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Considering a purchase: Dynaudio BM5A MKII - anyone here use them?
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| Evolve140 |
I figure, I've been producing on my cans for so long, what's another few months if I can save up and get a pair of these bad boys? I want a pair of monitors I can use for the indefinite near future. I could purchase sooner, and get some of the low-mid end Mackie's or something for like $400-600 a pair, but honestly I'm ready to own a pair of thousand dollar monitors so I won't have to worry about getting better ones any time soon.
Does anyone use these, and can anyone name drop a few producers who use these in their studio? |
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| Storyteller |
| They sound really dry and take some getting used to. There are plenty of people turned off by them because of that. Other that that Dyns (bm5,6 and 12) are great and I'd dare say they're the best option for anyone in the price bracket up to about 2k. |
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| Juan Paulino |
I had BM12A's, the sound was also dry and a little fatiguing.
Here's a monitor that sick with the same price of the dynaudios.
Focal CMS 65 749$ Each.
Focal CMS 65 6.5" Nearfield Reference Monitor at a Glance:
Premier Focal technologies in a monitor that's perfect for small-room environments
Hear the advantages of Focal's inverted-dome tweeter technology
Aluminum/magnesium alloy tweeter for precise, analytical sound
Focal-exclusive Polyglass cone technology delivers outstanding linearity
Premier Focal technologies in a monitor that's perfect for small-room environments
With the CMS 65 6.5" nearfield monitor, Focal brings their renowned reference technology into a monitor that's perfect for home studios, post-production environments, and radio facilities. In short, the Focal CMS 65 is at home anywhere accuracy is paramount, but size is consideration.
Hear the advantages of Focal's inverted-dome tweeter technology
A Focal hallmark is the inverted-dome tweeter - and it's a big part of the magic behind the CMS 65's amazing performance. The particular advantage of the inverted dome is that it optimizes the mechanical coupling between the voice coil and the dome. As the voice coil is fixed at mid-height on the dome, it can uniformly move the CMS 65's entire cone surface. This design inherently offers high efficiency, precision, and energy, all resulting in an extremely precise soundstage. Of course, the CMS 65 takes advantage of that to full effect, by employing an aluminum/magnesium alloy for the tweeter material.
Aluminum/magnesium alloy tweeter for precise, analytical sound
By blending aluminum and magnesium for the tweeter, Focal effectively harnessed the benefits of each. With the CMS 65, you can expect great damping qualities, excellent rigidity, and extremely reduced distortion, thanks to the marriage of the two materials. The configuration produces a precise sound - and an extremely deep soundstage. In all, the CMS 65's treble frequencies are dynamic and detailed. This technology combines perfectly with the Polyglass woofer, for sonic synergy.
Focal-exclusive Polyglass cone technology delivers outstanding linearity
To create their exclusive Polyglass technology, Focal applies molten-glass microballs onto a cellulose pulp cone. This process combines excellent paper damping with glass rigidity - the rigidity index, in fact, exceeds that of a single-skin Kevlar and is almost ten times more rigid than polypropylene. As a result, the CMS 65 cone's mass/rigidity/damping contributes to outstanding linearity of the frequency-response curve, and greatly increases the CMS 65's definition in the midrange. |
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| DJ RANN |
I have used bm5's extensively in my earlier years and I really liked them. I agree they are very dry but I like that about them and they are pretty clear. I actually prefer them and think they're a little flatter than BM6's.
The only thing is that I feel they've been left behind a little as things have moved on.
I'm desperately not trying to do my usual thing of recommending the same old monitors, but a word of caution:
At the $1000 you';re neither here nor there. You're not in the budget range ($300-800) where you can pick up some really good value monitors in terms of performance, and you're not in the performance bracket $2k+ where you start to get some staggeringly good monitors, albeit at a cost.
It can be a real problem as that middle ground offers neither amazing performance nor great value. In fact there are cheap monitors that are relatively close (and in some cases on a par if not better) that $1k monitors.
My personal advice is to either go cheap (cap is at $800, obligatory HS80 & JBL2325p mentions) or to go the whole hog, and pony up $2k (Focal Twins or KH 0300 [/thread]).
I just feel they are like buying a mid priced car - it will do the same job as a cheaper car, be "slightly" nicer, but not enough to wow you and the difference isn't worth it. Get something cheap that does the job well or get something expensive that amazes you. Not something that is a bit better than OK but costs you more that "decent". |
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| Evolve140 |
| Excellent advise, was hoping you would response. I had some Tapco S5s, and they worked perfectly for me. They are discontinued now. So, I may just go with the product that moved into its place which is a monitor system from Mackie, I think $500 for the pair. It will be wonderful being able to reference the cans I've been using since I know how they sound. Plus, saving $500 or so could be spend on more RAM for my computer, external harddrive and audio interface and some basic sound treatment. |
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| Allied Nations |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
I have used bm5's extensively in my earlier years and I really liked them. I agree they are very dry but I like that about them and they are pretty clear. I actually prefer them and think they're a little flatter than BM6's.
The only thing is that I feel they've been left behind a little as things have moved on.
I'm desperately not trying to do my usual thing of recommending the same old monitors, but a word of caution:
At the $1000 you';re neither here nor there. You're not in the budget range ($300-800) where you can pick up some really good value monitors in terms of performance, and you're not in the performance bracket $2k+ where you start to get some staggeringly good monitors, albeit at a cost.
It can be a real problem as that middle ground offers neither amazing performance nor great value. In fact there are cheap monitors that are relatively close (and in some cases on a par if not better) that $1k monitors.
My personal advice is to either go cheap (cap is at $800, obligatory HS80 & JBL2325p mentions) or to go the whole hog, and pony up $2k (Focal Twins or KH 0300 [/thread]).
I just feel they are like buying a mid priced car - it will do the same job as a cheaper car, be "slightly" nicer, but not enough to wow you and the difference isn't worth it. Get something cheap that does the job well or get something expensive that amazes you. Not something that is a bit better than OK but costs you more that "decent". |
i would say mackie 824s fit the bill pretty nicely... cost me $1250 all in, very worth while and i much prefer them to the budget stuff... resale is also very good for when i do have $5K |
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| SoundMagus |
| They are very good monitors from what i hear but i would get the Focals for sure if they are in the same price range. |
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| clay |
| they probably sound better at a little distance compared to focal cms65 and genelec 8040 which both are extremely nearfields. tough call, try them all. they all demands good room. |
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