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Dynaudio Confidence 20- Owners Thoughts?

Hi All,

I have purchased some Dynaudio Confidence 20 speakers as an end-game speaker and have not been able to listen to them yet; a huge leap of faith, I know. I have a Bryston 4B SST amp to power the speakers. Speakers will be played in a 13x14x8 room. They will be replacing some Duntech PCL 25 and Maggie LRS speakers. I have a HSU USL 15 mk2 sub that I use with current speakers. I listen to female vocalists, folk, jazz, blues, and some rock.

I have read everything I could find about the confidence 20 but cannot find much information from actual owners.

What are your thoughts on these speakers? How do they image? What do you feel are their strengths/weaknesses?

I am hoping they will sound very natural, present solid "singer in the room" images, and provide an emotional connection to the music. I do understand that the room, associated gear, and personal preferences will affect these factors.

Any thoughts any how these speakers have sounded in your experience would be very much appreciated.

Happy listening!

chiefrusty
hilroy48
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chiefrusty OP
9 posts
 

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?

missioncoonery
1,223 posts
 

Ive had the 20s in a room your size for over a year with about the same results...ive try about everything outside different power which I am doing soon...for me a hard speaker to get right

chiefrusty OP
9 posts
 

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. 

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