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anonymous 8 November 2003

Anyone own a pair of Dynaudio bm6a? I'm thinking of getting a pair. I had the chance of getting some bm15as at a really good price but I went with a pair of Mackie 824s because they were cheaper (yes I know :roll: ). Now I'm not happy with the flabby low end. I think the bm15a would be too much for my relatively small control room so the BM6A look like a better bet. I'd like to hear from anyone who owns a pair. How well are they translating for you? I will of course be trying them out first but it's always interesting to hear opinions of people who already own em.

Cheers,

Ian.

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KurtFoster Sat, 11/08/2003 - 10:09

While I tout the NS10s a lot, I don't think I would want to have to do a mix on them alone. I would need a set of larger monitors to switch up to to check the ultra highs and lows. NS10s are da' bomb if you have large mains also . The Dynaudios may be a bit light in the lows due to their small size but as you point out you are in a small CR so that may not be a bad thing. NS10s are out of production and at some point it will become difficult to find replacment parts (save 'em for me). :D

I reviewed the new [[url=http://[/URL]="http://www.recordin…"]Yamaha MSP 5 powered monitors[/]="http://www.recordin…"]Yamaha MSP 5 powered monitors[/] and I was very impressed with them. Yesterday I recived a pair of the Yamaha MSP10s and I will begin evaluations with them soon. A review will be pending if I like them.. stay tuned. In the meantime, it is very difficult to go wrong with anything from Dynaudio..

anonymous Sat, 11/08/2003 - 11:40

Thanks Kurt, I was interested to read your review of the msp5's. I looked at the specs and they're tiny!! Do they really have nearly as much low end as your tannoys? I'm not saying I don't believe you but I have to admit I find that a little hard to believe given their size :D I'll have to check em out. Also the frequency response graph seems a to show a fairly inaccurate response, (+/- 5db is that not bad?) and the old smiley curve. Nevertheless I'm intrigued, I'll have a listen when I go and try the dyn's.

Looking forward to hearing what you think of those msp10's too.

Many thanks,

Ian........

anonymous Sat, 11/08/2003 - 11:45

Originally posted by Alécio Costa - Brazil:
hey friend, look for the BM5´s or the BM6´s passive.
At least you will be with very decent monitors.

Thanks Alécio, any particular reason for the passives over the actives?

Damn I've just seen a pair of bm15a's for £500 too!! :d: That's tempting

Cheers,

Ian......

Alécio Costa Sat, 11/08/2003 - 21:08

Hi friend. In fact I have seen lots of controversy in this subject. Some folks advised me to go with the passive models and buy a real fancy amp.

Others told me it would be hard to match such a perfect "marriage" between the factory combi (amp + monitor). You´d better check for yourself.

The BM5s, their entry model, is already much better than the Monitor Ones and Mackie´s.

KurtFoster Sun, 11/09/2003 - 09:04

Ian,
Yes the MSP5s had remarkable low end considering their size. A week after I sent them back to Yamaha, I popped a woofer in my NS10s.. and I began to wish I had bought them from Yamaha Corp., in spite of the fact that they didn't offer any real discount to me (par for the course).

I unpacked one of the MSP 10s last night and was looking over the frequency response chart and it is far flatter than the MSP5s were. Almost completely flat plus or minus a dB, with a slight dip between 1K and 1.5K ..

I will be listening to them in the next week or so and I will keep the BB posted on my first impressions..

[ November 09, 2003, 03:19 PM: Message edited by: Kurt Foster ]

Jonesey Mon, 11/10/2003 - 04:58

I just got a set 2 weeks ago and they're wonderful. They translate very well. They do make a matching sub for those but I feel I do not need it. I don't have any experience with any other monitors except the event tr5's and what a difference. You don't realize how good they are until you see how well they translate to other systems.

Jonesey

anonymous Tue, 11/11/2003 - 20:19

IanW-UK,
I use a pair of BM6A's and I absolutely love them. They are probably the purchase that I feel most proud of. I researched a lot of speakers in the $1500 and under price range, and finally decided on them. I owned a pair of MSP-5's, and I never could get them to translate on other systems nearly as well as I have the Dyns. Some could argue that it was my lack of experience, but this is somewhat discounted by the fact that the dyns translated better the first time that I used them than I could ever get out of the Yamahas. They seem to give me an accurate picture of the sound, and that's all I know. I sold my MSP-5's, and put my money toward the Dynaudio's after ordering the Mackie 824's. I sent the 824's back before opening them after seeing all of the negative comments about them on this site. I highly recommend the Dyns, and don't think you can go wrong with them. Good luck.

Rob

CalebJoelCEO Mon, 01/24/2011 - 11:15

I have had the pleasure of listening to various mixes through these and can honestly say that they are very pleasing. I've owned my share of monitors and currently have Studio Precision 8's as my mains, soon enough I'll be getting another reference pair and will have the bm6a's in high consideration along with the 8030a's and some A7's which I enjoy as well. They're all more or less in the same price range (except for the Adams which have apparently dropped considerably). If anyone owns a pair of the Dynaudios hold on to them because they sound great (in terms of image, clarity, and accuracy).

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