Dynaudio Heritage + Gold Note IS-1000 Deluxe

@bluethinker — do they also need to be played at decent volume to sound any good? That was my experience with the Confidence C1 I had many years ago, but I have the impression that Dynaudio’s more recent stuff does better at lower volume than the earlier designs did.

After a long search now I'm torn between Anthem STR, Michi X5 and Rega Osiris (which costs a little more than my budget) 

let me tear you more: I have seen and heard a lot of Dyna - Musical Fidelity pairings and they were awesome

@grislybutter yep, thanks for that :D 

@drubin - They sound ok at lower volume. But to your point, they don’t really open up until cranked up a bit. It sounds like you had the same experience with your Dynaudios!