Audience 5

Most crimes these days are not committed on the screen but right next to it. Skyscraper explosions die soft, not hard, from paper cones. Voice coils measuring 0.75 inches make Frank McClane sling a teeny lady gun. The Cannonball racers don’t even get past the crossover. Instead of Hollywood, think Cleveland. And the culprit? Right. The drivers in most surround speakers are bought in from any old Dirty Harry. And they sound that way.

But fear not – the legendary Danish engineers from Dynaudio are coming to the rescue with the Audience series for uncompromised home theater surround sound. The most compact solution is the Audience 5: its unique soft dome tweeter has an aluminum voice coil which is literally lighter than a feather.

Guaranteeing unlimited dynamics, without peaks and valleys in the frequency response, and true high-end precision.

In the bass, and despite its compact dimensions, the Audience 5 takes no prisoners: Dynaudio’s original 3-inch magnum voice coil is three times larger than your average voice coil. This means greater control and improved power handling. Not forgetting a phase-optimized membrane geometry, tightly defined inner damping, and fully ventilated center magnet system.

The only element Dynaudio saved a bit on is the body. It is built not by hand, but by a Danish machine. On the other hand, in the Audience 5, criminally good drivers and a well-camouflaged enclosure add up to an offer one can’t refuse.