FAQ

Yes, as long as the glass is solid, sturdy and has enough girth. The glass should not be able to resonate from the bass energy that is bounced off the surface coming from the boundary coupled subwoofers.

Yes, as long as you make sure that the sides of the 8c are not blocked by any obstacles closer than 30 cm’s (1 foot) to the cabinet. And the back of the cabinet has a distance of 10 to 50 cm’s (0,3 to 1,6 foot) to the wall behind the cabinets.

Absolutely! The app allows you to optimize the speakers according to your specific situation. You can for example filter out room modes and compensate for overdamped frequencies.

Dutch & Dutch 8c speakers perform best when they are placed relatively close to the rear wall. 10 to 50 cm will give you the best performance. You can use the app to select the distance to the rear wall, and the app will automatically adjust the 8c internal settings accordingly. This will give you the best listening experience possible.

The 8c was originally designed for domestic use with the vision that good, musical sound should be combinable with ease of use via contemporary app control. The cardioid dispersion pattern design contributed to the overall musical experience without too much influence of the room acoustics. This is why we state  “Make the room disappear”. Recognized by studio engineers who were used to build a room around the loudspeakers. So over the last year, we had equal success in both studio and domestic environments.

The 8c can be connected to either digital (AES3) or (balanced) analog sources. It has a male XLR input that can be used to present these signals to the 8c. Make sure the correct preset is selected. The 8c has a HighGain analog input, a LowGain analog input and an AES3 digital input. Consumer-grade equipment with a relatively low output voltage usually works best with the HighGain setting. Professional equipment with a higher output voltage usually works best with the LowGain setting. AES3 digital input is for use with digital sources with a balanced output, AES3 or AES/EBU.

Unbalanced sources can be used with the 8c, but proper functioning with regard to hum and noise is not guaranteed. Dutch & Dutch recommends that balanced sources be used in order to obtain optimal gain and sound quality.

The normal setting is Linear Phase Mode. In Linear Phase Mode the 8c uses an FIR filter that corrects the phase distortion caused by the Linkwitz-Riley 4th order crossovers at 100 Hz and 1250 Hz, thereby linearizing the phase response, which gives the 8c’s exceptional transient response and impulse response. The Linkwitz-Riley crossover delays some frequencies more than others and the FIR filter adds a bit of delay to all but the ‘slowest’ frequencies, such that all frequencies have the same amount of delay and thus arrive at the listener’s ears at the exact same moment. In Linear Phase Mode the 8c’s have a latency of around 33.2 ms. Use this mode when latency is not an issue, such as listening to music in a domestic situation, during mixing or mastering. Usually, the Linear Phase Mode works well with movies too, because latency is less than a single frame in a movie.

When in Low Latency Mode, the 8c’s don’t have a flat phase response. The latency is about 3.1 ms. Use this setting for live tracking and perhaps if lower latency is required for integration with other speakers in a home theatre.

The audible difference between Linear Phase Mode and the non-corrected phase is subtle but worthwhile. Some listeners appear to be more sensitive to it than others.

The 8c has 4 M6 threads on its bottom side. These can be used to secure the speaker to a stand. The stand offered by Dutch & Dutch is shipped including bolts and tools to secure the 8c to this stand. If you want to secure your 8c to another stand, please download the dimension and position of the M6 threads. Please note that these are standard M6 threads with a pitch of 1mm.