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Ein etwas unfairer (wenn man die Presie bedenkt) Vergleich mit einen Dynaudio Focus 200 XD
After a month of listening to the Kii Threes, I reinstalled my Dynaudio Focus 200 XDs in the living room. The Focus 200 XD has been replaced by the Focus 20 XD, but after a firmware update to the 200 XDs, the only differences between the two models are cosmetic: They’re functionally and sonically equivalent. Both models have 6.5” woofers and 27mm dome tweeters, each powered by a 150W class-D amplifier.
The Focus 20 XD retails for $5999/pair in standard finishes; add $500 for a pair of Stand 6es and $499 for the wireless Connect module, and you have a total of $6998 -- roughly one-third the price of a fully configured Kii Three setup in standard finish, with stands and Kii Control.
With that price gap, you’d expect there to be significant differences in the two systems’ sounds -- and there were. But I think they had as much to do with the Kii Threes' sophisticated use of DSP as with driver complements and amplifier powers. With the Kii Threes, not only did the speakers “disappear” more completely than the Dynaudios, so did my room.
With Duruflé’s Suite for Organ, the Focus 200 XDs filled my living room with majestic, thrilling sound, but pedal notes weren’t as convincing as through the Threes -- I heard but didn’t feel them. The deepest notes were faint -- in fact, barely audible. But the biggest difference was in the portrayal of space. The image produced by the Dynaudios was wide and deep, but it didn’t soar as it did through the Kiis.
With “Deep Space”/“Solar,” the sound of Jarrett’s piano was more forward through the Dynaudio system, with a little less sparkle up top. The pedaled lower chords in the opening had less heft, and didn’t decay into the background as convincingly as through the Kii Threes. The double bass sounded a little thuddier in its bottom range, and lost some gas as it approached that open E; upper strings had less snap. The space reproduced seemed smaller than with the Kiis, and dynamics weren’t as impressive. Compared to the Kiis, the Dynaudios sounded a little compressed. But it was still immensely enjoyable.
The foregoing shouldn’t be read as a criticism of Dynaudio’s active stand-mounts. They’ve received many enthusiastic reviews, including a Reviewers’ Choice award from this site, and my experience with the Kii Threes has not diminished my admiration for the Dynaudios. In no way did I feel I was slumming when I started listening to the Dyns after my sojourn with the Kiis. But the Kii Threes play in a different league.