Derek, I have C1, not the II, they are driven by Octave V110. Do not expect them can be played loud, if you listening to Jazz, yes, you can play them louder, if you listen to some high dynamic music, don't play them too loud, you could damage them! unless you feed them with a amp have 1000W. Original C1 can be played louder than the C1 II, But C1 II sounds better at lower volume than C1. Xti16 has compared C1 and C1 II Sig side by side in his house, driven by Octave se75, he said C1 II bottomed out earlier than C1. But C1 needed to play a bit louder to come alive.
Dynaudio C1 II owners - how loud can you go?
Hi All,
I just had a question regarding the review of the Dynaudio C1 II's here: http://www.tonepublications.com/review/dynaudio-confidence-c1-ii/
Jeff mentioned that with the right amount of power, the speakers never run out of headroom. I bought a pair last year and connected them them to a Peachtree Nova220SE (class D - yes, but it's rated 350w at 4ohms). I download and stream a lot of digital music off my mac with itunes+amarra or via tidal, and this amp made sense - I listen to this setup in my bedroom and don't have a lot of room for separates.
My question for the forum is, do these have a problem when playing loud? I can't seem to get more than 10-11 o'clock on the volume control on the peachtree with bass heavy tracks before I hear a high pitched "pop" (almost a bird like "tweet") and have to lower the volume. Does anyone else have this problem? If so, were you able to correct the problem by swapping amps, cables, etc? Am I just expecting too much from these speakers?
Thanks,
Derek
I just had a question regarding the review of the Dynaudio C1 II's here: http://www.tonepublications.com/review/dynaudio-confidence-c1-ii/
Jeff mentioned that with the right amount of power, the speakers never run out of headroom. I bought a pair last year and connected them them to a Peachtree Nova220SE (class D - yes, but it's rated 350w at 4ohms). I download and stream a lot of digital music off my mac with itunes+amarra or via tidal, and this amp made sense - I listen to this setup in my bedroom and don't have a lot of room for separates.
My question for the forum is, do these have a problem when playing loud? I can't seem to get more than 10-11 o'clock on the volume control on the peachtree with bass heavy tracks before I hear a high pitched "pop" (almost a bird like "tweet") and have to lower the volume. Does anyone else have this problem? If so, were you able to correct the problem by swapping amps, cables, etc? Am I just expecting too much from these speakers?
Thanks,
Derek