Congrats on your new speakers. Finding a pair that you can live with for the long haul will make the return shipping costs worthwhile.
New Dynaudio Evoke 20
Just a brief note on the latest speakers I'm auctioning. The Dynaudio Evoke 20.
These are very well made and nice looking in piano black. I would have preferred a wood finish but at 20% off for an open box, I'm not $450 enthusiastic about the wood.
First of all, these speakers clean up all the small residual problems I had with my cheaper speakers. They are very good for the price but when I heard the Dynaudios I realized how much I was missing. They are clean sounding with no fuzzy or harsh artifacts. Smooth, dynamic and well balanced. Treble and bass drive are very well coordinated. No excessive treble or upper midrange hardeness. Just effortless smooth reproduction. Excellent sound staging and with the 7 inch woofer, bass is quite credible and more enjoyable than a smaller driver might provide, but then I haven't heard the Evoke 10. I have a bad position for these speakers and even though they are only a foot from the wall, they don't seem to have any negative effects here as that speaker location killed the Bucharest 300s. I am running them with a Muszishare tube amp and a Schiit Raggy 2. Gugnier DAC and an Audiolab 6000 transport. Kimber and Audience cables. If you are in the market for new spaekers, I'd say give these a try. I am impressed. These are staying in the system. By the way, these are 6 ohm speakers and don't seem to sound much different if I use the 4 or 8 ohm taps. I was doing all my listening in triode for now
I put on Cantante Domino CD from Proprius for a friend and with the tube amp, the choral songs were just stunning in ambience and depth. He was amazed. Also the organ was very credible with the bass as it is. I just wish the Muzishare had a precut so I could run my subs with it. I'm ordering some other tubes just to do a little rolling. You know how it is.
Your mileage may vary.
These are very well made and nice looking in piano black. I would have preferred a wood finish but at 20% off for an open box, I'm not $450 enthusiastic about the wood.
First of all, these speakers clean up all the small residual problems I had with my cheaper speakers. They are very good for the price but when I heard the Dynaudios I realized how much I was missing. They are clean sounding with no fuzzy or harsh artifacts. Smooth, dynamic and well balanced. Treble and bass drive are very well coordinated. No excessive treble or upper midrange hardeness. Just effortless smooth reproduction. Excellent sound staging and with the 7 inch woofer, bass is quite credible and more enjoyable than a smaller driver might provide, but then I haven't heard the Evoke 10. I have a bad position for these speakers and even though they are only a foot from the wall, they don't seem to have any negative effects here as that speaker location killed the Bucharest 300s. I am running them with a Muszishare tube amp and a Schiit Raggy 2. Gugnier DAC and an Audiolab 6000 transport. Kimber and Audience cables. If you are in the market for new spaekers, I'd say give these a try. I am impressed. These are staying in the system. By the way, these are 6 ohm speakers and don't seem to sound much different if I use the 4 or 8 ohm taps. I was doing all my listening in triode for now
I put on Cantante Domino CD from Proprius for a friend and with the tube amp, the choral songs were just stunning in ambience and depth. He was amazed. Also the organ was very credible with the bass as it is. I just wish the Muzishare had a precut so I could run my subs with it. I'm ordering some other tubes just to do a little rolling. You know how it is.
Your mileage may vary.