There is no need to buy M10 if you can buy Emit M20
I wouldn't buy this speaker for myself as there are cheaper speakers with much more balanced tonality. So can't recommend the Emit M10.
Which speakers ?
These do not appear to have been manufactured in house. Instead, the serial plate says “Made in China.”
I am unsure, too, if Dynaudio makes all of its drivers in-house. Their drivers used to be made in two places, Denmark or Israel (contracted out to Morel). Don’t know if they are contracting driver manufacture out to China these days.
I don't have a strong sense of whether this speaker is or isn't a good value at $800 the pair, but it seems to me that there is a lot to like about it. In particular, distortion is a lot lower than it is with most all other small speakers this size. The tweeter is exceptionally clean, and even the woofer holds up fairly well, compared to most of the other speakers we've seen with woofers this small. We do of course see some mild distortion peaks below 500 Hz, but at the more reasonable volume level of 86 dB at 1 meter you don't seem them at all. By comparison, with many other small speakers, distortion at 96 dB is practically through the roof starting just below 500 Hz. The biggest wart that I see is in the uneven directivity, but I could live with that. As for the rise in response at higher frequency, the tweeter's response is exceptionally smooth, so if the speakers sounds bright, all that would be needed to correct the brightness would be to pad the tweeter by -2 dB to maybe -3 dB. This is a trivial thing to do and should take care of it. The response above 10 kHz would droop as a result, but thus wouldn't bother me in the least. Off the top of my head I don't recall many speakers at lower cost that don't have bigger warts.
I have a pair of these paired with a modest sized sub (MJ Acoustics Pro 50 Mk II) and they sound great (especially considering the far from ideal limitations I have on placement – about 1m in front of me, against a large window). Without a sub, they do sound a little ‘thin’, but once you’ve filled in the lower frequencies, they really do shine.
I have a pair of these paired with a modest sized sub (MJ Acoustics Pro 50 Mk II) and they sound great (especially considering the far from ideal limitations I have on placement – about 1m in front of me, against a large window). Without a sub, they do sound a little ‘thin’, but once you’ve filled in the lower frequencies, they really do shine.Look like some pretty nicely designed drivers - especially the tweeter.
Dynaudio is a world class driver manufacturer so that shows here IMHO.
$800 USD a pair is a bit steep compared to the competition, to be said you are getting some good in house manufacturing.
In Europe these cost less.
Can't say I would buy these, however paired with a subwoofer (or ideally 2) to fill in the lows (crossed at 80-110hz) and an HP to clean up that small woofer I think one would have a pretty tight system that while not "punching out" of their price class are perfectly legit.
I certainly also wonder about those overly simple filters they use as well. I guess that is a thing they believe in. Some folks claim to hear things that 1st order gets right that other designs fail to present. Who knows? Right now it is what it is and Dyn uses those style filters in their expensive stuff as well - although those high end Dyn drivers usually have pretty good natural roll offs so the acoustic slopes are often 2nd order or even more.
I owe a pair of M10 since two months and I see their potential. Indeed the medium area seems recessed. So I switched the tweeter polarity and the medium area came on the same level with the bass and the treble. Astonishing, I like it much more now!
One reviewer on youtube said the M10 to have a V curve presentation. This is gone now.
If you want to try it, take care of the tweeter dome, it is sooooo delicate as you all know.
I heard the new Emit 10 also in comparison to the M10. The new version Emit 10 has no recessed medium area at all.
I think my old M10 come nearer to the new one with the changed polarity.
Would be interesting to see the tweeter polarity in both versions and of course the crossovers.
The entire Emit family has been put through its paces in our world-class Jupiter measuring facility at Dynaudio Labs. We treat it exactly the same as we do every other speaker in our range: no stone left unturned.
I owe a pair of M10 since two months and I see their potential. Indeed the medium area seems recessed. So I switched the tweeter polarity and the medium area came on the same level with the bass and the treble. Astonishing, I like it much more now!
One reviewer on youtube said the M10 to have a V curve presentation. This is gone now.
If you want to try it, take care of the tweeter dome, it is sooooo delicate as you all know.
Swap the wires that connect to the tweeter for one another. You have now inverted its polarity.Would you be able to direct me to a guide that can help explain how I can switch tweeter polarity?
LOL absolutely not. Caps don't matter.And do you think swapping the Bennic capacitor for Mundorf Supreme Evo Oil caps would also help address this issue?
Hi Zaiden,Hi generg,
I am also looking to find modifications on the M10 that can establish greater mid-presence.
Would you be able to direct me to a guide that can help explain how I can switch tweeter polarity?
And do you think swapping the Bennic capacitor for Mundorf Supreme Evo Oil caps would also help address this issue?
Kindest Regards
Zaiden
Hi Zaiden,
as dfuller wrote, there is not much to do.....
unscrew the woofer, put it aside, there is no problem with the terminals to confound, because the connectors have different shapes. To loosen the connectors there are very small pins you must press to loosen them, otherwise you pull and pull and pull and nothing happens....
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Then unscrew the tweeter.... you must be so careful.... the dome once damaged is nearly not to put back in the same shape by no method. Here In Germany I paid 130.-€ for a new one at Dynaudio. Maybe you find a way to put something around the dome that covers him in a secure way.
When the tweeter is out of the case, look at the cables here you have no different connectors, but on the case is the + and - mark. the cable colors white-blue go the + connector and the totally blue to the - connector.
Change the cables, here you must press a very small nose on the cable connector also, to get them rid of the tweeter.
Make the change first to one speaker only and compare it to the normal one. The changed one should sound brighter.
If you like the change make the second one, if not go back the original connecting.
best regards
Gerd
Good you did it! So I am no more alone with my impression. Dynaudio seems to have decided for the dark side with the M series. The new Emits without M really sound much brighter.