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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
ckr1969
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@chiefrusty they are very revealing speakers with the proper gear, I use Burmester, had there 032 integrated on the dyna 30's, they where excellent, did everything well

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bgross
388 posts
 

Confidence 20 or KEF Reference 1 & why?

saphoo
1 posts
 

I have these speakers. I only compared them directly with the Raidho Acoustics td1.2 (~2x more expensive, louder, therefore clearer, large sound volume, but they seemed to be showy, something didn't quite suit me in this sound, but most people can judge that these are much better than Dynaudio) and Focal Sopra no1 (muffled sound in the treble and midrange in comparison).

I have enough bass, here they sound the same as my previous floorstanding speakers (also 2-way, 2x Scan-Speak Illuminator).
The Dynaudio's create an exceptional depth and layering of sound.
I have an 18m2 room, it's not perfect acoustically. The width of the stage is probably not great, but I've never had the conditions for it in any of my flats.

The sound is natural, detailed and fast. Very versatile speakers for many types of music. And yes, they will provide an emotional connection to the music, but I have read that they need a very good amp to show what they can do.

Certainly a very good choice.

chiefrusty OP
7 posts
 

I appreciate your feedback. The speakers have yet to arrive so I have yet to hear them. 
 

The review in What HiFi and the Zero Fidelity review agrees that speaker could use more “verve” and dilutes the emotional experience when listening. 
 

Does anyone else find this? They aren’t “rhythmic” to listen to?

I guess this is one of the challenges of using language to describe subjective experience as I can’t quite understand how a speaker they describe as detailed, natural, accurate with excellent treble, mids, and bass can be lacking in emotional conveyance. 
 

I’d appreciate any explanations as to what it is the speakers are missing or what exactly they are describing as missing. 
 

Happy listening!

chiefrusty OP
7 posts
 

Hi All,

The speakers arrived yesterday and I have been playing them and listening as they burn in. They sound quite good at this point, to be honest. I have had new speakers in the past that sounded horrible right out of the box, so I'm surprised the Dynaudios sound so good so soon. Anyone have any experience how they sound with more playing time on them? Is there much change with more hours on them? The may sound a wee bit bright, a little closed in, and not a lot of bass at this point, to my ears and in my room, but certainly not harsh or muddy or unlistenable.

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