Jamo or Dynaudio

[johny747]

Hi All!
Planning to upgrade my floorstanding speakers. Which is better? Have listened to the Jamo. Howz the Dynaudio to listen to??

[icarian]

johny747,
I am a big fan of dynaudio, and can say that they are an absolute pleasure to listen to. i have the audience 52 which is a bookshelf in their cheapest line, but they are still around $900. so depending on your budget you could look at the audience 72 & 82 which sound great, or you could move up into the contuor line which has some truly amazing speakers. one things about the danes is that they are fairly hard to drive, so you will need some power to really make them sing. Good luck!
Icarian

[Florian]

I can recommend Dynaudio too from what i heard at a dealer and a show. Also they have a great build quality unlike some 135K $ Audio Note speaker one certain member would like to sleep with.

LOL, anyways i just had to say that.

The Dynaudios are nice but in my opinion need to be mated with a AMP that has some "spice", so i would stay away from Rotel, NAD and CA. Try a Shanling, Pathos, or small used Burmester. Something with SPICE ;-)

[itgbkj]

I heard good reviews on Dynaudio. Jamo... hmmm... You know, there was this floor standing set of Jamo Speakers which was put on sale being the last unit in some audiophile shop in my country - they were selling it for only $125 dollars. Dynaudio, if I am not mistaken, costs thrice as much over a pair of Jamo.

[McFly]

I heard good reviews on Dynaudio. Jamo... hmmm... You know, there was this floor standing set of Jamo Speakers which was put on sale being the last unit in some audiophile shop in my country - they were selling it for only $125 dollars. Dynaudio, if I am not mistaken, costs thrice as much over a pair of Jamo.

Buddy, obviously, you haven't looked too far into Jamo. Yes, Jamo has entry level speakers - just like everyone does. But they also produce blow-your mind (and budget) speakers. Find a high end retailer of Jamo and take a listen to the D8 series. Their D450's are also amazing and at a lower price point. Hell their E7 series just won a bunch of awards for quality (http://www.jamo.com/Default.asp?ID=2...roductID=17591) yes I know that this is a biased link, but it still has good information.

Jamo got my money for good reason. So before you say stupid things like they only make speakers that retail for $125, take a look at what they really produce, then listen to them. If you still don't like them, thats fine with me. But before you judge anything, become educated on it.

[A-Audiophile]

Jamo got my money for good reason. So before you say stupid things like they only make speakers that retail for $125, take a look at what they really produce, then listen to them. If you still don't like them, thats fine with me. But before you judge anything, become educated on it.

Many people relate cost to value/perfomance....with that said, if Jamo sold the exact same $125 speaker for $1,250 people would automatically think it sounds better. This is what has kept many ultra expensive companies alive today.

No doubt Jamo does make some very good sounding speakers...I have heard them myself....BUT Dynaudio makes the best cone driver speakers on the planet...they end the need or desire to replace speakers in your audio set-up.

In fact if someone has electonics that sound bright or dry they might not be happy with Dynaudio, because the Danes will give you exactly what you have them connected too....while other speakers heavy bass or "unique sonic signiture" might be just what is needed to balance the short comings of the electronic sources.

I would venture to say that most Dynaudio speaker owners either have or are looking to upgrade their source components.

[johny747]

Hi,
I happened to listen to the Klipsch RF7. They were powered by a not so popular amp(chinese make). However the speakers did not sound that impressive. Do you think it was the amplifier. I'm planning to drive them with a NAD S300. Is it a good combination

[DGillies]

What is your partnering equipment and what type of music do you like, would be my first questions. This will impact on your final choice.

I have just purchased a pair of Dynaudio's Audience 82 series in the newer real wood veneer and am very happy with them, even though they are currently running on some old generic cable while I get my TMC's re-terminated.

I auditioned the 72SE also, but found it was trying a little too hard to sound like a bigger speaker. I also tried the Energy Veritas 2.3i, Monitor Audio GR20, Sonus Faber Grand Piano Home and heard the JMLab Electra 926 briefly. All of these are great speakers.

I find the 82 to be a speaker that can 'sneak up on you'. What I mean by this is that you can listen to it and nothing immediateley stands out or slaps you in the face. Then you realise that what you are listening to is not meant to do that either and that the speaker is doing its job and not interfering with the music. Change music and you can have instruments or synthesizers grab you by the throat if that is what the intention of the music is.

I agree that these speakers like a bit of drive behind them, but my Rotel RB1070 power amp at 130W/Ch is doing a fine job. I think at this price point your source can make a big difference to the overall presentation

[Aric M L]

My vote goes flat out dynaudio

[johny747]

I mainly listen to jazz, rock(not heavy metal), country. I would be either using a Krell 400xi or a NAD S300. I'm yet to listen to Dynaudio's(the dealer is setting up his showroom here).
The Klipsch's which I listened to, RF 7, which are really big in appearence did not sound just right. The reason for this, either they were powereed by an underpowered amplifier(CAV-Chinese Make which I have not heard of) or this was the first time i was listening to 2 way speakers. Klipsch owners need you assistance
In your opinion folks which is better for Music - 3 Way or 2 Way.
My budget for the speakers, around $2000

[DGillies]

I mainly listen to jazz, rock(not heavy metal), country. I would be either using a Krell 400xi or a NAD S300. I'm yet to listen to Dynaudio's(the dealer is setting up his showroom here).
The Klipsch's which I listened to, RF 7, which are really big in appearence did not sound just right. The reason for this, either they were powereed by an underpowered amplifier(CAV-Chinese Make which I have not heard of) or this was the first time i was listening to 2 way speakers. Klipsch owners need you assistance
In your opinion folks which is better for Music - 3 Way or 2 Way.
My budget for the speakers, around $2000

I'm with you on the Klipsch. I auditioned a pair about a year ago hooked up to the same power amp as mine and a similar pre. They are not a bad speaker, but the large horn loaded tweeter takes a bit of getting used to. They seem to be a bit fussier about positioning and room acoustics. Either of the amps you mentioned will be plenty for the Dynaudio's or any speaker as both have plenty of power.

As for 2way vs 3way, both can sound great. It comes down to the crossover and cabinet engineering as well as the quality of the drivers used. I would not discount a speaker ecause it is only a 2way design. Some speakers are now two and a half way - where two mid/bass units are used and one is rolled off lower than the other.

One point about the Dynaudio's is that you will only need to single wire them, because none of their speakers are biwirable. They spend a little more in the crossover and the theory is that they would rather their customers get a higher quality single run of cable than get lower quality biwire cable for the same money. They also build everything in house, even cabinets.

Just keep listening to different products, eventually one or two will stand out from the rest.

[A-Audiophile]

Hi All!
Planning to upgrade my floorstanding speakers. Which is better? Have listened to the Jamo. Howz the Dynaudio to listen to??

Dynaudio....hands down. Just make sure you have some good components up stream and plenty of power.