Dynaudio or B&W

I found the Dyns to be more tolerable with bright, poorly recorded material than the B&Ws. Although the esotar and esotec soft dome tweeter is very revealing, it has a much more natural sound that the B&Ws metal dome tweeter.

I've had my B&W Nautilus 803 for years. Really enjoyed them. One thing they do require is top of the line electronics, cables and at least some room treatment. They sounded great.

My problem with these speakers ultimately began when my son was born. I just couldn't enjoy them anymore due to the fact that low level resolution is not B&W's stregnth. And when you have a little kid your listening ends in the early evening. B&Ws just don't sing unless you go full throttle. So I started searching recently.
I listened to a lot of speakers and I liked several. However, I decided on the Dynaudio S5.4. They do everything well, have very coherent, balanced presentation and are very listenable at lower listening levels due to their excellent resolution.

Audience 82's are on blowout sale in my area for $2300 vs 4000+ list!! They are full range, 3 way and a terrific value as well.

I have had the Dynaudio Contour 5.4, C2, C4 and also the B&W CDM 7NT then the 802 non diamond. For looks I would buy the B&W but for my sound preference I would get the Dynaudio.
I agree about the Audience 82, I heard the audience 72 and great value for the price but the need power to get the best out of them, well the same with most dyns.

I tried the (Confidence) C2s. While they had nice detail, they sounded like a bookshelf speaker - very lacking in bass (except for real low bass which was fine). Midrange didn't have any weight and from a timbre perspective, it wasn't even close to natural.

I have heard the S5.4s are much better in this respect (although perhaps don't have the detail of the C2s).