Summary: Strenghs:one of the best bookshelf speakers,especialy for used price.Organic ,dynamic ,relaxing ,free listening fatigue sounding speakers with slight touch of dark sounding character.Fantastic bass for such small speaker ,very well controled deep bass(easy to follow) accompanied with soft ,detailed ,rhythmical highs and astonoshing vocals reproduction.Works good with powerfull amps,like Krell.The stands is must .The best would be to use dynaudio stand4,because it will enhance soundstage and bass.
Weaknesses:fussy abaut positioning,needs a lot of time to playing even if it was used sometime ago,so you have to be patient otherwise you end up selling it on ebay:) Sometimes they mess intruments ,I mean separation of instruments could be better,when playing difficult songs from orchestra or something like that,but don't forget these are small speakers:)
The other monitor speaker I own is a pair of the B&W 805 Signature Bird Eye is also beautiful. But in terms of soundstage, bass, dynamics, more neutral, focus and musicality the Dynaudio is clearly a winner.
You don't need a hefty amp for the S1.4. I 've tried several poweramps. This speaker sings(of course) with the Levinson No. 27, but also with the unbeatable price/ sound quality more than 20 years old Rotel RB 850 poweramp with only 50 wpc.
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Summary: Fantastic speakers, incredible bass and dynamics, great midrange and highs. It does everything well and sounds huge. They pretty much sound like floorstanders. I'm too lazy to write a full review so that's the capsule version.
Strengths: They do everything well except deep deep bass.
Weaknesses: You need a hefty amp. Think at least 100 watts. preferably 200watts and high current. But they're like Frankenstein's monster, give em current and they come alive alive alive.
Is the MSRP for 1 pair of speakers or just one speaker?
If price is no object this could be a bargin but for that kind of dough the bottom octave of low end needs to be there in Spades.....
It's for a pair, it goes quite low, down to the mid-30's I believe, this is generally the bass level put out by floorstanders in it's price range so i do think they're a bit of a bargain in terms of price and size. When factor in the fit and finish and overall sound quality and presentation it presents itself as a very good deal. IMO you can get floorstanders that go lower but wouldnt quite give you that midrange magic and highs that the Dynes have
BTW one thing i forgot to list in the weakness page these guys need a lot of break-in, as in hundreds of hours, they can sound chesty and dull initially. There's a soundstage review floating around which didn't give these speakers a very good rating. I believe one mistake the author did was he didnt run them with very high amplification and I think despite hundreds of hours of break-in they weren't quite there yet. I think these speakers were slightly overshadowed by the more budget but awesome sounding Focus series and they suffered from second child syndrome after replacing the well loved 1.3mk, 1.3 SE and 1.1 but I think more and more people are discovering their charms. One last thing, they're fantastic with movies. Dialogue is insanely clear and intelligible, scores and SFX come alive.
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Summary: What can be said about these Danish speakers, energetic,vivid,direct. The 1.4's give a big deep soundstage, the bass is powerful and deep and congeal well with the highs. The esotech tweeter gives brilliant highs that never sounds laid back or soft.
The 1.4 also love good amplification, 100w or more will suffice in a medium to large room.
The stands are an integral part of these speakers, without them they would loose there sexy appeal.
Defiantly worth your hard earned dollars
Strengths: Sound quality, build,
Weaknesses: None, wonderful speaker for the cost
Similar Products Used: Thiel 1.6, sonus faber, B&W 805
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Summary: I can only say that dynaudio did it again! This product is again a best seller. I have owned the contour 1.1 the 1.3 and the 1.8. I always loved monitors because I am not a real bas freak. On the other hand it is always a miracle how low these monitors go.
If you want a monitor speaker which can take everything and sounds like heaven try these! Combine them with the Stand 4 from Dynaudio.
Oh almost forgot: they need good amplification. I have a Accuphase E-407 and that works!!
Only problem I have is that the grain is not matching. Dynaudio always deliver a pair that has the same structure but this pair is not quite matching. Hope they are willing to solve this problem!
Strengths: open sound stage , imaging , bass extension for a stand-mounter , sweet treble and much much more!!!!
Weaknesses: Nothing I did not mention already
Similar Products Used: Dynaudio 1.1, 1.3 , 1.8
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