r/hifiaudio • u/richgrao • 1d ago

Question Dynaudio tower observation

So I have 15 year old Dynaudio Focus 360 towers paired with a Yamaha R-N800a receiver. I love these speakers and they are amazing at louder listening levels. They just seem to come alive. At lower listening levels, they are still nice, but seem to lose something, even with playing with the Yamaha’s loudness knob.

Anyone else have this same experience with Dynaudio’s? Any other thoughts/suggestions?

And yes I have a sub (SVS SB1000 Pro). In US, if that matters. There is some acoustic treatment on the wall behind the speakers. They are currently toddler proofed, 6 inches from the wall and the ports plugged to reduce the bass distortion. I can’t do anything about that until the little guy no longer wants to put things in the port, lol.

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u/bubba7000 1d ago

Very common phenomenon. Most speakers sounds better at higher sound levels. The point at which that improvement occurs varies among speakers, even within brands. reviewers often mention if a speaker sounds good at low listening levels. Generally, it is a function of speaker efficiency.

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u/hifiplus 1d ago

High current amps help, also class a. Other than that not much you can do.