Dynaudio C20 vs other monitors in the 4-7k range


A localish pair of these came available and I am wondering what the consensus is vs other premium monitors. Heard the C1s years ago and loved them.
Descent price but I would be driving over an hour each way. Figure I can at least break even on them if they don't work out. 
Would be driving them with a Lyngdorf TDIA 2170 crossed over to a JL Fathom sub.
Room dimensions around 12×14ft. 
Thanks in advance for any feedback. 
mofojo

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The ones I am looking at are called White Ash I think. I like the look although I think I like the more unconventional look of the C1 more. My room is pretty dark. Dark floors walls and even black ceilings this may give it a little pop. 
@eric, I've always heard Dyns really open up at higher volumes and low volumes is one of their weak points which has been my experience with the Focus 140 I had. Your opinion that they are good low volume speakers is interesting.  
I need a speaker that does rock and some metal well. I dont think the BBC type speakers would fit the bill. I could be wrong.
The Lyngdorf really eliminates any kind of bass problems with Room Perfect. 
I've heard the C1s for a couple hours at a dealer and liked them quite a bit. Has anyone compared directly the C20 and C1? I didn't care for the S1.4 much. Too dark and slow in the audition I had. I've internet stalked a bit and seen some say the C20 is better than the C1 and Vice Versa. 
I'll probably just see if I can make the deal happen. I could at least bank a couple hundred if I dont like them I feel. 
Well going to go buy them tomorrow. We shall see. I'll have tomorrow night to give them a good run in after the kid goes to bed. 
I have to say for about the same volume level as my Tektons need to crank the wick on the Lyngdorf quite a bit more as I expected. 
Way too early to make a solid determination. I can say they are definitely smooth, detailed, and dynamic. The were pretty stiff at first. Went upstairs and let them crank for a couple hours in the basement then had about an hour listen while the creep was taking a nap. So far really digging them. 
Well after listening till about 1am here are my impressions so far.
Not analytical whatsoever. If anything voiced slightly romantic but you gotta give these the juice to open up. To get to reference level I have to turn the Lyngdorf to -5 or so. Kind of hard to determine how loud you are listening since it never gets harsh. I wanted to keep cranking it up but got to the point where I went 2 stories up to next to my daughter's bedroom to check the volume. I could here the lyrics. So it was obviously very loud.
SMOOTH to the point of almost liquid but still very detailed. I dont really know audiophile terms but you can walk around the stage on well recorded music. Voices are very very good and there seems to be a bit of lower midrange fullness which is pleasing. 

Here's how I would rate the music genres on these.
Metal is ok not great. I haven't tried any well recorded metal yet such as Tool or Opeth. 
Anything acoustic is phenomenal. 
Well recorded rock is phenominal.
Country and bluegrass is phenominal. 

I keep reading the first impression of these is neutral. I dont get that. They seem to be voiced to somehow sound better than reality. I think they walk a line between sounding high fi and natural.
In conclusion I need some more time with them. If I wasn't a metalhead these would be end game for me. I found myself playing all kinds of acoustic rock, Alice in Chains, Nirvana Unplugged, Eric Clapton, Hank3, Hank Jr etc. On my Tektons I gravitate more towards Metallica, Lamb of God, Slayer etc since they have that amazing mid bass punch.