Dynaudio C1, why so expensive?

09-18-10: Steidlguitars
On the Contour and from photos, the C1, the tweeter and the mid-woofers are mounted to aluminum plate, which is what I think is technically the baffle. Yes, there is a MDF box behind it.
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The tweeter is mounted to an aluminum plate...that is not the baffle.

The plate is then mounted into the baffle, which is the dark gray piece which is not aluminum but a multi-layered piece of wood composite

The mid-woofer basket is not mounted to an aluminum plate, it is bolted into the wood baffle.

And yea, there is an MDF cabinet behind the baffle into which the rear of the drivers project.

Just to be clear...

The baffle is the dark gray piece, and it is not aluminum.

One last try. If this doesn't convince you that Confidence baffles (all series) are made of a wood composite, and not out of aluminum, I surrender.

Watch specifically between 2:55 and 4:00 minutes into the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVPGx3lsg5A

Sorry, forgot to add, look between 4:25 and 4:50 of the video.

I want my own CNC machine!

Bigbucks, thanks for sending that link. You're absolutely right, that baffle ain't aluminum! I assumed from photos (note caveat in my earlier post, gulp) that the dark gray portion of the baffle on the C1 was made from aluminum. Wrong.

For what it's worth, the baffle on my Contours is indeed aluminum, so I assumed that continued up the line. Wrong again.

So now I wonder about Xti16's original comment, seeing as he owns them.

Anyway, thanks for being a good sport.

Bottom line is Dynaudio is a very high quality and high performance line. Neither the cheapest nor most expensive, but perhaps one of the most reliable and rock solid from a quality perspective. The Dynaudio sound is very no nonsense, just rock solid as well. You can't go wrong building a system around Dynaudio speakers IMHO.

Yes, being made in Denmark surely increases the cost almost for certain, but hey, good things do not come cheap.