Tough Choice: Proac D25 or Dynaudio Special 25

I had a pair of D25's in my system for a while. Good, though not great speaker and I don't think a very good value for the money. Most importantly, I think your room is much to small to accomodate them. Can't comment on the Dynaudio's however, given your room size I would strongly recommend the Harbeth Compact 7. Take the extra money you save and apply it elsewhere in your system or buy some music. For $2500 or about $1500 used you cannot go wrong. They bettered the D25 in my room in all ways except bass depth (though the Harbeth's were more tuneful) and I'll bet they would hold their own against the Dynas.

I can't really add much more to the comparison I wrote a while back. Here is the link:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1130287258&openmine&zzDodgealum&4&5#Dodgealum

I would just reiterate, for your size room I fear the bass of the D25 will bloat and boom even more than it did in my much larger space. Most folks agree that the Harbeth Compact 7 works well in a smallish space and was designed for this purpose. Again, I haven't heard the Dynaudio Special 25 however my extensive experience with the newest Counter 3 and 5 series suggests that the Harbeth will provide a more "flesh on the bone" sound to the leaner and more sterile Dynaudio's. Again, I'm guessing here so Dynaudio fans please don't get out your guns.

Again, given your music preferences and listening space I do not think you can make a better choice than the Compact 7's.

Hope this helps.