New Dynaudio Heritage Special..?..!

Hi-fi+ has a teaser at the back of the current issue, that they will be doing an "exclusive" review of the hs in the next issue. I should have looked to see what issue the current one was, but it should be available in about a month.

Hello all.  These cannot be compared to the Contour. These are essentially a re-issue of the late 90's Crafft near field monitor with some minor updates. The Crafft shared components with the Confidence line.  Some may not like the looks but the construction is amazing and hand made in Denmark. The Craffts I own will go down to 38Hz,  produce 120 db, and fill a room like you wouldn't believe.  Transparent is the word Guttenberg used for them.  You should check them out. BTW, mine were also sold as the Confidence 1 in my neck of the woods and cost me $4000 in 1999 so I don't think the price on the Heritage is too far out of line based on inflation. 

I have a pair in for audition now, along with the Audiovector R1s. My current speakers are the Special 40s, which are a phenomenal speaker. The Heritage is on a completely different planet by comparison however. Best monitor I have ever heard hands down. I have put the R1s in and out several times and there is just no comparison, Heritage hit the entire spectrum of sound with a fluidity, balance and transparency I have never heard on a speaker like this. 

I get it, $7k is alot of money, but they compete at that level without question. Looks may not be for you, but honestly who cares at the end of the day, it's about the music and sound, you get over it pretty quickly. And to be honest the build quality is up there with anything Magico is doing, but won't slice your face off like Magico. 

Just got in a pair myself...hands down the best monitors I have heard.  Speed, transparency, coherence -- there is just something addictive about listening to them...one more song...the Steve Huff video is spot on.  If this is your cup of tea, you need not look further.

I’d like to see a Spinorama of the Heritage Special.

The Special 40s had pretty bad measurements, to the point even Danny Richie at GR Research felt the need to re-do the crossover (altogether his design simply trades off a 1K peak for a 3K peak).