Dynaudio fans...

[manicm]

 

[manicm]

(Encore) My good friend who's now a Dynaudio distributor in my country has invited me to an audition of the new Evidence Platiinum speaker at his home tomorrow. Will report back with pics and story!

 

[CnoEvil]

Look forward to the "goss".......including the system details (and any interesting cables. :shifty: )

 

[John Duncan]

Not sure Mrs JD would allow them in the house.

 

[Anonymous]

Look forward to the "goss".......including the system details (and any interesting cables. :shifty: )

Wouldn't bell wire do

 

[CnoEvil]

Look forward to the "goss".......including the system details (and any interesting cables. :shifty: )

Wouldn't bell wire do

Not if you have a metal coat hanger. :doh:

 

[bluebrazil]

i think they look the biz

 

[Frank Harvey]

You know why they're going to sound rubbish don't you....

 

[John Duncan]

Don't start...

 

[plastic penguin]

Quite a Dyn fan.

 

[Hi-FiOutlaw]

I'm one!

I think i've found my favourit speaker brand!

Would like to have a listen of the Contour or Confidence line, only heard the DM, Excite and Focus and loved them all!!!

 

[plastic penguin]

Would like to have a listen of the Contour or Confidence line, only heard the DM, Excite and Focus and loved them all!!!

The Contour S1.4 are superb standmounts. Heard them with a Naim XS amp. TBH the Naim or Leema Pulse would be the starting point for those speakers IMO. And you'll need oodles of space - they're big.

 

[matt49]

6' 4" tall. (That's the speakers ...)

 

[Hi-FiOutlaw]

Would like to have a listen of the Contour or Confidence line, only heard the DM, Excite and Focus and loved them all!!!

The Contour S1.4 are superb standmounts. Heard them with a Naim XS amp. TBH the Naim or Leema Pulse would be the starting point for those speakers IMO. And you'll need oodles of space - they're big.

At that level I think you should feed them with a pre/power combo. And Dynaudio speakers shine "brighter" with that kind of amplification...

 

[Gravenhurst]

Big Dynaudio fan

Nearly got a pair of X32s but have decided to wait for a liisten of the new X34s

 

[manicm]

Ok here goes. They sounded brilliant, but then at this level I'd know absolutely nothing about hifi, the speaker being the price of a good sports car. Huge soundstage, but I think they could have done better, 3 things:

1. I think the rather restricted private home cinema didn't do them any favours - I suspect more spacious surroundings would have been more revealing, higher ceilings especially.

2. My friend, for whatever reason, didn't want to remove the top and bottom grills as much as I tried persuading him.

3. He used rather esoteric amplification - as you'll see in the pics - Valve Audio - on the left hand side.

Further info - the source he used was a gigantic Wadia CD player - with a price tag to match probably.

The other bits in-between are various Krell amplification - again huge stuff!

<Help> Cannot insert pics, can someone help me?

 

[CnoEvil]

<Help> Cannot insert pics, can someone help me?

Try this: http://www.whathifi.com/forum/off-topic-and-miscellaneous/how-to-post-photos-to-the-forum

 

[manicm]

 

[Larry]

I think I heard Dyn Evidence Platinum last year at an audioshow with some Chord gear. I was both impressed and disapointed. Big sound stage, realatively deep but not lifelike. For setup costing over 110.000 £ I was disapointed that it was not out of this world. For that kind of money I want to be in audio pradise. Of cause better matched gear or bad acoustics could have played a role here, but I would spend half that money on a cool sportscar and half on some "cheaper" HI-FI. Later on that show I heard the Dyn XEO 3 active speakers, they were much more impressive because I didn`t expect them to be that good. Very nice tuning between amp and speaker, small and for some a bit expensive speaker. I have the Dyn Focus 140 on my desk, gives big bass, airy and smooth sounding. I have added some Nordost Blue Heaven LS speaker cables to get more clear and fast sound, works fine with my Rega Brio-R. Have not heard the "new" Focus 160, so can´t comment on them, but should be a step up in clearity and bass. My Focus 140 have super nice real rosewood cabinet, so thats a bonus that they look beautiful too.

 

[manicm]

I was also not blown away as I had expected to be, at this level. But it could have been down to the amplification and/or surroundings. If I had that sort of money to blow I would not have been convinced.

I'm aching to hear KEF Muons.