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Aerial 5B compare to Dynaudio Audience 52, ATC SCM

I am considering a pair of Aerial 5B's. I am very familiar with the sound of Dynaudio Audience 52's and ATC SCM 12's. I drive them with a solid 100 Watt McCormack DNA 0.5 Deluxe Edition in a near field set up in a small room.

If you are familiar with the Aerial 5B and either the Dynaudio's or the ATC's can you please contrast how they compare/differ?

I am curious about the Aerial and since this is a hobby I like to try out different monitors, tis time for a sealed design again :-)

Thanks
Bruno
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jaybo
4,478 posts
 
the aerial 5b may be the sweetest of these, but the others are going to have a broader appeal if you ever purge them.
hflook
5 posts
 
I have the 5b's and compared them to Dynaudio s1.4 and special 25. The Aerial's are more neutral and will work well in a small room because they are not vented so can be placed closer to a wall. Dynaudio need 36" space behind ideally or they will become boomy. Downsides with the 5b are that they are inefficient and need a high current amp to shine, they do not excell at soundstage but have great midrange and timbre. Hope this helps.
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