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Dynaudio DBM50

Item ID: DBM50

7.5" Active Desktop Monitor with 1" HF Driver with Waveguide, 50W LF/50W HF Power, XLR and RCA Inputs, and HF Level Control (each)

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Desktop Monitoring Done Right

The Dynaudio DBM50 Active Desktop Monitor fills a desperate need. Although you probably do a fair amount of serious work on your desktop (perhaps even all of it), there haven't been many serious monitors designed specifically for the desktop studio. Dynaudio rides to the rescue with the DBM50, a great-looking and deadly-accurate active monitor loudspeaker that doesn't take up a lot of your precious desk space. The DBM50's rock-solid stereo image even holds up even a few feet back from the "sweet spot" - perfect for guitar overdubs. If you record and mix in a DAW on your desktop, monitor through speakers designed for your work environment - Dynaudio's DBM50 Active Desktop Monitors.



Dynaudio DBM50 Active Desktop Monitor at a Glance:
  • A new angle on desktop mixing
  • The right stuff
  • Speak the truth
  • Dynaudio knows what they're doing

A new angle on desktop mixing
Much of today's music never sets foot inside a "professional studio." Most of it starts out on a desktop - in the composer's computer. Feature film music, of course, ends up on scoring stages; and major bands still block book big recording studios, but you'd probably agree, it's fair to say that desktop production plays a huge part in today's music industry. Luckily, someone finally recognized desktop production's need for a really serious monitor. The Dynaudio DBM50 is an active monitor specifically designed for desktop production, and - unlike the flimsy "multimedia monitors" desktop producers have had to live with 'till now - it's deadly accurate.

The right stuff
From the handcrafted Dynaudio drivers to the aesthetic-pleasing exterior, the DBM50 is expressly engineered to accurately reproduce your desktop mix. The DBM50 incorporated a number of Dynaudio technologies, including a highly effective wave guide around the tweeter, an up-angled cabinet that focuses the sound on your ears, and a level control that doesn't compromise the delicate interrelationship between the drivers. All in, what you've got is a real monitor loudspeaker - one that's designed for the way you work.

Speak the truth
Dynaudio monitors speak the truth - and truth is exactly what you need from your monitors in the pursuit of the perfect final mix. Dynaudio uses only the best materials and production techniques combined with the industry's most thorough and extensive testing program to allow their monitors to achieve 100 percent consistency - a great benefit when you're relying on speakers in different locations.

Dynaudio knows what they're doing
With over 35 years of experience building speaker drivers, Dynaudio knows what goes into a great monitor speaker. Add to that
20-plus years of producing professional monitors for top studios, and you have a company perspective that few pro audio manufacturers can match. Dynaudio's proprietary driver technologies produce monitors that are neutral and uncolored. This silky clarity, in combination with amazing dynamic capabilities, give working pros like you monitors that let you work marathon sessions without ear fatigue.

Dynaudio DBM50 Active Desktop Monitor Features:
  • Front baffel tilt for perfect desktop placement
  • Smooth HF waveguide that gives you an optimal near field sweet spot
  • Handcrafted drivers, legendary Dynaudio craftmanship
  • 117dB SPL Peak power
  • 1" high-resolution soft dome tweeter
  • 7.5" extended-excursion woofer
  • Amplification: Tweeter: 50W / Woofer: 50W
  • Frequency response: 46Hz to 21kHz
  • HF, MF and LF room filtering
  • HP filtering for optimal subwoofer adaption
  • Auto standby mode
  • XLR balanced and single ended RCA input connectivity
  • Optional perfect-tracking tabletop Volume remote control unit (available separately)

Working on your desktop? Monitor right, with Dynaudio's DBM50 Desktop Monitors!
Specification Detail
Powered Yes
Power Configuration Bi-amped
LF Driver Size 7.5"
LF Driver Type Cone
LF Driver Material Thermo-formed MSP
HF Driver Size 1"
HF Driver Type Dome
HF Driver Material Aluminium
LF Driver Power Amp 50W
HF Driver Power Amp 50W
Frequency Range 46Hz-21kHz
Crossover Frequency 6dB/octave @ 1500Hz
Maximum Peak SPL 117dB SPL @ 1m, etc.
Enclosure Type Bass reflex
Input Types 1 x XLR, 1 x RCA,
Output Types No outputs
Height 13.7"
Width 9.1"
Depth 13.2"
Weight 15.9 lbs
Manufacturer Part Number 995209011

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Reviews

based on 2 reviews

Dynaudio Makes a great desk top monitor, DBM-50

by Philip Gentilcore from College Park, Maryland
August 1, 2012
Music Background: Listen to a lot of music and go to live shows.
I have had the monitors - DBM50 for about 2 weeks. They sound better all the time. They are well balanced and have a sweet sounding midrange and high end. No harshness is heard by me.
I have... read more [+] cut back the bass on each speaker - located on the rear side.
This tends to bring out the other sounds better - it seemed the bass was drowning some of the midrange. There is still plenty of punchy, quick bass, with a much more open sounding midrange, including voices and piano, etc. close [-]

Monitor flirts with boundaries rather than avoid them

by David Rust from Bloomington, Indiana
October 18, 2012
Music Background: Producer
The DBM50's are still breaking in after three days, and they still sound just a tad taut and snappy to me...so I can't comment on ultimate sound quality, just yet. They are not as immediately sexy so... read more [+]unding as consumer speakers of the same price range...but that's common for studio monitors that accomplish a slightly different task.

Rather than avoid boundries, the monitor attempts to get closer to them (by sitting on the desktop as opposed to elevated on stands). This makes phase cancellation less noticeable, but it's still there. I found that placing an 8"x8" square of foam flat on the desk (1"thick) right in front of the speaker mostly eliminated the problem. And I do indeed suppress the mids by -2db.

Also, our ears are more sensitive to high frequencies radiated from above our head's height, so the lower desktop position appears to produce a slightly duller sound. This could be compensated for with the HF switch, but I've gotten used to the sound and have chosen not to. I still find myself looking down a little as I listen critically.

But here's the main thing...the two tunes I've mixed on them, so far, pretty much sound just right on every other source I've played them on (iPhone/buds, home theater in the other room, the car, on computer speakers). Bass, mids, and highs all preserved in the same balance. Smaller miix details still evident, too. That is the measure of a good monitor!

The 50/50W amps seem to provide ample headroom for mixing 85dB at 30." In fact, they push the cones pretty well at 10 feet, too!

No hash in the highs and no fluffing woofer in the lows...the digital amp and transducers are pretty disciplined. As my ears grew tired last night, I found I was listening to the monitors at 90-95 dB without knowing it, as the speakers do not complain at all at that level. Time to go to bed and give the ear drums a rest! close [-]

inSync Review

by: Mitch Gallagher
The funny thing about desktop monitors is that they're rarely set up so that the speaker... read more »

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