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Dynaudio Confidence 20- Owners Thoughts?

Hi All,

I have purchased some Dynaudio Confidence 20 speakers as an end-game speaker and have not been able to listen to them yet; a huge leap of faith, I know. I have a Bryston 4B SST amp to power the speakers. Speakers will be played in a 13x14x8 room. They will be replacing some Duntech PCL 25 and Maggie LRS speakers. I have a HSU USL 15 mk2 sub that I use with current speakers. I listen to female vocalists, folk, jazz, blues, and some rock.

I have read everything I could find about the confidence 20 but cannot find much information from actual owners.

What are your thoughts on these speakers? How do they image? What do you feel are their strengths/weaknesses?

I am hoping they will sound very natural, present solid "singer in the room" images, and provide an emotional connection to the music. I do understand that the room, associated gear, and personal preferences will affect these factors.

Any thoughts any how these speakers have sounded in your experience would be very much appreciated.

Happy listening!

chiefrusty
ghdprentice
6,982 posts
 

Congradulations!

These are excellent speakers. I have heard them more than once. The low end is effected by placement, so if you find them lacking in low end, work on placement. Speakers are incredibly sensitive to placement, particularly bass and lots of patience can have a big effect.

 

Also, remember to get one hundred hours or more before starting to access what they sound like. No matter how much you know this, and folks remind you, once you have put out this much money your mind is racing to find validation. It is really hard not to jump the gun. 
 

Enjoy, you have purchased some world class speakers.

chiefrusty OP
7 posts
 

Thank you both for your responses...much appreciated!

chiefrusty OP
7 posts
 

How are they in terms of singers feeling physically present in the room? Do they give acoustic guitar stings a clean, full sound…as full as sounding almost liquid?

ghdprentice
6,982 posts
 

They are capable of what you desire… but it is going to be a function of your other equipment. Your Bryston amp is very detailed and powerful thusly assuring good punch at the low end. But, it might be light in the midrange not giving full weight to voices and guitar. This is also partially dependent on your preamp and DAC. Hopefully those are very warm and natural sounding. 
 

But, again… don’t judge right out of the box… they are likely to be trebly and bass shy right out of the box.

hilroy48
162 posts
 

I had a set, they are not Bass shy at all. Adjust the bass by the distance to the wall. As for treble they are not fatiguing at all, at the same time silver speaker cables will make them sound bright.

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