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Duntech is an
Duntech is an Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
-based professional audio
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loudspeaker
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manufacturer, researcher, and developer. Their speakers are considered to be extremely high-end
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, audiophile
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-grade speakers, but they come with a very high price tag, as well.
About
The company was started in Australia between 1981 and 1990 by the physicist John Dunlavy. In the 1990s Dunlavy left Australia for Colorado, where he founded Dunlavy Audio Labs. The New York Times said the Duntech speaker "is distinguished by an extraordinary degree of what might be called sheer musicality." In 1987 the Duntech Sovereign 2001 cost around $15,000. Additionally, they need a very large room to perform optimally. However, other models range in price from $2000 to $30,000. Duntech Statesman was one of 3 models at the lower end and more affordable. Duntech's Sovereign model line speakers are known for accuratesound reproduction
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. The Sovereign C-7000 is a seven driver speaker system with two 12-inch woofer
A woofer or bass speaker is a technical term for a loudspeaker driver designed to produce low frequency sounds, typically from 50 Hz up to 1000 Hz. The name is from the onomatopoeic English word for a dog's bark, " woof" (in contrast to th ...
s, two seven-inch midrange driver
A mid-range speaker is a loudspeaker driver that reproduces sound in the frequency range from 250 to 2000 Hz. It is also known as a squawker.
Mid-range drivers are usually cone types or, less commonly, dome types, or compression horn drivers. T ...
s, two two-inch tweeter
A tweeter or treble speaker is a special type of loudspeaker (usually dome, inverse dome or horn-type) that is designed to produce high audio frequencies, typically deliver high frequencies up to 100 kHz. The name is derived from the high ...
s, and one 3/4-inch supertweeter.
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* http://www.duntech.com.au/ Loudspeaker manufacturers Audio equipment manufacturers of Australia