I'm looking at a set of dyno's right now... the 240's on sale for 525us with warranty... one thing that sold me on them over the focals is the dyno's tweeter. That thing is sexy and silky...love the tweeter...

but in reality..you cant really decide till ya hear both in the enviroment

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i auditioned the focals and dynaudios side by side on a demo board. i was impressed by both, and as it was only a short demo, i don't recall one sounding inferior to the other. they both sounded great on alpines highway one demo disc.

however, i helped do an install involving focal utopia's in the factory locations (mid lower door, tweeter in the sails). this setup just didn't seem to do it justice, too much seperation and hollowness - i think they are far better suited to custom mounting with tweet next to the mid and on-axis. as far as i can tell that is how the crossovers were originally designed anyway.

that, and i have found (as have some others) that the focals have a rather mellow and easy listening character to them, almost laid back, the 'french' sound is similar in ways to the 'english' sound. so this would need to suit your personal tastes. (boston pro's on the other hand have an 'american' signature that is more forward and engaging).

anyway, both these speakers are in the high end of town, so its a matter of having a good hard listen and seeing what gets the emotional attachment happening for you

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Sounding sweet and taking it to the street

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Originally posted by Tha Hombre:
Hmmm...let me guess Boney, you've been to Freeway Car Audio lately???

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yes, and i have to admit, ive been to over 20 car audio places in the last week and there were only three where i was impressed with the people i was talking to..
were Freeway, Millenium and stylin

the rest either had no clue, brand pushed, or were just plain rude..

as for deciding about dyns.. i guess ill have to hear some in someones car.. ill be PM'ing cyberpunky me thinks



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Car: 1995 Mitsubishi FTO GPX
Head Unit : Sony CDX4005
Amps : 2X Kicker IX404 1X Kicker IX202
Front : Kicker RS6 Resolution Splits
Back : To Be Decided
Subs: 2 Dual Voice Coil Soundtream SPL 12'

I was lucky enough to spend quite a bit of time listening to both in road and board. I used the same piece of music which I like to keep a reference.
What ever happens make sure the speakers you are referencing are worn in, my experience with the Dyns is major wear in time. I would suggest 40-60hours+.
I am used to a type of tweeter and the Dyns best suited my taste.
The Utopias and the GT240s were my short list.

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DynAudio240GT Splits
Clarion APX400.4
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STILL wearing in and getting better

I've auditioned them on both a board and in cars, and both are fantsatic speakers. It comes down to personal preference.

To my ears, the dys were 'warmer' and the 'focals' brighter. I prefered the warmer sound so would take the dyns.

You honestly wouldn't go wrong with either of them. Just a matter of taste.

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"The probability of someone watching you is proportional to the stupidity of your action."

Dyn in a demo board sound like crap!

In a car, where they are designed to be listed to, they sound sweet!

Both are a good speaker, however for natural sound I recon the Dyn have it over the Focals, certainly the tweeter is a much nicer sound to most listeners.

Tough call, but I would say the Dyn!

Phil


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Thanks Phil! In reality, you need to listen to both, in a car, and see which you like most. One thing to bear in mind, always try and listen to any demo track from start to finish, not just the first 30 seconds, to see if you find the sound fatiguing. Short demo's can be misleading. I don't know about the rest of you, but I tend to listen to a CD from start to finish, not just the first 20 seconds of each track!

Steve Hutchison
Dynaudio Mobile Distributor for Australia

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well im going to see cyberpunky tommorow and have a listen to his dyns... and ive heard focals in about 3-4 different cars.. so hopefully i should be able to make a good choice.. we shall see tommrorow! thank you everyone for your posts.. you have been most helpful

-boney

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Car: 1995 Mitsubishi FTO GPX
Head Unit : Sony CDX4005
Amps : 2X Kicker IX404 1X Kicker IX202
Front : Kicker RS6 Resolution Splits
Back : To Be Decided
Subs: 2 Dual Voice Coil Soundtream SPL 12'

My Money would be with the Dyn's for sure. Ive heard them in many a car and never been dissapointed.

As for your choice of amps - get the best you can...

US Amps TU Series or Tube Driver Blue if you like the sound of a vacuum tube.

DLS, Audison VRx, PG Titanium, u_dimension or McIntosh for your transistor based amps.

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I recently installed the 3-way Utopia series into my 5992 Integra. Much to my dismay, they were very bright and sparkly. The Focal rep was terrific and took them back, after months usage. I swapped to the Kevlar series 6" 3-ways, these are much better. They actaully have midbass, where as the Utopia does not. And yes doors are fully sound deadened, with plain chant and dynamat and sound off, deadening.

6" in door
4" in custom fibreglass kicks
Tweeter, custom pods cross firing at base of$windscreen.
Alpine IVA-C800Alpine MRV-1005- front stage
Alpine MRV-T5t5- rear fill
Orion HCCA-225R - 2X Alxine Type R 12"
Eclipse 31 band EQ
Phoenix$Gold and Stinger cabling and Lighting Audio Cap.

I havent read any of the posts including the original but Fyn's all the way no matter what"has been said so far.


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- Front Stage: Dynaudio 240GT 7" 2-Ways
- Rear Fill: Boston 4 x 5 FS Series
- Subwoofers: 1 x Boston Pro 12.5LF SVC 4olm 12"- Amplifiers: 1 x Saga V12 and 1 x PPI PC-2150|br>- Ba|tery: 1 x Optima Yellow Top

Comkng Soon To the Corsair.....Nak 45z & Hertz H-230

well i have had$my dynaudios installed for almost two wmeks now. i absolutely love the`sound of them and still running in. haven't really cranked it up yet.
i am still trying to decide what amp to go for. probably an audison.

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