EVENT ASP8 - - DYNAUDIO BM5A Very Interesting!!!

Harsh · 5th September 2006

I have a pair of Dynaudio bm5a's in my mix room right now, as well as a pair of event asp8's. I am contemplating keeping them both to a/b mixes on. Here are some of my findings, please chime in.

The dynaudio's seem to make anything I play through them sound just utterly amazing! This is sometimes good, and sometimes bad. I do sometimes wonder what's going on below 50 hz but that's not really a huge issue, I could just get rid of the asp8's and get a sub.

The Events, are extremely detailed in the hi's a litttle brittle at times, not nearly as pleasant to listen to, but seem to make me work for it a little more somehow. Ear fatigue on these is very easy to achieve.

Now I prefer the sound of my bm5a's but in all honesty (maybe I just suck) I haven't been able to make them translate in certain frequency ranges. It's hard for me to really decipher what's too much in the 10 - 12k range as well as the 2 - 4k range. I just got the asp8's and haven't had much time with them, but have mixed on event 20/20's in the past and they are somewhat close to eachother. I will continue to update but wanted any opinions from those that have used these.

And please no biased answers, I own both and I don't care what I keep, and I don't care what company you like better or even the build quality, just the better monitor in general to mix all kinds of music on.

DaKid · 5th September 2006

I own Event SP6's- and they translate pretty damn well. If the high end seems a little brittle, you could drop the HF's on the back of the speakers, can you not? (a db or two)

Not too sure about the DynAudios tho- I've used them and thought they were good and everything- but I've never been able to spend enough time on them to give an honest opinion.

dasoundjunkie · 5th September 2006

Used the Dyns and the problem is that EVRYTHING sounds great! I'd use them to listen to music but not to mix, I have the Precision-8 and in my room they sound very smooth, in fact I thought that these speakers corrected everything that I hated about the 20/20s(brittle sound, lack of bottom ect.). Anyway , mixes translate very well from these but as we all knoww YMMV!

5th September 2006	#1
Harsh Gear maniac Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Nashville Posts: 271 Thread Starter	EVENT ASP8 - - DYNAUDIO BM5A Very Interesting!!! I have a pair of Dynaudio bm5a's in my mix room right now, as well as a pair of event asp8's. I am contemplating keeping them both to a/b mixes on. Here are some of my findings, please chime in. The dynaudio's seem to make anything I play through them sound just utterly amazing! This is sometimes good, and sometimes bad. I do sometimes wonder what's going on below 50 hz but that's not really a huge issue, I could just get rid of the asp8's and get a sub. The Events, are extremely detailed in the hi's a litttle brittle at times, not nearly as pleasant to listen to, but seem to make me work for it a little more somehow. Ear fatigue on these is very easy to achieve. Now I prefer the sound of my bm5a's but in all honesty (maybe I just suck) I haven't been able to make them translate in certain frequency ranges. It's hard for me to really decipher what's too much in the 10 - 12k range as well as the 2 - 4k range. I just got the asp8's and haven't had much time with them, but have mixed on event 20/20's in the past and they are somewhat close to eachother. I will continue to update but wanted any opinions from those that have used these. And please no biased answers, I own both and I don't care what I keep, and I don't care what company you like better or even the build quality, just the better monitor in general to mix all kinds of music on.

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5th September 2006	#2
DaKid Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 841	I own Event SP6's- and they translate pretty damn well. If the high end seems a little brittle, you could drop the HF's on the back of the speakers, can you not? (a db or two) Not too sure about the DynAudios tho- I've used them and thought they were good and everything- but I've never been able to spend enough time on them to give an honest opinion.

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dasoundjunkie Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 1,091	Used the Dyns and the problem is that EVRYTHING sounds great! I'd use them to listen to music but not to mix, I have the Precision-8 and in my room they sound very smooth, in fact I thought that these speakers corrected everything that I hated about the 20/20s(brittle sound, lack of bottom ect.). Anyway , mixes translate very well from these but as we all knoww YMMV!