Dynaudio C4 II Signature ?

[Bluemcintosh]

Please forgive me if this has been discussed before.

I'm looking for a replace my beloved Sonusfaber Elipsa to Dynaudio C4 sig.

If you own it or has been auditioned them what do you think ?

How you describe the sounds ? Are they rich on mid ? What do they good at ?

Unfortunately I don't have any dealer who stock them...

I did had a chance to listen to C2 Sig and they were pretty good but I wouldn't trade for Elipsa.

Maybe C4 Sig will do ? don't know

Would you please share your thoughts ?

Thanks,

[mdkim]

Paul:

I'll chime in.

My C4 IIs perform fabulously. They lean a bit towards the warmer side - not as lush as Sonus Faber but not as precise/detailed as Wilson. Are there better? Absolutely...just hard to find at the $20k mark IMO. The rest of your gear play a major role, naturally. I used to have a full MC system(500t & 601s), and really enjoyed the sound. Now, I did find a bit of bloat in the mid to lower bass but your musical tastes may alleviate what, I found, a minus with the C4s and MC. And, frankly, I'd rather have a tad of bloat than any leanness in my system.

The Esotar2 tweeters are well regarded and I have absolute zero fatigue even after four-five hour listening sessions. The Dynaudios give a nice smooth wide stage roughly five-six feet off the ground giving the impression of sitting 10-15 rows back in the floor section. Now, as I said they are not perfect. I have definitely heard a deeper 3D stage as well as more detail and nuance in performances through other speakers (so hard to pinpoint because it could be the room and/or electronics as well). I have also heard better speakers at very low listening volumes. But, for $22k retail, and probably better (cheaper) once you get serious and chat with a dealer, I can unequivocably recommend the C4 IIs as a MUST audition. Good luck.

[Bluemcintosh]

Originally Posted by mdkim

Paul:

I'll chime in.

My C4 IIs perform fabulously. They lean a bit towards the warmer side - not as lush as Sonus Faber but not as precise/detailed as Wilson. Are there better? Absolutely...just hard to find at the $20k mark IMO. The rest of your gear play a major role, naturally. I used to have a full MC system(500t & 601s), and really enjoyed the sound. Now, I did find a bit of bloat in the mid to lower bass but your musical tastes may alleviate what, I found, a minus with the C4s and MC. And, frankly, I'd rather have a tad of bloat than any leanness in my system.

The Esotar2 tweeters are well regarded and I have absolute zero fatigue even after four-five hour listening sessions. The Dynaudios give a nice smooth wide stage roughly five-six feet off the ground giving the impression of sitting 10-15 rows back in the floor section. Now, as I said they are not perfect. I have definitely heard a deeper 3D stage as well as more detail and nuance in performances through other speakers (so hard to pinpoint because it could be the room and/or electronics as well). I have also heard better speakers at very low listening volumes. But, for $22k retail, and probably better (cheaper) once you get serious and chat with a dealer, I can unequivocably recommend the C4 IIs as a MUST audition. Good luck.

Michael ... Thank you for chime in and good to hear your opinion .
What other speakers did you compare with C4II ? Also did you find the better sound pair with your current system ?

I already talk with dealer and he is giving me a fair price but can not able to make an audition....

[bengal_finch]

i am seriously considering purchasing confidence platinum C4. currently using contour s5.4 for about 3 and half years with MBL 9007 stereo, mono then now 9008A MONO. cables are cardas (and wireworld on Digital side parlalely on a red book CD only configuration). mean while tried wilson WP sasha silk done( liked it a lot powered by ayre MXR), but wilson sophia didn't liked it at all( powered by pass lab, with lamm, and shindo pree separately). sonos faber floor stander the big one which have strings as a speaker grill and large crome plated speaker byamping wire terminal bay also couldnt buy my taste. in contrast i liked Arial acoustics bug floor stander, Dynaudio shapphire with gryphon colosseum blow my mind away and cables are all siltech Royal signature serious prince, princess and ruby hill2. so i decided to go for dynode confidence platinum c4. But the delar ask me to listen PMC MB2, and you tube vids of pmc just made me confused. now waiting for a real time demo. but dynode"s narrow room filling soundstage buy my taste very strongly. my room is a 24' long with 13'wide. so, i think removing dyadic from the list is a hard task. who have dyne in the list likely they can't chose anything else. the high is very soothing and lows are present when the recording demands most. its not a dynamic speaker, its not pushes you ... agitation is not in dynode"s carecter, rather it will spell you to return to next days music session .. strongly.

[Dafos]

I'm pretty familiar with the sound of both speakers and I don't think moving from the Elipsa to the c4 is an upgrade, its a sideways move at best. To better the elipsa, one would have to go the to the Amati series or the dynaudio Temptation.

[Raindog031]

Originally Posted by Dafos

I'm pretty familiar with the sound of both speakers and I don't think moving from the Elipsa to the c4 is an upgrade, its a sideways move at best. To better the elipsa, one would have to go the to the Amati series or the dynaudio Temptation.

Dafos i totally dissagree...although amatis are great speaker you cant put it in same sentence as temptations(amatis and stradivaris have high end prices but their tweeters arent so good they could be)...also c4 are better speaker than elipsas...not by wide margin but better...sonus fabers just arent speakers that do all kinds of music right...metal and rock will sound thinner(more unnatural) than on any dyns...dyns are not colored so they do a more natural sound in almost all music genres(sonus will do better classic and chamber i guess...thats whats they made for)...also c4 has better drivers than elipsa...italians are more masters of design and allthough their speakers sound sublime most of price you pay is DESIGN and material of box...if you want serious speaker just buy c4 mk2

[KahunaCanuck]

C4 II Sigs will over power your room...not a good choice.

[Bluemcintosh]

How is the jazz and vocal on dynaudio ?

[joeinid]

Originally Posted by Bluemcintosh

How is the jazz and vocal on dynaudio ?

It was superb on my C1 Sigs.

[Bluemcintosh]

Originally Posted by joeinid

It was superb on my C1 Sigs.

Just curiosity. ...what kind of music was really excels on that C1 ?