I just read Robert J. Reina's review from March, 2010 of the Dynaudio Excite X12 loudspeakers. Some of his statements are exactly describing how I feel about my own speakers, Dynaudio DM2/7 which are somewhat similar, but just a tad bit cheaper. Interesting reading:
The layers of detail revealed by the X12's rich, glorious, silky midrange made me want to listen to female singers.
I speak here of rightness of harmonic structure. From the mid-midrange to the lower highs, the X12 had such a "rightness" of timbral reproduction that I could almost see the drawbar settings on Golding's instrument.
This speaker also loved piano recordings...
The Excite X12's reproduction of the lower high frequencies let electric guitars shine...
Here there is a coherent realism, delicacy, and force...
perfectly natural but lightning-sharp transients ...
It didn't sound like that fake upper-bass bump that makes you think it's deeper than it is. Nor did it sound like that farty, discontinuous, "port-like" chuffing bass. No, it sounded like real bass...
don't for a minute think puny bookshelf speakers can't do dramatic orchestral music...
The Dynaudio perfectly reproduced the wide, deep soundstage with a tremendous sense of hall sound, air, and orchestral ease
I just read Robert J. Reina's review from March, 2010 of the Dynaudio Excite X12 loudspeakers. Some of his statements are exactly describing how I feel about my own speakers, Dynaudio DM2/7 which are somewhat similar, but just a tad bit cheaper. Interesting reading:
The layers of detail revealed by the X12's rich, glorious, silky midrange made me want to listen to female singers.
I speak here of rightness of harmonic structure. From the mid-midrange to the lower highs, the X12 had such a "rightness" of timbral reproduction that I could almost see the drawbar settings on Golding's instrument.
This speaker also loved piano recordings...
The Excite X12's reproduction of the lower high frequencies let electric guitars shine...
Here there is a coherent realism, delicacy, and force...
perfectly natural but lightning-sharp transients ...
It didn't sound like that fake upper-bass bump that makes you think it's deeper than it is. Nor did it sound like that farty, discontinuous, "port-like" chuffing bass. No, it sounded like real bass...
don't for a minute think puny bookshelf speakers can't do dramatic orchestral music...
The Dynaudio perfectly reproduced the wide, deep soundstage with a tremendous sense of hall sound, air, and orchestral ease