Andrew Pezzo
Second Unit
- Joined
- Mar 17, 2003
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I am helping a friend put together a 5.1 system and has narrowed it down to 2 brands, Paradigm and Dynaudio. For the Paradigms, there is plenty of info on the net and dealers to go for a demo. However no such luck for the Dynaudios. There are only 2 dealers in the state and neither has the speakers he wants to be demo. I thought I would ask here to see if he should continue to consider the Dynaudios since its proving to be difficult to find the models he wants.
He is looking at the Audience 122 mains, 122C center, and 42W for surrounds. His main concerns are:
1) the 122's have a small footprint which is important but are they stable? The listed wieght is around 31 pounds but can that be right? He doesnt have any kids or pets but when he does he doesnt want these speakers to be knocked down easily enough.
2) the surrounds will be a back wall that the couch is up against. His only option is to mount them to the wall. Since movies are his main preference he doesnt know how well that would work. I know mounting surrounds has been discussed in other threads but any thoughts on this would help. Like I said, his surrounds have to be mounted on the rear wall.
3) one feature of the 122/122c he likes is the same driver configuration for the front three speakers. He is pretty sold on the MTM design and would like his speakers to incorporate that. I tend to agree with him on this point. The MTM setup makes for a big soundstage when all speakers have it.
I would like to hear from other Dynaudio owners out there or anyone that could provide some links. Just typing Dynaudio Audience into google doesnt give me a lot of good sites. Another thing I am trying to help him with is pictures of the cabinents and with the grills on. He may listen to other speakers in this line (42 or 52) to get idea of what they sound like at the least.
He is looking at the Audience 122 mains, 122C center, and 42W for surrounds. His main concerns are:
1) the 122's have a small footprint which is important but are they stable? The listed wieght is around 31 pounds but can that be right? He doesnt have any kids or pets but when he does he doesnt want these speakers to be knocked down easily enough.
2) the surrounds will be a back wall that the couch is up against. His only option is to mount them to the wall. Since movies are his main preference he doesnt know how well that would work. I know mounting surrounds has been discussed in other threads but any thoughts on this would help. Like I said, his surrounds have to be mounted on the rear wall.
3) one feature of the 122/122c he likes is the same driver configuration for the front three speakers. He is pretty sold on the MTM design and would like his speakers to incorporate that. I tend to agree with him on this point. The MTM setup makes for a big soundstage when all speakers have it.
I would like to hear from other Dynaudio owners out there or anyone that could provide some links. Just typing Dynaudio Audience into google doesnt give me a lot of good sites. Another thing I am trying to help him with is pictures of the cabinents and with the grills on. He may listen to other speakers in this line (42 or 52) to get idea of what they sound like at the least.