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anonymous 23 September 2004

I finally tried out Dynaudio BM6A and they were great... I'm really thinking about picking up a pair. My only concern is that I have clients that like listening to their music LOUD. My control room isn't all that big (16' x 12') but I am just wondering if the BM6A are going to be powerful enough. Any opinions?

ry

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Krou Thu, 09/23/2004 - 13:24

They're an object of desire here, lol...
That's a small room? Man, I have 11'X12' to work with!!!
I had to settle for some KRK V6 Series 2 the other day and they're quite lovely, but the minute I can get the $1500 it takes for a pair of BM6A's, I'm doing it. They're absolutely gorgeous, much nicer than Genelecs in the same range (1030A), IMO...

As for loudness, I've also heard you have to push them a little more than other monitors, but in a room that size, I can't see volume being a problem at all, perhaps others with more experience will tell you differently.

PM me if you want the best price on them....

anonymous Thu, 09/23/2004 - 22:38

I've had mine for about 4 years or more. They are a fantastic monitor especially for smaller rooms like yours. I have an 01v balanced outs driving mine at +4 and, without being able to talk of decibels, they go pretty loud. But the interesting thing is that don't really sound 'loud' because the signal is so clean. I usually work with mine at about 75% max volume (driven by the desk) which I would suspect would be around the 85dB mark. I have given mine an absolute thrashing (especially up until the time when I realised how much bottom end I was feeding them that I couldn't actually hear in the room). As a result I have rolled off the bottoms in mine as part of general room setting up. If you get a pair you should pay some attention to this aspect.

When I was buying my gear I was choosing between Genelecs and the BM6as. I chose the BMs because they sounded more balanced and fuller than the Genelecs, whcih can be augmented by their subwoofer, but you can't just switch the sub in and out - you have to mess with dip switches etc, so at the end of the day I thought the BMs were the best, and I'm very happy that I chose them.

Fruition2k Sat, 09/25/2004 - 07:52

RY,
Been using my BM6A's for 4 1/2 years, my current control room is 17'x15' and the Dynaduio's are quite adequate. Previously had Meyer HD-1's which were very nice especially in the low end which I rememeber goes down to 32hz but they are far under powered overall for my taste.
The passive version (BM6's) with a high end amp could be the answer for higher output...anyone in here have that setup?

anonymous Sat, 09/25/2004 - 21:22

Dyns

I often work with a pair of BM 15's and a sub. The Dyn Audios certainly won't satisfy "rock ears" who want to sense pressure.. but I have to say that working with either BM 6's or 15's for long sessions leaves me significantly less fatigued than working similar hours with a lot of other studio monitors [brands not named!].

Cheers

Greg Clarke

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