Hello All,
First time speaking with all you cool cats here...Read a few posts but felt inclined to join in on this one as I have just had an extremely similar experience with Dynaudio. 20 years ago when I began my journey into this crazy hobby I went through and auditioned so many speakers...Until I found Dynaudio Audience 82. Done, game over, mission accomplished my ears knew immediately this was the sound for me. To this day I have never heard anything even close. After my divorce and move I had to sell all my gear. For the last 15 years I had been out of the game. Until a few years ago when I bought a house and decided it was time. Wow how things have changed. At least I knew right where to start - Dynaudio. Back then I had Audience 82's, 122C, and 52's in the rear being driven by Rotel RMB1095. Here I am (much different room setup) and I went right for Excite 38's, X28, X14's (was told and figured this was the updated equal to Audience). Had a chance to grab a used Simaudio Titan HT200 5 channel amp (which way back then I always wanted but could not afford). Needless to say my expectations were even higher with the Titan now driving the Danes...However something was missing. I actually found the Danes to be much brighter than I remembered. And that sweet warm sound that Dynaudio used to be known for and that my ears remembered had changed. Yes, the detail was still there but the Excites just didn't "disappear" like the Audience did. Nor were they as warm. But was it the speakers that have changed? I mean I am 20 years older in a completely different room with a different amp (albeit a more higher end one)...Anyway and regardless I ended up selling my Excites and have moved to Evoke (50's, 25C, 10's)...I will say the Evokes have brought back that warmth and in some cases added much more "snap" and definitely more bass than the Audience. I don't know maybe it's me, maybe it was my room, or just maybe Excite was not the speaker for me and Evoke is? Regardless I am much happier with the Evokes...
First time speaking with all you cool cats here...Read a few posts but felt inclined to join in on this one as I have just had an extremely similar experience with Dynaudio. 20 years ago when I began my journey into this crazy hobby I went through and auditioned so many speakers...Until I found Dynaudio Audience 82. Done, game over, mission accomplished my ears knew immediately this was the sound for me. To this day I have never heard anything even close. After my divorce and move I had to sell all my gear. For the last 15 years I had been out of the game. Until a few years ago when I bought a house and decided it was time. Wow how things have changed. At least I knew right where to start - Dynaudio. Back then I had Audience 82's, 122C, and 52's in the rear being driven by Rotel RMB1095. Here I am (much different room setup) and I went right for Excite 38's, X28, X14's (was told and figured this was the updated equal to Audience). Had a chance to grab a used Simaudio Titan HT200 5 channel amp (which way back then I always wanted but could not afford). Needless to say my expectations were even higher with the Titan now driving the Danes...However something was missing. I actually found the Danes to be much brighter than I remembered. And that sweet warm sound that Dynaudio used to be known for and that my ears remembered had changed. Yes, the detail was still there but the Excites just didn't "disappear" like the Audience did. Nor were they as warm. But was it the speakers that have changed? I mean I am 20 years older in a completely different room with a different amp (albeit a more higher end one)...Anyway and regardless I ended up selling my Excites and have moved to Evoke (50's, 25C, 10's)...I will say the Evokes have brought back that warmth and in some cases added much more "snap" and definitely more bass than the Audience. I don't know maybe it's me, maybe it was my room, or just maybe Excite was not the speaker for me and Evoke is? Regardless I am much happier with the Evokes...