Dynaudio Evoke 20 Bookshelf Speakers (Pair)

Powerful, Full-Size Bookshelf Speaker Excels in Almost Any Size Space

Dynaudio's Evoke 20 is a full-size stand-mounted speaker designed to excel in almost any size space. Its powerful 7" mid/bass driver ensures it can flex its muscles when there’s heavy lifting to be done, while its 1.1" soft-dome tweeter takes care of the fine detail. And, of course, its Danish design looks fantastic wherever you put it.

Advanced Driver Technology

The 0.4mm thick, 7" Esotec+ woofer is made from MSP (Magnesium Silicate Polymer), a proprietary material that we’ve been using in Dynaudio speaker cones for decades. It provides the perfect balance of lightness, stiffness and damping that, combined with its new strontium carbonate Ferrite+ ceramic magnet system, reproduces midrange and bass frequencies in perfect balance.

The whole diaphragm is made from one piece of MSP. Rather than gluing on a dust cap or just leaving a hole, this construction makes the cone far more rigid – and means far less physical distortion. It gives a much better physical connection to the voice-coil, which means more of the coil’s motion energy is transferred to the diaphragm via the Balance Ribs around the center.

Evoke 20’s 2" voice-coil is made from aluminum. Dynaudio chose that over copper for this speaker because it gives the correct balance of weight and winding height to give bass frequencies power and enough mechanical and electrical damping, while also letting midrange frequencies (where a vast amount of musical detail lies) sing through clearly.

A Nomex spider keeps everything centered and moving the way it should, while the new, seamless Contour-derived surround allows a longer throw ratio for greater power and punch.

The All-New Cerotar Tweeter

The tweeter is brand new. It’s called Cerotar, and is based on key technologies from Dynaudio's award-winning Esotar Forty anniversary tweeter and the mighty new Esotar3, which you’ll find in the top-of-the-line Confidence series.

Like all our other tweeters, it’s a 1.1" unit and uses a precision-coated soft dome. This coating is applied in exactly the correct places and thicknesses to optimize high-frequency performance – it’s a process derived from the development of our most exclusive speakers.

But that’s where the similarity to everything except Confidence ends. Hidden behind the dome is a part called the Hexis: a special inner dome that shapes airflow to smooth-out the frequency response and eliminate unwanted resonances that would affect high-frequency performance.

As with the Esotec+ woofer, it’s driven by a new strontium carbonate Ferrite+ ceramic magnet for increased sensitivity, improved detail resolution and a natural, dynamic response. It sounds really sweet, and you can listen to it for hours without even a hint of fatigue. Time to get those prog-rock quadruple gatefold albums out of the attic.

A Design for Life

Dynaudio's design department took field trips to show-homes, home-interiors stores and real-life dwellings in Denmark to hone Evoke 20’s look. It was important for them to be able to imagine the speakers in a variety of living spaces – because, after all, that’s how most people listen.

You can choose from Black High Gloss and White High Gloss (which both use new lacquering techniques for a stunning glass-like surface), as well as the warm and organic open-veneered Walnut Wood and Blonde Wood styles.

The cabinets themselves are tapered and rounded in a nod to the Contour and Confidence ranges. The mounting screws are hidden behind stylish one-piece trim rings. And because good design doesn’t age, you know they’ll look every bit as stylish when you’re still listening to them 30 years from now.

• New Cerotar Tweeter – A brand-new 1.1" Ferrite+ soft-dome tweeter inspired by Special Forty and Confidence
• Hexis – An ingenious resonance-defeating inner tweeter dome, trickled down directly from our most exclusive ranges
• New Esotec+ Woofer – A long-throw 7" one-piece MSP design with an aluminum voice-coil and strontium carbonate Ferrite+ ceramic magnet
• Crossover – High-grade Dynaudio topology with select components – just like all our high-end hi-fi speakers
• Danish Design – Timeless, honest and beautiful: subtly curved MDF with hidden screws and four beautiful, clean finishes

• Sensitivity: 86dB (2.83V/1m)
• IEC power handling: 180W
• Impedance: 6 Ω
• Frequency response (±3dB): 40Hz–23kHz
• Box principle: Bass reflex rear ported
• Crossover: 2-way
• Crossover frequency: 3200Hz
• Crossover topology: 2nd order
• Woofer: 7" MSP cone
• Tweeter: 1.1" Cerotar with Hexis
• Dimensions (W x H x D): 8.5" x 15" x 12.1"
• Dimensions with feet/grille (W x H x D): 8.5" x 15" x 12.5"
• Weight: 21.8 lbs.

"There’s much to like about the Evoke 20s. The beguiling manner in which they unfold the layers of the music to reveal the hidden details without sounding overly-analytical is to me is the trademark of a high-end speaker."

"The fact that you won’t have to break the bank to get a pair is only more reason why the Dynaudio Evoke 20 should remain high on your shortlist. Highly recommended."

- J Loh, audioFi.net, October 7, 2019