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Dynaudio C1 and voices

Picked up a pair of used C1s. Using a Mac 352 and Mac SS preamp. The room is mid sized. Speakers are about 7.5 feet apart, 46 inches from back walk and 54 inches from sides.

Very good sound staging and depth. OK detail, but voices are less than terrific. Is it that they are revealing and the voices are just poorly recorded? I do listen to a lot of live rock and jazz performances.

Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.
dmm53
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mapman
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Interesting topic. I own Dynaudios (not C1s) and other make speakers and run them concurrently of the same source system in different rooms, so I have taken some notice of how my Dyns do voices compared to others.

What's feeding the Dyn's? SOurce, preamp, amp, ICs? These can all make a difference. What other speakers you have heard better voices on aare you comparing the Dyns to?
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Also, when you say voices are "less than terrific" what does that mean? Are you able to understand the vocals in most decent recordings? OR can you understand but something does not sound right in regards to tonality perhaps?

Thanks.
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Source is a pc running thru a W4Sound Dac 2.

Voices are clear and centered but a bit layer back composited to B&Ws I have owned and moral with the Nola speakers.
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