Dynaudio C2 II Signature VS. Revel Ultima Studio 2

Signature upgrade is;

"The crossover has been further optimized, while the internal wiring has been upgraded. With these upgrades, the second-generation model designations are now Confidence II and Confidence Signature."

"The Confidence Signature models are exclusively available in dark-brown Mocca or dark-red Bordeaux realwood finished with high gloss piano lacquer and proudly feature an aluminium backplate plate adorned with the signature of Dynaudio's founder and sole owner, Wilfried Ehrenholz."

missioncoonery:

AS a C2 owner I think you are wayyyyy off on the read. for the room size hwe is dexribing, the C2 wil be amamzing.

the C4 can oftern bee very boomy in teh wriong room - reqd ther posts and you will see this is generally agreed upon.

I have lsitened to both many times (and, as i said, own the C2).

In terms of the posters question, both are great choices and the right choice in each firms line up for your sized room

As a previous owner of both C2's and C4's, I think you'd need a lot of room treatments to make the C4's work in that size room. The C4's are superior IME to the C2's, but neither did well at low to moderate volume levels, which is why I eventually moved on.

I know I'll get torched for this... but I'd go with Harbeth M-40.1's... very ordinary looking speakers, but very musical, not picky with amplification, great with jazz & vocals and you don't have to turn them up to ear splitting levels to have fun with them. Also recommend you ditch the solid state amps in favor of a decent tube amp.

Pdreher - No torching but the MKII/Signatures do much better at low to moderate listening levels compared to the originals.

My C4 signature II models do fine at low volumes. The older C4's are reported to be harder to make come alive. But, I can only report on my series II models. I listen at 80-83 dB average, and things are just fine.

Bass is tight and actually could be MORE pronounced in my book. I added stereo DD10+ subs to get the very bottom firmer and effortless sounding. It worked out real well. But to say they are boomy? I haven't heard that at all. The Dyn Audio sound is much more neutral than most speakers. Some don't like that. I like it...fast, open and dynamic. Midrange is especially intoxicatingly good on C4 series II's.

The C4's will really be hard on your electronics and source material, though. You will hear differences in electronics like never before. Source recordings are ALL different sounding, too. Resolution is WAY better than any speaker I've used in the past. Some will say this is a bad speaker since it says things are poor when they are. Many don't want to "hear" that. I don't, but I can't blame the speaker.

I took actual room EQ dB values and they are commendably flat. Remember, bass can be tricky to measure because of room nodes. Stand in the right place and it's flatter, or not. But the overall tone is NOT tubby.