Dynaudio BM5A's or Paradigm Mini Monitors: Purchasing new reference mixing monitors

[squeegybug]

You've already stated the answers. Don't just listen to them, you have to mix on them and make recordings to take to other systems.

I've owned and mixed on Paradigm Reference, and Dynaudio BM15, among many others. The Paradigms are indeed excellent playback speakers. They are made that way on purpose. Paradigm engineers have a long history of referencing their design equations to actual listening evaluations. Their speakers are not intended to be flat, they are intended to make a variety of music sound pleasing to the human ear.

Mixing was always a grueling experience on the Paradigms. Sure you can get it to sound great right there on those particular speakers. And then you take the CD to another home system, or headphones, or car.... and hear junk.

The Dynaudios are intended to be mixing monitors. Much more accurate representation of the actual audio.

But, for my needs, once I found PMC TB2 I removed or sold every other speaker in the home and studio, and put PMC everywhere. Nothing I've ever heard approaches the purity and realism of those monitors.

Steve

[rashadrm@hotmai]

i've got the bm5a's and they are very nice speakers, great clarity and smooth sounding, while they translate the low end very nicely, you may want to get the sub if you need a little more bottom end thump