DYN5A and YSM1

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thought we needed a fresh monitor thread here...

so anyone owned the YSM1's and compared to the DYN5A??

i been reading all the old YSM1 threads, called Yorkville, took the virtual factory tour....and they're similar to DynAudio. very refreshing to have in-house work and quality integrity..etc... they haven't gone WalMart yet.


there isn't any YSM1's around here.
being frugal, $700 difference is alot.
and the Yorks, YSM1 have an amazing response for 3years or so. Reminds me alot like the RNC.

the DYN5AS already passed my store tests with flying colors.

I'm currently using the Tascam 300watt/150x2 amp and some B&Wdm303 from the (SOS article HiFi vs Nearfield..where they came in 2nd.)
Mixes are alright with these, but thinking of upgrrading a bit.

so the YSM1's and compared to the DYN5A??
 
I'm curious myself about this same question. The Yorkies are riding the top of my monitor wish list right now, but unfortunately I've never had a chance to listen to the Dynaudios.
 
i'd like to think there's at least a few of the ysm1 users who may have had the chance to listen to the DYN5a's?

i'm the opposite never heard the Yorks and no distributors around here...only York PA and sht. no YSm1.

but yeah, the DYNS were pretty solid imo. their in GC now so availability has opened up. i don't know what kind of amps are in them other than MOSFET, but they have a thing with TC electronics so maybe they did the amps?

Yorkville has an A+ in my book for their schematics and everything available, part numbers for replacement, actual humans answer the phone! and access you to Tech support for questions.
you can feel like you know what your buying...when all the info is there.
the positive posts is icing on the cake, really quite impressive.

i'm in no hurry as i don't have paying customers and i have a set running....

doesn't seem fair comparing $1,000 pairs to $350, but the Yorks have the potential per all the threads...leading back to the intial question.

as a po'boy HR... $1,000 Dyns or $1,000 YSM1 and Fender Blues jr, and RNC..
1G is a big play...
 
ordered some yorkies, just had to hear 'em for myself.
should be here this week.

Hopefully soon, will compare to the Dyn5A in my own HRs.

I've kept my BW303 but have compared to RP8,5b's, Ram, JBL C-5's...past year or so.
these BW have worked ok for me overall, the translation to the mixes from my HR to car and units has been the best translations, so thats the deciding factor....or is it I've spent the most time on them?

the BW didn't sound the most detailed and didn't sound the most "musical" thru these side by sides, thats for sure.....some made the BW sound weak in the mid-range.

Going from Headphone mixes to Monitors was a HUGE improvement, but i'm not getting the HUGE difference going from speaker brand to speaker brand.

kinda anxious to hear these infamous york's tho. don't see any used which is usually a good sign.
 
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Have you compared bm6a and bm5a yet? I remember you were asking about the difference...
 
The Dynaudios do have better drivers than the Yorkies. Other than that the YSM1P's are a beautiful and practical piece of budget engineering.

I swapped out the drivers in mine for a Morel tweeter and Silver Flute woofer, and sealed a few small air leaks where the wires go into the amp, and IMO at this point they sound better than any Dynaudios I've ever heard. Before the mod I would say the Dyn5A's sound better, but I've only heard those in a store.
 
thanks..

i was wondering why no one had posted as there seemed to be so many Yorkies around??...and Dyns are in GC now so i thought a few may have listened to both.
no doubt i liked the Dyns.
ysm1p's should show up 20th, maybe a side by side.

you swapped out drivers in the Yorks or the Dyns?
 
I have used the YSM1 a very minor bit. Hated it. Was helping at a studio that had them, and they were just horrible. No clarity whatsoever.

I haven't personnally heard the DYN5, I bought the 6A's about two months ago, and love them. Totally. One they sound good, very revealing, with great bass response. Even with such a small speaker, the bass is awesome. They'r just really accurate and all mixes I've done with them thus far have translated incredibly well.
 
interesting, haven't heard that yet about the YSM1's.
there were a few posts that didn't care for the yorks sound and a couple with amp noises, very minor % for the most part.

yeah the 6a's is up there, some fire under the hood on those i imagine.
i couldn't justify or afford the 6a's for my current system, it'd be like a V8 in a go cart. one thing i really liked about the DYN5a's is the same sound from quiet to loud, that was pretty nice.

haven't seen any 6A around here to compare.

does anyone know anything about the DYN amplifiers? or schematics?

bleyrad, have you looked under the hood?
 
