I also recommend the BM5A's. I had them for 4 months and liked them very much. They are accurate, a little bright sounding and can also play the bass quite low altough they are so small. However, I still sold my BM5A's to a friend of mine to get a pair of bigger BM15's (for better bass response).
I also have a problem with listening spl because of neighbours but I still went with bigger dyns. I cannot play them very loud but I just have to live with it. Dynaudio Acoustics sound is very good. I earlier had Mackie HR626's (2x6" + 1") which were really nice (imo the best mackies) but they also had a little fatiguing treble. Dynaudio monitors are completely nonfatiguing and they produce their drivers in their own factory. Many high end speaker manufacturers have used Dynaudio drivers and especially the silk dome tweeters and woofers with extra large voice coils are well known.
I have read many comments about active dyns being brighter than the passive ones (for example BM15 vs. BM15A and BM6 vs. BM6A) and I also noticed that when switching from BM5A's to BM15's (passive), altough they are completely different models. Sometimes I felt that the BM5A's were a little too bright for my taste (and a measured frequency response also shows that) so the sound of BM15's seems to be better for my needs. Anyway, I'd go for the BM5A's if you have to switch your monitors to smaller ones.
btw, have you tried to attenuate the bass of your 824's with the switches on the back? It's the bass anyway which your neighbour can hear.
|