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Dynaudio Heritage Special

Heritage are built to "old school" dynaudio standards unappologetically. I suspect dynaudios design choices are informed and deliberate, though I don't pretend to understand their rational. The price is crazy but these are built of very high quality components in denmark. I had a pair of contours for 25 years and countless moves used as PA speakers at parties when I was in college, thrown up on at one point and knocked over another. They still looked beautiful and sounded great to me at time of sale last year.

Id buy something else besides these, but I want dynaudio to succeed because I think the mean well as a company and make quality speakers. Plus I am with Erin most of them sound better to me than I would think from the measurments a priori
 
Multiple ugly resonances, inconsistent directivity and pricey!

What’s not to like? :D
 
Rick Sykora said:
Multiple ugly resonances, inconsistent directivity and pricey!

What’s not to like? :D
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I almost hate to stir the waters, but that may be the attraction of some vintage speakers. They have "character".
 
fpitas said:
I almost hate to stir the waters, but that may be the attraction of some vintage speakers. They have "character".
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I get it. Still have my Signet SL280s. I bought my first ones at an Audio Technica warehouse sale. When they got water damaged, I found some used ones. They have more character than any rehash does and without the price gouge. :)
 
fpitas said:
I almost hate to stir the waters, but that may be the attraction of some vintage speakers. They have "character".
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True. And like people character can be both annoying and pleasant. :)
 
Pearson1977 said:
I use to listen to my speakers, I do not measure them.
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Which, unfortunately, when something you found dislike, you won't know whether it's the speaker itself or other things like placement, room modes or so, which can easier lead to gear acquisition syndrome
 
I have been a very happy HS owner for a couple of years now. I have tried a few similarly and higher priced speakers in my room, including B&W diamonds 805D4s, Boressen X1s, Kudos Titans, Focal Sorpa 1s, Dyn C20s. To my ears, none of the above are a match for the HS's addictive mids and highs. I am also sensitive to high frequencies and I find most of the speakers on that list to be harsher up top, making long listening sessions challenging, unlike the HS. The HS have also scaled incredibly with higher end electronics, revealing everything during component upgrades (good and bad). I am wondering if anyone has found a standmount that they consider an upgrade in all areas from the HS. I might try Raidho next.
 
andy_d said:
I have been a very happy HS owner for a couple of years now. I have tried a few similarly and higher priced speakers in my room, including B&W diamonds 805D4s, Boressen X1s, Kudos Titans, Focal Sorpa 1s, Dyn C20s. To my ears, none of the above are a match for the HS's addictive mids and highs. I am also sensitive to high frequencies and I find most of the speakers on that list to be harsher up top, making long listening sessions challenging, unlike the HS. The HS have also scaled incredibly with higher end electronics, revealing everything during component upgrades (good and bad). I am wondering if anyone has found a standmount that they consider an upgrade in all areas from the HS. I might try Raidho next.
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Even comparing to Dynaudio Confidence 20?
 
I’m currently running Revel F228BE’s but kinda miss my Dyn Contour 20’s. There’s just something intoxicating about them, no they aren’t perfect speakers and the Revels are objectively superior but that doesn’t directly correlate with personal enjoyment. I’ve listened to the Confidence line and they are objectively and measurably better than Contour or Heritage but they give up a little of that Dyn magic and Dyn’s are just seductive, no better way to describe them.
 
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