I heard the Special 40s at RMAF. They sounded really nice, clear, punchy and a little warm. The thing that put me off was the finish. They put such a high polish on the things the wood looked like plastic. I like wood to look like wood! I don't think I could live with them.
Dynaudio Special Forty vs. Contour 20
Hey all - new account on Audiogon, but not new to the site. I used to be a reviewer for a now-defunct publication and have spun off my own audio blog, The Audiophile Weekend Warrior (TAWW). As you can tell from the name, I'm trying not to take myself too seriously. :)
Anyway, thought I'd spin off some discussion here based on my recent quick audition of the Dynaudio 2-ways:
http://taww.co/post/168720946672/quick-take-dynaudio-special-forty-contour-20
Context: I'm searching for a new reference speaker to upgrade my Merlin TSM-MXe. In short, I liked the Special Forty better, but neither really did it for me. Fire away with the questions/comments/flames! :-D
Cheers,
MIY
http://taww.co
Anyway, thought I'd spin off some discussion here based on my recent quick audition of the Dynaudio 2-ways:
http://taww.co/post/168720946672/quick-take-dynaudio-special-forty-contour-20
Context: I'm searching for a new reference speaker to upgrade my Merlin TSM-MXe. In short, I liked the Special Forty better, but neither really did it for me. Fire away with the questions/comments/flames! :-D
Cheers,
MIY
http://taww.co
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Hi there from a newcomer from Denmark. I have heard the special 40 but I already have Focus 160 same size. Major bass and super high resolution and not that difference for me. After 6 year the CEO of dynaudio is comming to my place him self and pick up my focus because of a reclamation. He will give me a lent pair of their new series... That's custumeseevirvic.Sorry for my T9. BR Ulrich |
@taww, I've been surfing your blog. Highly recommended, with common sense and really very well written. That's a skill that I envy;-). I've being looking at your posts on the Audiovector SR1 arretee. It's the size and price I'm looking for an upgrade of my monitors. The documentation on audiovector site is not good, but seemingly there is an active version https://audiovector.com/discreet.html it's not clear to me even what type of amplifcation they are using. Have you listenned to the active version?. |
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