Dynaudio C1, why so expensive?

09-17-10: Xti16
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I meant the piece that that the drivers are mounted to. It's a 6.9" driver mounted to a 5" wide cabinet. I don't they are pretty but it sure sounds fantastic. The looks had to grow on me.
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Right, that's the baffle and it isn't aluminum. It is machined from a sheet of composite wood material. I don't know where you got the idea that it is aluminum

09-17-10: Xti16
I have the speakers and it is aluminum.
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09-17-10: Steidlguitars
Even the baffle on my lowly Contour 3.4s is aluminum (or some aluminum alloy), so I am sure that Xti16 is correct.
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You are both incorrect. The baffle is composite wood. The tweeter is mounted to an aluminum plate which fits into a machined recess in the baffle. But the baffle is NOT aluminum. And I know, becasue I had C4s, C2s and C1s and the baffles use all the same construction technique.

From the Dynaudio Confidence catalog:

"The multiple-layer high-density baffle yields extremely low-resonance and de-couples the loudspeaker drivers from the cabinet itself. Despite the slim dimensions of the cabinet, this innovative design concept allows for the integration of substantially larger bass driver than otherwise would be possible."

And I have a video of Confidence baffles being machined, and there's nary an aluminum chip to be seen...

09-16-10: Xti16
You get what you pay for. I own C1's and the build quality is first rate. Made with real wood veneer on HDF. Machined 1 piece aluminum isolation baffle. They are designed and manufactured at Dynaudio.
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The baffle is not aluminum, it is some kind of composite wood material.

Here's a photo showing the C1 wood baffle, the aluminum plate with tweeter mounted, and the mid/bass driver:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=18533537#post18533537

And one of the similarly constructed C2:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=18537641#post18537641

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.