Dynaudio c1 signature

xti witch turntable are you using ( you diddnt told me you have it but i have strong feeling you might been using one on such fine combination) and im interested previous you said that new dyns are little less louder than old model...where you figured that...on your previous ss amp or at the dealer...

I have the original C1. Amazing speakers. I was driving them with Plinius amp, now with Mastersound 845 (30W, class A, tube amp).
Octave is decent amp but Mastersound .... this is what they need. It's true that original C1 sounds best at higher volume level or "normal" level which I get with potentiometer at 9 o'clock. This amp has amazing headroom. Walls start dancing when potentiometer at 11 o'clock (room 30m2+(open).
Rock music sounds great. Actually I rediscovered rock with C1 and Mastersound (didn't sound so great with Plini). Excellent soundstage, layering.. everything. Of course I had to play a bit with tubes to achieve it. And Ayon CD player helps either.

No pottery wheel (TT) for me.

As for the loudness I noticed that after 700 hrs - a friend asked loud they go and when I turned the volume up to what I was used to with the originals the speakers bottomed out. I had the Octave. I bought my dealers Signatures when they arrived in the USA. Since I had his speakers my dealer had a customer that wanted to hear the new MKII so he had to come to my house. That's when I had the Naim XS to match the customers system (that my dealer brought over). That being said I was using the high transconductance EAT KT88's. Since then one of the EAT's won't hold a consistent bias. For me the EAT's don't seem to be too reliable. Out of a quad and a pair I only have 3 good ones. Best sounding tube when they work. I haven't tried with my Tung Sol 6550 black or grey plates. I may give it a try again after I get home tonight.

01-26-12: Jkuc
Actually I rediscovered rock with C1 and Mastersound (didn't sound so great with Plinius).

The Plinius is inherently a warm and smooth sounding amp that has good punch and dynamics. A good match to forward and bright sounding speakers. When music gets busy especially with rock or dynamic music(where lots of transients and dynamic swings are present), the Plinius can't keep up and can sound a tad slow. The Dynaudios are quite neutral and a bit on the warmer side of things, and that may explain why rock didn't sound too good when they are driven by the Plinius. For other types of music ie. vocals and small ensemble jazz etc. there shouldn't be any issue.

I've used a Plinius SA-100MkIII on some Harbeth speakers and similarly find the sound to be lethargic, lacking in sparkle and dynamics especially in rock and dynamic music. In my book the Plinius/Harbeth combination is a bad one(the Harbeth is much warmer sounding than the Dynaudio Confidence C1). The pace and timing seem to be way off. Fortunately I discovered Naim and the Plinius is history.

interesting...witch ss integrated would you reccomend Ryder for c1...do you have a favorite...im for mostly neutral sound..maybe a bit warmish side...i dont like too colored sound...for all types of music...Jkuc im interested in the tube sound and i will get them one day...i think c1 with tubes sounds exelent...but i like to push up sometimes and i dont know much bout tubes so i will try to stick to A/B ss integrated with dyns for the beggining...