Dutch & Dutch 15C Discussion

[Pearljam5000]

My impression is that a lot of people are going to want these but their significant others will say no.

And what about their bank account?

 

[Vuki]

For the same reason that furniture from Ikea comes in a box:

How do you move a couch up a set of stairs in a EU apartment that was built 500 years ago?

If your speakers are really big in the EU, you're going to need a crane to get them into your house. Not joking.

Only if you live in one of those dutch houses

 

[PristineSound]

Looks like a magnified 8c.

I think $30k to $40k pair is possible, unless it's not made of commodity materials like MDF/HDF.

 

[see_no_evil]

It's much more likely to be north of 100k though.

Genelec 8381A LCR for me it is, then

 

[Pearljam5000]

Definitely looks big

 

[Pearljam5000]

15C next to 6C

 

[dfuller]

15C next to 6C
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Holy moly this thing is gonna be huge.

 

[Oboreal]

I don't see any other way around... 38 cm speaker + (huge) suspension : 40 cm mini. You have something like 7 cm of baffle right and left : something like 55-60 cm wide.
Two 40‑cm drivers vertically, 7–8 cm in the middle, plus at least 10 cm at the top and bottom based on what we can see: about 1 meter tall.
With three 15‑inch drivers working together plus the high‑frequency waveguide, it’s unlikely we end up with less than 80 cm of depth. (A 15 inch high excursion driver can easily measure 25-30 cm deep).

So yes, these are going to be really huge speakers, but since I regularly handle PA speakers or subwoofers with this kind of driver configuration, I was fully expecting them to be massive !
Again, in the professional world, the 8C are already considered ‘mastering‑grade’, so these speakers are clearly intended for very large rooms where they’ll be listened to at very high levels.

 

[Mr. Widget]

See you there!

Now that they have been shown, can you share some of the specs or share links to the specifications?

 

[Jannis - Dutch & Dutch]

Following the banana reference!

 

[Grimoire]

Foll

Following the banana reference!

I knew that bananas were radioactive but that I didn't know that you needed to break your neck to even look at them.

 

[Mort]

What's the price?

 

[Grimoire]

What's the price?

If you need to ask the price then you can't afford them.

Sky high, and limited availability to drive that, is my firm guess. These will be toys for the uber-rich, who won't appreciate them, not you and I.

 

[Pearljam5000]

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It's huge

 

[fredoamigo]

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It's huge

I couldn't have imagined them to be so enormous and impressive.

 

[Reddoc]

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The video makes them look comically large, especially that waveguide....

 

[Chester]

If you need to ask the price then you can't afford them.

Lots of people can likely afford them. One of their first questions will still be “how much?”.

 

[viennaanneiv]

These do not look real, as if the people have been shrunk next to a pair of normal sized 8C speakers.

 

[MKR]

Still uncertain why you would not go with a floor stand form factor. These are just too big/heavy (even unstable!), and look a bit cartoonish as a stand mount. I am a huge fan of D&D, but this seems strange to me. Of course I am certain Martijn and crew have good reasons.

 

[viennaanneiv]

The last pair of speakers one would ever need to buy. No subwoofers required, with built in room correction, and cardioid down to low levels. This is my dream 2.0 set up.