Dyandaudio actually makes a pretty well accepted amplifier. They used to actually have a whole amplifier line.

Also, a word of caution, there are two different versions of the Dynaudio BM5a's out there. There is the original BM5a, and the new compact one. Personally, I do not like the compact a whole lot. If it isn't about the same size as a BM6a, than it is the compact version (considerably smaller in overall size...).
 
I've got the 5's that are the same size as the 6's and they sound great. Very accurate in that what I mix on these sounds the same in my truck, in my office and on my stereo. Used to have some Tannot system 8's that sounded good in the studio but never sounded the same elsewhere
 
musicians friend and guitar center are selling the 5A per the dimensions.
never seen the compacts or the 6a's.

almost everything else seems the same per specs except the cabinet and 50hz instead of 55hz at quick glance.

strange they would make something so similar, hardly noticeable on the surface, except the depth maybe??

Height 6.7" Compact / 7.3" Standard
Width 10.2" Compact /12.5"Standard
Depth 9.3" Compact /12.5" Standard
 
In Tune Audio said:
I have used the YSM1 a very minor bit. Hated it. Was helping at a studio that had them, and they were just horrible. No clarity whatsoever.
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Wow. Now, there are some definite negative attributes to the YSM1, but a lack of clarity is the LAST this I would have expected anyone to say. These speakers are by far the most detailed and clear (especially in the highs) of all the "budget" speakers and far clearer than many monitors which are more expensive.
They are also more full-range and neutral than the other budget speakers.
I can't help but think that there could have been some problem with the pair or setup your listened on.

My main concern with the YSM1P's in stock form is that they have too much 9Khz on up.
To each his own but IMO from a comment like this I think you should maybe give a known-good pair a second chance in a familiar environment.

If anyone's interested in my opinion, I'm going to say that the Yamaha MSP5's are about the worst of the budget batch of speakers. Rough, harsh, upper-middly sound with little to no bass.
 
bleyrad said:
I can't help but think that there could have been some problem with the pair or setup your listened on.

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Very possible, wasn't in the best space. I didn't get a look at the amp that was being used with them, but if the rest of the studio was any indication it probably wasn't amazing.
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more HR stuff

well, the YSM1P's showed up.
1) No issues out of the box.
2) plugged in and powered up...no popping, no buzzes...pure silence. blue light subtle. set volume at Mid.
3)turned on the 2488 DAW and played a few HR tunes was very,very impressed.
4)fairly large cabinet from what i had been using, probably standard...but i might need an extension or build some more stands.
5) Concern of the ports was gladly dismissed, the air wasn't blowing in my face.
(I'm not a big fan of ports, but these aren't as big or powerful as the KRK RP8's i tried...those had the air moving!)
6) when I turned off the power..no popping! a very welcome design indicator.

first testdrive..~ 2hr. damn impressed with the YSm1p.
plan to side by side with DYNS this weekend hopefully...
 
I've got a pair of YSM1i, and I'm very happy with them. Running through some chinese 100watt amp (AE SP-100..?).

Better than Berrys by far (not hyped), not as harsh as NS-10s, more bottom end than tannoy reveals (and very smooth, balanced and defined at the bottom end, imo).
 
COOLCAT said:
first testdrive..~ 2hr. damn impressed with the YSm1p.
plan to side by side with DYNS this weekend hopefully...
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Becareful with the DNYs out of the box, if they're brand new. Mine only sounded okay at first. I can't remember what the manual said, but I think it was like a 30 hour break in. After a few hours they started to sound great, and things I had never heard before started showing up all over!
 
In Tune Audio said:
Becareful with the DNYs out of the box, if they're brand new. Mine only sounded okay at first. I can't remember what the manual said, but I think it was like a 30 hour break in. After a few hours they started to sound great, and things I had never heard before started showing up all over!
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Yeah, I found this to be true also. Especially if you listen to something with much volume. I was thinking, huh, so this is what $1700 speakers sound like? I followed the instructions and broke them in for a few days straight with pink noise and music (not too loud) and now they are sounding great at any volume. Not sure how that works, but it is true about breaking them in.
 
Thats an excellent point to bring up concerning the Dynaudio's. Both my pairs were the same way. Both times I just let some stuff run non stop overnight and there was a noticable difference.
 
Same thing with the Yorkies though. The bass response tends to open up and extend lower when broken-in.
That is the price to pay for using cheap midbass drivers. Most of the better drivers have their surrounds stretched fully during manufacturing.
 
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