Dynaudio bm15

My first monitors were BM5A MKI and they were great for their size (a bit lack of bass but they served me well for more than 10 years).

Sold them to get a great deal on used BM15A.
At first they sounded fuller, richer and deeper than Bm5a due to 10" woofer de 2" tweeter.
Months later I started noticing lack of definition and phase issues on winds (brass, horns, clarinet, oboe) and vocals when mixing classical and jazz (acoustic music). I thought it was acoustic issues with my room.

I managed to A/B Dynaudio BM15A against Genelec 8020 (yes, small ones) in my room and difference was not subtle. Genelec were clear winners in definition, depth, clarity and what's the most important factor: honesty and even cruelty when something is wrong in the mix. Dynaudio sounded rounded and "nice" but a bit lack of brilliance so I mixed boosting highs.

I sold my BM15A at 10am and I bought Genelec 8040 brand new one hour later. Never looked back.

Maybe my room wasn't big enough for near to mid field monitors like BM15A.

Maybe Genelec is more forgiving about acoustics.

But I've never had issues mixing on Genelec and translating to other systems.



I'm seriously considering getting back my BM5A to have a second set of monitors.