From Dynaudio X12 to Monitor Audio Silver 100 7G. Is this an upgrade?

[Rodrigo Tavares]

I am wondering if I should do this, sell my Dynaudio X12 to get the Monitor Audio Silver 100 7G. I demoed with the amp I have and liked it a lot, the store put a very expensive DAC in the system to impress and it was nice. They are easier to drive than the Dynaudios, for sure.
I have a Rega Brio and a Wiim Pro Plus. What do you think?

 

[BrokenEnglishGuy]

I am wondering if I should do this, sell my Dynaudio X12 to get the Monitor Audio Silver 100 7G. I demoed with the amp I have and liked it a lot, the store put a very expensive DAC in the system to impress and it was nice. They are easier to drive than the Dynaudios, for sure.
I have a Rega Brio and a Wiim Pro Plus. What do you think?

they allow to listen these at home?

 

[antcollinet]

Similar price bracket, similar specs, same form factor - difficult to see why they'd be a significant upgrade - unless you have measurements that show it. I couldn't find any.

 

[Rodrigo Tavares]

they allow to listen these at home?

Similar price bracket, similar specs, same form factor - difficult to see why they'd be a significant upgrade - unless you have measurements that show it. I couldn't find any.

good point. easier to drive, newer, a bit bigger.

 

[Rodrigo Tavares]

they allow to listen these at home?

good call.

 

[lowkeyoperations]

The Dynaudios get pretty good review and measurements here- https://www.stereophile.com/content/dynaudio-excite-x12-loudspeaker-measurements

The measurements section of the review concludes “In his conclusion, Bob Reina mentioned that the Dynaudio Excite X12 has become his new benchmark for loudspeakers costing under $2000/pair. I am not surprised. For $1200/pair, a well-engineered speaker like this makes it hard to justify spending more on a bookshelf speaker unless you can afford one of the cost-no-object models.—John Atkinson”

But trying them out at home will let you know if they are a worthwhile upgrade.

Another upgrade that you might consider is switching out the Wiim for the upcoming Wiim ultra that has room correction built in.

I have found adding room correction (in my case Dirac Live) to have the biggest impact on sound quality.

Even if you do the speaker upgrade, consider room correction too to get the most out of them.