Dynaudio Facette
The Dynaudio Facette is a tricky entry, because the paper trail is tangled. A Stereo Magazine review is often cited as covering the Facette, but it is actually a test of the Bang & Olufsen BeoSystem 5500 - a complete system with the BeoCenter 5500 receiver and two BeoVox 5500 speakers. The "10504" in the review's title is the B&O system's product number, not a Dynaudio model. Dynaudio built the BeoVox 5500 speakers, which is presumably where the Facette association comes from. The review itself never names the Facette. A period HiFI-Stereo listing shows a Dynaudio "Special One 2-Way Speaker" with a 6 1/2-in woofer and 1-in dome tweeter (HiFI-Stereo, 1992, p.177). The Special One uses an aperiodic design with a large-coil woofer and Esotar 330D tweeter.
Here is what the record does show. The BeoVox 5500 was a two-way bass-reflex design with a 17 cm bass/midrange driver and a 2.5 cm tweeter. It was rated at 4 ohms with a frequency response of 55 to 20,000 Hz. The BeoCenter 5500 amplifier delivered 2 × 60 W sine wave at 4 ohms (2 × 100 W music output), with THD below 0.1% and a damping factor greater than 100. The system retailed for 3,980 DM. Each speaker measured 34.5 × 21.5 × 28.5 cm and weighed 6.4 kg.
The available material doesn't say whether the Facette was a distinct Dynaudio model, a variant of the BeoVox 5500, or just a name that got attached to the B&O collaboration in secondary sources. A hifi-wiki listing for the Facette exists, but its content wasn't available in the research. No production years, no standalone Facette specifications and no period reception have surfaced. If you have documentation that clarifies the Facette's relationship to the BeoVox 5500, the archive would welcome it.
Known specs (from the BeoSystem 5500 review, attributable to the BeoVox 5500 speakers):
- Two-way bass-reflex design
- 17 cm bass/midrange driver, 2.5 cm tweeter
- Frequency response: 55–20,000 Hz
- Impedance: 4 ohms
- Speaker dimensions: 34.5 × 21.5 × 28.5 cm
- Speaker weight: 6.4 kg
- System price (with BeoCenter 5500): 3,980 DM
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