Honestly, I dont think you can go wrong with either speaker. I personally love my Emotiva Airmotiv 6s. If they are still on sale go for it. $579.00 delivered is hard to beat.  One thing, In my setup they sounded noticably better with mogami gold balanced cables. Good luck,  P.S. I have them in a...

Those are a good deal. I picked up a pair of the Emotiva Airmotiv 6 for $579.00  I have them playing right now. I will update after about 100 hours. Some gear takes forever to burn in. I have an Int. Amp in the basement that took about 2 months before it opened up. Cheers  

Thanks for the tip. I'm still waiting on my preamp/dac to arrive.

Does so many things well. In fact I haven't seen anything that competes with it at that price? I could be wrong but I haven't seen anything. What are you going to control the dynaudios with?

 I will be feeding from my computer and/or apple tv into this thing http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0058PLBZU/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=  It seems to get good reviews I have been told it will function as a preamp to control the airmotiv 6 plus a dac + heaqdphone amp.  

Thank you. I decided on a pair of emotiva airmotiv 6   I will let you know how they turn out. Just out of curiosity did you order the volume controller that goes with the dbm50?

I was going to pull the trigger on this one  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0058PLBZU/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=  However the sellers says  opamps  NOT replaceable  Is this am older unit? Thanks again

Well,  I ordered a pair of the Airmotiv 6 Studio monitors. They will be used in a fairly large room. (A bit of a gamble I know) I will post a review in about 10 days.   I hope they are up to the challenge.

Why, yes you can

I did look at those options as well. I think I will buy one of these  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Matrix-mini-i-DAC-Balanced-USB-DAC-Headphone-Amplifer-/140587161886?pt=US_Home_Audio_Amplifiers_Preamps&hash=item20bba5d91e  Could someone recommend a good ebay vendor to use?  Thanks

I will give it a whirl. Thanks to all!

Thank you (everyone) for the help. I must say that little matrix dac packs alot of features.  I understand you can control the volume on a pair of powered studio monitors with it as well, If it had a couple more inputs. It would be near perfect.

Hello audio junkies, I want to pull the trigger on a pair of these speakers. My question is, do you think they would be big enough to use out in the living room.  (Read: Not for my desk top)  My distance from the speakers would be about 10- 12 feet. Anybody have these? Thanks for any replies

Thanks for the response. Do you mind if I ask what your setup is?  Thanks agian

I have a question I understand the matrix mini will only do 16/44 on the usb side. Can I access 24/96 files with this device: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Teralink-X2-Native-24bit-96k-USB-to-SPDIF-I2S-Converter-/261078617287?pt=US_Home_Audio_Amplifiers_Preamps&hash=item3cc97f8cc7   Or am I misguided.

  Hello, crickets ****  Anyone know if you can access 24/96 files with this unit if a Certain convertor is deployed  http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-to-Spdif-Toslink-and-I2S-Converter-for-DAC-/300728310416?pt=US_CD_Players_Recorders&hash=item4604cdda90  Thanks

Hello, I have a couple question about the Matrix mini i. I have been told that the volume control on this unit will control the analog out (for controlling a pair of studio monitors) Is this correct?  Secondly I don't see a switch anywhere Like fixed/variable. Is it always set to the line out...

Thanks for the replies, very helpful, any body ever tried this unit  http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/825433-REG/SM_Pro_Audio_SMP_NPP_1_Nano_Patch_Passive_Stereo.html

Update:  the airmotiv 5 and 6 are on sale  http://shop.emotiva.com/collections/speakers?page=2  Party on

That sound mighty interesting.  It seems the studio monitors are on sale.  I may have to grab a pair of the air motiv 6

Thanks for the replies, I was thinking of going with a dac that has volume control for the analog line out. Any decent options up to about 4-$500.00 new or used? Thanks

I just took a look at it, could you post a link to the review?   I can't tell if it will control the line out volume.  Thanks

Hello, A question for the members here using powered speakers. I was wondering what you are using to control the volume of your studio monitors  (other then the volume knob on the back panel).  Preamp? dac with line out volume control?  Thank you

 I may try the Audinst hud mx1. I see it will control the line out or the headphone out with a switch on the front panel.  Anything else similar up to about 3-$400.00  I should  look at?   Thanks

Thanks, it is interesting to explore the pro audio options