than

40 million uncompressed tracks of music from a library that contains every

imaginable style of music.’

‘Until now, Bryston BDP users needed to have their personal high-resolu-

tion libraries connected directly to enjoy high-resolution music,’ said Gary

Dayton, VP of Sales & Marketing at Bryston. ‘Qobuz makes 40-plus

million tracks, including millions in high-resolution 24-bit, available to

BDP users along with exclusive editorial content including deep metadata,

complete digital booklets, interactive articles, reviews and playlists.’ All

North American and European owners of Bryston BDP products—from

the first BDP-1 to the current BDP-3 player—can now take advantage

of this Qobuz compatibility by updating their firmware to the latest

version and registering for Qobuz on their website, but Qobuz is not

currently available to Australian owners of Bryston products... at least

notunlesstheyhavea VPNanda UKorUScreditcard.

For more information, contact Bryston’s Australian distributor,

BusiSoft AV on 1300 888 602 or (03) 9810 2900 or by visiting

http://www.busisoft.com.au

http://www.audiospace.com.au

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