Where do you go after a Dynaudio C1 ?

I think that the C1 offers a lot for it's size and can be "hi fi" sounding or relaxed given the upstream components and it is certainly the more forgiving of the 2. C1 does sound terrible at low volume and I had some serious gear behind them. Crank them and they are certainly more of a party speaker than the magicos.

I agree regarding the low volumes. The originals need to be cranked up to sound their best. That being said the MKII is great at all levels. Yes I upgraded from the originals to the Signatures.

Noel if you like the Dyn sound have you considered the Special 25's or the Sapphires?

I had C1's for a couple of years. The comments about the new version performing better at low volume are very interesting. What changes did they make that resulted in that outcome, do you suppose?

I was told by the Dynaudio sales rep that they made a major change to the crossover. They got some new parts that previously were only in the Consequence UE due to availability. I suspect these were parts from the Evidence series too. I have read the Evidence sounds better at lower volumes compared to any of the Confidence series. They also stepped up the internal (Van Hul) wiring. Last they have a new doping on the Esotar2 tweeter.

I was floored when the Signatures were delivered and set up. I kept the originals next to them for about 1/2 hour (the originals were trade ins). They new Signatures sounded so much clearer compared to the originals at low to mid volumes.

Even though this thread is over a year old I'll throw in my 2 cents. I upgraded my original C1's for the C1 Signature. The MKII/Sig sounds much cleaner at lower listening levels where the originals sounded best when turned up past 85db. A little louder than I normally like. But that being said the originals will play a little louder when you crank them way up.

3 weeks ago I traded in my C1 Sig's which I never thought I would do. I find the Raidho D1's much better than the Dyn C1's but are they expensive. 3.25 times more than the C1 sigs. The D1's have even smoother highs with the ribbon tweeter and the mids are even clearer (much blacker background). Imaging is a lot better. That being said the Dyn C1's are easier to set up where the D1's really need to spread apart a lot more and toed in a lot more. Also the Dyn C1's go a lot lower in the bass but I do have a sub and I'm pretty close to having set up to work with the D1's. I had the sub crossed over at 36hz with the C1's and have it set at 46hz for the D1's.

Paul I'll still answer questions. The C1's are a tremendous value for the money. I got a deal I couldn't pass up with the D1's.