Dynaudio Owner's Thread - Page 57

Vin just visit the Store and take home a pair. Those babies look sweet!

I cheated with the C1's. They were a dealer trade-in. I made a few subtle adjustments to the toe-in and distance between the speakers. Once I found the best spot I marked the floor with masking tape and I filled the stands about 2/3 with fine dry sand.

I made a couple additional small adjustments since then.

The Simaudio in my photo is a Titan - if I ever run out of power I will be deaf before it happens!

Looking at James setup I am guessing that bottom one to be an Arcam tuner?

Take care - Mike.

Hi Vin, the amp is a Shanling A3000 which has a tube pre-amp driving into two mono blocks (Dual mono intergrated) The Solid states are 200watt@8ohms. The CD is the matching CD3000 which is also a tube hybrid with upsampling, if selected to 192hz. The Arcam is my tuner which gets lots of use. It all works well with the awesome 1.4's. The best thing I ever did was sell the 72SE to get the 1.4's. My room is 5 by 5 metres and the 72SE's were to basey! The 1.4 are far quicker and pacey while still maintaining good base levels.

Cheers James

Holy cow! nice setup

That must be mind blowing bass output right there!

What crossover are you using for that setup?

Matt,

What are you going to power them with?

Michael

Wow, I would love to hear the JC1! Matt, may I ask what the MSRP on it is?

Someday or weekend when you are not using the JC1, I would like to demo in my house, and see what they would do with the S5.4

P.S. We have put the projector idea on hold for a while.

Michael

I just realized that the Focus 200c is really wide...25-16 inches. That means I have to change TV stands and find one with a large enough space in the center. What are you guys using to house this beast...(if you're using a TV stand, and the speaker is not hanging)?

Quick question guys has anyone paired Creek with Dynaudio? just wondering how it will sound compared to the Cambridge audio. I'm prob going to add a Parasound A23 or 2125 later, so i'm looking at a budget intamp like the CA640 or the CreekEvo which will easily power my other pair of bookshelves the Opera Mezza. Oh the speakers i'm looking at are the Dyna 52's. Thanks guys i'd like to my the deal hopefully asap if i get the Creek cause its on special. Unfortunately i cant hear them myself.

Creek + Dynaudio is an excellent matching. Evo should drive without any problem Dyn 52 or 52 SE. Don't buy CA, it sounds too bright and will end by fatiguing you.

I owned the CA 640v2 amp and CD early this year. With the right speakers they are a great value more money amp. With the wrong speakers your ears could be left bleeding! I think the dyns could fall into that category. I didn't get to test my dyns with the CA becaues I purchased my Hybrid tube/solid state prior, which works very well. It is thought slightly on the warm side of neutral, but I can listen to it all day with not a hint of fatigue.

Cheers James.

Manufactured TV stands that you have to put together offer you little option for real-world center channel speakers. I would say 90% of my customers looking for TV stands to hold their components and speakers walk away with a custom designed stand we build and stain for them. Often times we can even beat the pre-manufactured brands on price.....and for quality....without question we're better. My best advice would be to contact a cabinet maker in your area and see what they can do for you. Good luck.

Just a few quick comments on toe in. I have found that many people notice less effects from toe in in an untreated room. Little to no absorption at the first reflection points (even with toe in) smears the image pretty good. By toeing them in the only thing you are doing is slightly changing the first reflection points which may have a marginal effect on imaging, but not drastic. I would rather see someone use the old school mirror trick and some 703 panels to treat the first reflection points before they go messing with toe and considering things tweaked.

Cool thanks for your comments anyone else tried this combo? Creek and Dyna. I was told the nad will give enough power but musically the creek would be better since CA prob is not a good idea.

I agree with Tony regarding the cabinets. There is nothing like a custom-built cabinet designed to actually house those items for your HT. There is one alternative that we have had much success with along with the custom route. If you need to go the "custom pre-fab" route check out Salamander Designs. They have several options that are very stable with several accessories (active cooling, vented shelves, casters, media storage, etc., etc.)

I'm about to pull the trigger on a pair of S1.4 speakers but was wondering about how to power these. I know that Dynaudio require quite a bit of power to run well.

I have an Onkyo 805 and a Sunfire sub and was thinking about a 2.1 setup. I'd like to keep the Onkyo for the HDMI switching. I have read quite a bit on these forums and realize that the AVR would not be able to drive these to it full potential and that using separates would be ideal. However, I do not currently have the scratch to pull this off.

Would the Onkyo used as a preamp connected to a NAP 200 or Parasound A23 be a decent possibility? Or would I need to get an integrated amp?

(I think the amplifier question would be better answered if we knew a bit more about listening room size and music preferences.)

Certainly the 805 would work, but as you guessed the cleaner current you can deliver to the Dyns the better. Using the 805 as a pre-amp would be a "step in the right direction" and depending on the above information you could select from a few ideal amplifier options...

The room size is about 12' x 20' room that one side opens up into the dining room.

It will be used 60/40 HT/music. Music genre is will be jazz, rock, and classical (music is more for the wife).

AudioArchitect: Thank you for the beautiful pictures of the Sapphires.. Mmmh - I'm in love..

Anyway, I'm dreaming of buying a way too expensive power amp for my Focus 220's. How would you guys think a used Krell KAV-2250 or KAV-3250 would work with a pair of Focus 220's (and a 200C, for the KAV-3250)?

Cheers,

Krell is really nice, but to me a little dry. Try a used Bryston or SimAudio. I saw a W-5 on Audiogon for $2500 bucks.

Chris,

What stand is that in the picture, I can not see, but does the Aurora hang off the back?

Well - here in Scandinavia (I'm living in Denmark), a used Bryston or Simaudio is hard to get hold of - I have only once seen a used Bryston up here, in Norway..

A new Simaudio W5.3 is 42000 DKK over here, ~= $8200 USD... Ouch!

That is a real shame. You might find some people on Audiogon.com that would be willing to ship to Norway.

That's bargain price!!!
Simaudio W5.3 costs 8418 euros here in Finland. It's $12347 USD!!

I'd suggest you try Densen amps.

It does indeed hang off of the back, and we couldn't put the glass on the small isolation bolts, the amp is a hefty 110lbs... we used some vibrapods to help distribute the weight evenly on the glass shelf.

The rack is made by a company called Soundations: they make really great stuff (looks wise), but unfortunately our first A/V system didn't need all of the shelf space that our new one does... we would have bought bigger had we known.

http://www.soundations.com/product.asp?loc=ER&c=c

Great kit... we got the Aurora for a cool 5500 CAD (review demo). No deal on the Statement though :-(

He - he, but the Wife wants the other Sapphire!

Seriously, this could be the ultimate speaker we've been searching for all along.




Mike, just wondering why fill the stand just 2/3? Resonant freq? I thought more mass is better.




Thanks James, very meticulously set up, cool stuff.

That was on a recommendation from Dynaudio (thanks Mick), as well as the recomendation shown in the Stereophile review of the C1's.

For the stands that attach to the C1's you have to use a plastic bag inside of each leg of the stands and it would be difficult to get them much over 2/3 full. The logistics would be more of a challenge than I would want to undertake.

All I know is that they sound great and are very stable. For my setup the spikes go through the carpet and padding onto a concrete floor in the basement.


That is making the assumption that the room has the wall space and the configuration that allows the use of panels.....as well as the WAF to install them!

Cheers,

Mike