Dynaudio LYD 5 Studio Monitor Review

[lowkeyoperations]

The "problem" it that its Genelec competitor 8030C costs similarly though (first rank in the same chart) and performs significantly better also without EQ or sub.

In Australia
Genelec 8030 varies around $2,000
Dynaudio Lyd 5 varies around $1,100.

Genelec is twice the price.

I noticed in a few threads that in some countries Dynaudio is close to the price of Genelec or Neumann.

In Australia Dynaudio is almost half the price.

 

[watchnerd]

This video is a couple of years old, but unless Dynaudio's basic philosophy about crossovers has changed dramatically in the last couple of years, they still seem to prefer low-order crossovers.

https://www.dynaudio.com/dynaudio-academy/2018/may/ask-the-expert-what-is-a-passive-crossover

One point to note:

The LYD series doesn't use passive crossovers. They're all active, DSP-based.

 

[watchnerd]

reviving the old thread, anyone can comment on the reliability on the LYD 5?

I've had mine since November, 2017, still working great.

 

[valerian]

Good enough to give Neumann and Genelec some competition, but not to the point of reaching them. Thanks for this review!

Don't know how much LYD 5 cost back then but these days it's a lot better value then Neumann KH 120. In Europe LYD 5 costs half of KH 120 and is even better in some things. You can get even LYD 7 for less than the old KH 120 which says a lot. Imo KH 120 is an overrated and way too expensive speaker.