Alternative to Dynaudio 1.3SE


I currently own a pair of Dynaudio 1.3 SE's. They sound great on most of the material I listen to. My problem is I can only place them about two feet(measuring from the front of the speaker)from the rear wall. On material with moderate to heavy bass I get too much boominess. I have been looking at some front ported speakers such as the Tyler Reference monitors. Would the Tylers be in the same league as the Dynaudio's? Any other suggestions? I can spend around $1500-2000 used or new. Thanks.
jimmymac

Showing 1 response by erikfh

Did you try to drive them with a more powerful amp? You might not except such a rough comment, but I used to drive mine, which are also two feet from the wall measesured as you desribed, with a MF 3.2 power (150 watt) amp and the room was booming business all the time. Swapped the amp for its bigger sibling, the 308 ower amp (250 watt), allowed the bass to become tight, detailed and controlled, with all boominess having disappeared then. This also induced the midrange to open up further and the total sound got amazingly good.

Cheers, Erik