Dynaudio C20 vs other monitors in the 4-7k range

I also had the Focus 140's and found them too dark sounding and not really good for low volume listening. Very power hungry as well. While speaker shopping last year I heard the C20s and loved them, I think Dynaudio did change their house sound a bit, the speakers are more efficient now and they play much better at lower levels. Their speakers do have that low mid warmth we all love. And the Esotar2 is an excellent tweeter.  I think at 7K the monitors are overpriced (as compared to the towers) but I loved the sound.

The monitors are5k.

Way too early to make a solid determination. I can say they are definitely smooth, detailed, and dynamic. The were pretty stiff at first. Went upstairs and let them crank for a couple hours in the basement then had about an hour listen while the creep was taking a nap. So far really digging them. 

I have to say for about the same volume level as my Tektons need to crank the wick on the Lyngdorf quite a bit more as I expected. 

Mofojo,

Congratulations on getting the C20. Glad that you’re enjoying, it does take some time for it to break-in. I have the same issue with the volume, I’m currently using a Cayin 80wpc KT88 tube integrated. I asked a friend to bring over his 250wpc Krell integrated so we could listen to the C20’s and we had the same observation, he had to crank up the volume significantly higher compared to other speakers. 

Other than that quirk he was quite happy with how it sounded with his Krell.