Is Dynaudio forgiving speakers?


I would like to know is Dynaudio speakers forgiving? Pair with full blown DAC/power amp (colorless and transparent amp), will it sound engaging and musical enough? Neutral and colorless can be a bit thin sound to me, that's not my taste, I prefer a bit of warm, fun rhythm on bass kinda of sound. I'm considering a pair of Focus 110 or new DM 2/7?
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I think Dynaudio is an excellent choice for what you are looking for.

I use them with good quality Class D amplifiers and find them to be an excellent match there, adding just a touch of warmth and with excellent weight to the music for their size. I have Dynaudio Contour 1.3mkII. Dynaudio build quality including drivers is hard to beat and hard to fault.
FWIW, I would not call them "forgiving". They'll give you what you put into them.
I have only heard Dynaudio sound "lean" when underpowered and/or put in too large a room for the model size.

Dynaudio is one of the best I have heard at getting a lot of sound out of a smaller box but it typically requires a lot of clean power and current. Also a small monitor speaker will ALWAYS sound lean if put into a room that is too large for it.

Size (and build quality) matters. If you are able to afford the right Dynaudio model for your room and put an amp capable of driving it to the max in your room (80 w/ch or way more depending)then you should be gold. If you like the sound in general.

Regarding placement, it matters a lot with most any speaker. Dynaudios are no harder than most and probably easier than many to place optimally for most.

Very wide dispersion speakers are the most forgiving in general in regards to placement, but even those benefit from good placement. True omni speakers may be as well but only in larger rooms where distance from walls is more viable.
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"Do you consider Dynaudio is the best speakers brand?"

I'd say its one of the best IMHO in that it is hard to fault objectively. Different lines work and sound different though and there are many very good ones like Dynaudio so hard to make any such claims. Speaker preference is usually a very subjective thing. But it always helps to start with a quality product and Dynaudio is definitely that.
I use bel canto class d amps with my dynaudios. Class d can make the current and power needed to make them "sing" more affordable. I will likely never look back at any other kind of amp for Dynaudio and their ilk.
Wim,

No doubt Dynaudio speakers in general sound best with lots of quality power and current which typically cost more $$$s to deliver. That's something that Class D amps are uniquely suited to do in lieu of large heavy and expensive more "monster" sized amps.