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Believe it or not, before I started ribbing Heeman about drop-shipping a pair of Dynaudio C2s to my door (just because), I did a little research into the Dynaudio line.
Now I've listened to three pairs of Contour S5.4s previously: at my friend Claude's place in Montreal; at Razz'; and, of course, at Bats'.
If memory serves me right, we also got to throw a pair of C1s into the listening mix at Flint's place a number of years ago.
All this to say that I've heard that Dynaudio sound - and I love it!
But what else do they offer?
Well my eye caught sight of their top-of-the-line Evidence Platinum speakers. These are big heavy floor standers with multiple drivers. My kinda speakers!
So I started reading reviews and checking out their specs. On the review side it was easy to imagine how they sounded: probably as great as the other Dynaudios I'd heard - only greater. And for $85k a pair they should be great / greater!
Spec-wise (versus listening-wise) there was a familiarity here: the frequency response I'd seen before; the multiple driver complement / array ditto; the efficiency rating seemed a little low but in the range; and the overall dimensions. Yup, they match up really well against ... a pair of stacked Koss CM/1030s!
(You just had to know I was going here!)
Look, I'm not claiming that there's an equivalence here: merely a similarity. And if, like me, you can't afford to drop $85k on a pair of speakers, you might, like me, be able to afford two pairs of stacked Koss CM/1030s, fully-refurbished, for $2k (or less.)
With that left over $83k you might, I don't know, pick up an M4 (or so).
Would I love to listen to the Dynaudios? Yup. Almost as much as I'd love to test drive an M4.
Is there a point to this?
Not really. (Well maybe under the topic "Everything in Perspective.") But I felt like posting it.
Jeff
Now I've listened to three pairs of Contour S5.4s previously: at my friend Claude's place in Montreal; at Razz'; and, of course, at Bats'.
If memory serves me right, we also got to throw a pair of C1s into the listening mix at Flint's place a number of years ago.
All this to say that I've heard that Dynaudio sound - and I love it!
But what else do they offer?
Well my eye caught sight of their top-of-the-line Evidence Platinum speakers. These are big heavy floor standers with multiple drivers. My kinda speakers!
So I started reading reviews and checking out their specs. On the review side it was easy to imagine how they sounded: probably as great as the other Dynaudios I'd heard - only greater. And for $85k a pair they should be great / greater!
Spec-wise (versus listening-wise) there was a familiarity here: the frequency response I'd seen before; the multiple driver complement / array ditto; the efficiency rating seemed a little low but in the range; and the overall dimensions. Yup, they match up really well against ... a pair of stacked Koss CM/1030s!
(You just had to know I was going here!)
Look, I'm not claiming that there's an equivalence here: merely a similarity. And if, like me, you can't afford to drop $85k on a pair of speakers, you might, like me, be able to afford two pairs of stacked Koss CM/1030s, fully-refurbished, for $2k (or less.)
With that left over $83k you might, I don't know, pick up an M4 (or so).
Would I love to listen to the Dynaudios? Yup. Almost as much as I'd love to test drive an M4.
Is there a point to this?
Not really. (Well maybe under the topic "Everything in Perspective.") But I felt like posting it.
Jeff
