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Dynaudio Special One-Anyone heard/own these?

I'm new to Audiogon and really loving the wealth of experience and information!
I recently found a pair of Dynaudio "Special One" and other than the Dynaudio home page, there's very little info I can find. Has anyone heard or owned these? If so, what amplifiers did you like to power them?
I'm running them w/ Carver TFM-15cb 100w per channel,
and it runs hot compared to other speakers. I know the Dynes are 4 ohm,and 84 db sensitivity. Do I just need to get a monster power amp to light these up? (They do sound very,very good-but I don't think I'm really getting the full impact).
I'd be grateful for any suggestions you might have.
Thanks
ths364
ths364 OP
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Thanks, Mechans.
I tried my Dynaco St-70 (modded) and the cage got really hot. (I confirmed the bias-and made sure I hooked up to the 4Ω
taps) I think I may try running the Carver bridged to mono with just one speaker and see if that gets better response-if so ,I'll have an idea that it's indeed a power issue.
missioncoonery
1,233 posts
 
Yes ,you need a better amp.I bought that Carver at an auction a couple months ago then sold it quickly. Although its OK ,way to under powered to run those speakers.A Pass X150.5 would be a great fit if you can swing it, IMO.
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2bgeorge
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Find a McCormack amp DNA 1 or .5. Should be able to find a stock unit and can always have it upgraded later.
I have a .5 with rev A upgrades and it sounds great with my Dynaudio 1.3 SE.
Good luck.
ths364 OP
181 posts
 
Thanks guys,
I'm going to look into the Pass and the McCormack.
ths364 OP
181 posts
 
I had an opportunity to try the Dynaudio's with a friends system using the Marantz Ma-9s2 monoblocks.WOW!(his amps only have a couple of hours on them so they aren't even settled in yet)
You guys are absolutely dead-on in re: more and higher quality power.Thank You!
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