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The Dynaudio BM5A, Tannoy Reveal 6D and Mackie HR624. All sounded good, but the Tannoy seemed to sound much better than the Dynaudios (the Mackies left a little to be desired). I was rather surprised. The Tannoy's seem to have much better response through the low and mid frequencies. (The Dynaudios have a noticebly better top end and imaging) I found the Dynaudios lacking depth, space, mids and bass. They sounded very boxy to me. The difference between the two was so staggering that I'm thinking the Dynaudios weren't functioning 100%. Even the Mackies had better lows and depth. Thoughts?
IBSmiester
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See my post in vinyl, but quite simply they are amazing speakers.
IBSmiester
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I'm not sure if they were set up differently, but they sounded better this time. The bass was nice and tight. I think the Tannoys have a midbass bloom to them which makes them sound nice and big, but they seemed veiled compared to the ultra transparent BM5As. Also, the setup room wise wasn't that great for the BM5As with them up against a wall and surrounded by other monitors. After I get my cables I plan on purchasing them and checking them out in my room. The great thing about local music stores is that I can return them within 30 days for my money back if I don't like them.
IBSmiester
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As you noticed, the speakers are often set up terribly. They also generally use MP3's being played on a computer as the source, and there are also usually very bad ground loop and other noise problems from looping all the speakers through their switch box.The Mackie 824's play a bit lower than the Dynaudio's and you might find them to your liking. The tough part is deciding which one to take home to audition. In an ideal situation you could take two or three pairs home and bring back the ones that you didn't want.
Good luck in your search.
-Aaron.
They had a CD player and I was using my own CDs. There was a bad ground loop as well, but it didn't get in the way.Regarding the Mackie HR824s, they are around $500 CDN more than the Dynaudios, Tannoys and Mackie HR624s, and therefore a bit out of my price range. I heard them yesterday in the background, seemed alright, but the Mackie tweeters don't come anywhere close to the ones in the Dynaudios.
IBSmiester
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I got a chance to listen to MAckies and Event last week. In retrospect, I do not regret having chosen the dyns over the mackies...I could not care less for the mackies.
However, I wished I had listened to the Tannoys... They seem to be very nice from what you say and what I have heard from other users...
Believe me, the dyns deliver the bass... low bass you can feel. But I agree with you they can sound boxy on some frequencies. Also, like all speakers, they are very sensitive to room placement so depending on how you place them relative to the floor, you can change the midbass and midrange response. I have had B&Ws CDM9-NT, Martin Logans Aerius i, and magnepan MG`12s before the BM5As, and, to my ears, the dyns are very revealing and well in par with these hi-fi models. At the price point, I see no real weakness in the bm5a.
I am going to get a pair of magnepan again next week and compare them to the dyns.
I'll try to locate a Tannoy dealers and listen to the Reaveal 6D. They seem to be a bargain. Did you listen to them fed with an analog or digital source?
The source was a CD, but it was in through the analog inputs.Actually, I have come to the conclusion, after it hit me, that I think the BM5A's had their high pass filter on (there was a sub in the room which was hooked up before I got there), which would explain a lot. I have to go back and see if something was wrong as I suspect and give them a real listening test.
IBSmiester
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