You think comments on Mc tube amps relevant to the sound of Mc SS amps? Whatever...
My comment was on the general pairing of Dynaudio and McIntosh, not on Jeff choices. McIntosh manufactures medium and high power tube amplfiers.
You think comments on Mc tube amps relevant to the sound of Mc SS amps?
I owned Contour 1.3 MkII and 1.8 Mk II models. A friend has their top fully active model (Focus 600 XD). Have heard at shows everything from 25 aniversary standmount to Evidence and Temptation and Confidence (big model) and latest Consequence design. In shops I have heard the original Confidence 5 and Contour 3.3. In another home I heard the Confidence 3 standmounts. I also had a pair of Madisound Dynaudio Kit (similar in sound to the Contour 1.3). In a studio, I heard large monitors (dual big woofers etc. not small at all). All have a similar character but a bit changed in degree. My wife could not understand how my friend could chose such horrible sounding speakers (Focus 600 XD) that cost so much (to her).
Also IMHO, the Dynaudio Special One's, that I used as rear channels and later as office speakers, were much more interesting than the 25th anniversary. One pair of Confidence 5's are still playing in an acquaintance close to me - they were very limited in the low bass at moderate levels, but impressive for rock at high levels.
As a side remark, I smiled when people referred that the treble was coming from the bottom of the Consequences - probably because they listened too close. When at proper distance - around 4m - they had fantastic imaging with the delicate and energetic treble fully integrated in the soundstage. BTW, I owned the Consequence II, not the Ultra.
I also owned the Evidence Temptation for some time - perhaps mainly because it was a tempting per-owned deal, the price was too low to say no, and the shadow of the Consequence' s was still floating around. A really difficult speaker, but once paired with a pair of top subs could make an excellent sounding system.
