For those who "sold" Dynaudio Evidence speakers

Tomer_tsin,

Thats your opinion and you are entitled to it. Maybe you dont quite understand the nature of business. Stereophile's policy is to remove components from the list that havent been reviewed for a certain amount of time. How is that a good excuse for advertisers? If anything thats a good excuse for Stereophile to coerce advertisers into having to advertise month after month in order to stay on the list.

First off, the Focal tweeter used in the Sophia2 and WP8 is far inferior to the Esotar2 found in the C2, C4, and above. It has noticeable ringing, and doesnt come close to Focal's own Berrylium tweeter. I am also a Focal dealer, and have compared the Sophia2 to the Focal 1037Be side by side.

Wilsons are dynamic and present a wide open soundstage and yet doesnt possess the musical refinement of Dynaudio, not even close. But as with everything, you are entitled to whatever flavor you prefer.

The reason people use MIT and Transparent filtered cables are because they are not listenable unless you roll off some of that top end energy in the Wilson design. The Dynaudio C4s are around 18K/pair retail, the WP8 is over 25K/pair. Now whos "too expensive for sound quality"!

As always, you must listen for yourself and decide. Magazines and forums are great places to gain exposure to new products, but no substitute for a good demo.

How are they standing up to newer top end speakers like Focal, Salon, Kharma?

I hate to say this, but Matteiser is right, wait till you hear the Dynaudio Sapphires. These are some of the most coherent and musical speakers around, plus they actually look good - a big departure from the standard Dynaudio designs. We were listening to them driven by full Plinius electronics and they sounded fantastic, throwing huge soundstage on orchestral music without any hint of dynamic compression. On smaller ensemble music, it was delicate and detailed, producing all the music's nuances.

The reason why I hate to say this is that there are only 1000 pieces made and as of 2 weeks ago, there were only 100+ remaining.

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I still doubt Dynaudio will stop at a 1,000 pieces. You never leave money on the table and if Dyn see there is a demand for 5,000 pairs of Sapphires they would be smart to think long and hard about continueing the speaker,though with those complex lines,it must be a butt to make. Dynaudio stated the same with the 25th Anniversary speaker,the demand was overwhelming and they kept a version of the speaker in production.

What does Dynaudio expect audiophiles to do that get left out? Buy a C2 or C4? I don't think so,and I hope Dynaudio is smart enough to know that too.

Got a chance to listen to the Sapphires yesterday. Setup was a Simaudio Moon CDP, Parasound Pre, Parasound JC-1 monoblocks and Audioquest Mont Blanc cables all around. The Sapphire's had that top to bottom neutrality that I found so endearing from my audition of the Temptations, along with excellent driver integration. The midrange was excellent but a touch veiled (only obvious compared to something like a Focal Alto Utopia Be; but it was likely as good as the midrange on the new Revel speakers which is high praise) and it was amazing how much tight controlled bass Dynaudio was able to coax from that small enclosure and limited number of smaller bass drivers. However, the Sapphires were simply unable to overcome their size and just couldn't go low enough to accurately reproduce piano and they just couldn't make me forget I was listening to speakers in that regard. Overall, at the price, they are a speaker that I think a lot of people will be amazed by. If you factor in the fact that they don't require SOTA gear to sound good, the Dynaudio Sapphire might reasonably be considered an outright bargain depending upon the types of music you listen to.