Dynaudio Confidence 20- Owners Thoughts?

Thank you both for your responses...much appreciated!

How are they in terms of singers feeling physically present in the room? Do they give acoustic guitar stings a clean, full sound…as full as sounding almost liquid?

Thanks for the further information fellow listeners!

grislybutter, I have ordered the speakers but they will be another couple of weeks before they arrive, that is why I am asking.

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!

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.

I only have about 5 hours on them at this point so I’m more curious about others experience with burn in with the speakers as I have just wanted to give them a bit of time and hear what they can do. Did you find there was burn in with these speakers and sound changed? I have heard speakers change with a few hours on them...just curious what others experience with the confidence 20 is with burn in. I wasn’t planning on getting too fussy about exact placement until they have few more hours on them. They are 25 inches out from the front wall and about 6.5 feet apart, well away from side walls.

Associated equipment is Rega planar 3 with Ortofon 2M black cartridge, NAD cd to mueatex dac, Bryston BP20 preamp. Cables are audioquest water, speaker cable is Kimber 8TC.

Thanks for the measurements hilroy48. Did you get the confidence 20 new? Did you notice a change in sound from new out of the box to after some playing time? Anyone have experience with these speakers in terms of burn in? I’m just wondering about people’s break in/burn in experience with these speakers.

They do sound good, just wondering if there is a change in sound with more playing time.

Hi All,

I have had the speakers for about 3 weeks now and they sound good…but not fully great. Lots of detail but imaging isn’t spectacular and soundstage is decent. Totally maybe a little soft on some things like nylon string guitars but can be a wee bit sharp on steel string guitars. Bass seems a little weak compared to how they sounded with just under a 100 hours on them. I have about 250 hours playing time on them, but a lot of that is at quite low volume. I’m still playing a lot with speaker positioning but have yet to get to a point where the speakers just disappear and I feel like I’m just listening to music. I feel I’m listening to sounds more than music, if that makes any sense. Could this still be a breakin thing? They are attached to a Bryston 4B SST amp and Bryston bp 20 preamp (which is 30 years old). Maybe it’s the preamp that isn’t giving them a more musical sound?

I’m wondering if a tube preamp would help? Have you tried a tube preamp?  I know how important speaker positioning is, so it may be a matter of continuing to play with that.