While paging through the November Stereophile, I noticed the ad for these speakers.
I must say that in my opinion, they really dropped the ball in the looks department. Of course, they may very well look better in person than in the picture. I sure hope they do. To me, they seem UGLY!
I am not a very big fan of the direction Dynaudio has taken in general over the past few years. While their speakers were never a bargain, I always found them to offer strong performance. The kind of speaker which could serve as a very long term partner. The kind of equipment that you build the rest of your system around.
However, recent models have gone way upscale in price, yet my listening experiences have left me cold. I have gotten not much of a reaction at all from them, which is probably the biggest curse one can commit. Others would argue that the speakers are merely reproducing what is being fed to them. But, what I feel when auditioning newer models is "vanilla". I am not sure people normally spend $10K to $85K for vanilla. Rather, people buy stuff they fall in love with, even if other people feel the equipment sonically bad. At least there is some reaction...
Just one man's opinion. I am still a longtime Dynaudio loyalist, and don't want a great company to lose what they have established.
I must say that in my opinion, they really dropped the ball in the looks department. Of course, they may very well look better in person than in the picture. I sure hope they do. To me, they seem UGLY!
I am not a very big fan of the direction Dynaudio has taken in general over the past few years. While their speakers were never a bargain, I always found them to offer strong performance. The kind of speaker which could serve as a very long term partner. The kind of equipment that you build the rest of your system around.
However, recent models have gone way upscale in price, yet my listening experiences have left me cold. I have gotten not much of a reaction at all from them, which is probably the biggest curse one can commit. Others would argue that the speakers are merely reproducing what is being fed to them. But, what I feel when auditioning newer models is "vanilla". I am not sure people normally spend $10K to $85K for vanilla. Rather, people buy stuff they fall in love with, even if other people feel the equipment sonically bad. At least there is some reaction...
Just one man's opinion. I am still a longtime Dynaudio loyalist, and don't want a great company to lose what they have established.