Dynaudio Or Genelec Monitors?, Which are the best and why? Options

[dave-g]

I've narrowed my search down to these two pairs of powered monitors:
Dynaudio BM5A
Genelec 1029A

I going to be doing some acoustic instrument recording and then mostly midi, loop/sample based electronic music in a medium sized home studio with concrete walls, tile floors, 15ft wood ceilings. I'm pretty psycho about sound quality and know that these 2 brands have very high standards so I'm sure either would be a good choice. however since they are both pretty heavy and I'm not in the states, having them shipped and then returning them isn't an option. I'm hoping someone here will know how these may perform in an environment similar to mine. I've started working on some acoustic panels for the walls but I've still got a long way to go.
Any thoughts? Thanks in advance!

dave-g

[flemming]

Auratone of the present time

Which is exactly why it's a very very very bad idea to use them as the only speakers in a small studio, which is what the original poster is going for. They ... do ... not ... sound ... good. Period. True, you can test how stuff will sound on a bad stereo or an tv with them, but that's not the way to go. If we're talking only speakers, you want something that's capable of showing you as much of what you're doing as possible (at any given price). The small 'toy gennies' don't. They ARE only around half the price of the BM5As though, but if those are his choises I'd say go for the Dynaudios no matter what.

And again: You may think that they are useable in a pro studio environment, but I have NEVER seen them in any of the studios I work in around Europe. Not even as Auratone-replacements. Go figure.