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DALI reviews![]() Bookshelf speakers DALI 202 The Danish two-way speaker system is the smallest sized in Blue series. Obviously, the developers of Dali 202 believed that small size is not good enough reason to limit rights of music lovers for rich bass. The results of measurements in low-frequency area at first caused slightly cautious attitude... ![]() Floor standing speakers DALI 5005 JUBI The modified version of already existed in the market model Blue 5005 - 5005 JUBI - was released for the 20th anniversary of Danish Audiophile Loudspeakers Industry. The anniversary model inherited much from the prototype: the same speakers and body. Reforms touched the schemes of crossovers (impedance... ![]() Floor standing speakers DALI 505 Dali 505 is a strict system, without superfluity, and it is inappropriate for shaking air by thunder in a listening room and also for shocking the ear by high frequencies. Everything is decorously and at the level of audiophile requirements to the acoustics of Hi-Fi class. Although bass is not a comprehensive,... ![]() Floor standing speakers DALI 606 Having got best features from reputable 505 model, Dali 606 is among the leaders again. The value of succession is high if the object of evolution enriches with new qualities at each stage that, in fact, should be the goal of evolution. And if you compare 505 with 506 in this sense, you can find that... ![]() Floor standing speakers DALI 8008 The designers in DALI do not accept any superfluous "bells and whistles". The meter-high flagship of the latest version of the Blue Series is made in the classic age style - four reliable heads in an adequate acoustic design. Almost 50 liters of usable volume is reserved for the low-frequency section.... ![]() Floor standing speakers DALI 808 A full three-way design, which is a series Blue of Danish company Dali, with basses of promising sizes visually really stood out. Directly related with this expectations of comprehensive bass were fully justified. Quite non-trivial in this sense, the system proved on drums "things" of rock'n'roll repertoire... ![]() Bookshelf speakers DALI Blue 2002 Dali 2002 is a shelf speaker from Blue series. Made in Denmark - good, culturally, without futuristic frills. Danish heads are reliable paper and silk. The body is massive and rigid. There is no shielding and separate connection - this is provided only in floor speaker systems of the series. Sound... ![]() Bookshelf speakers DALI Concept 1 In the Danish company "DALI" this series has the name "Concept" because the engineers decided to try to bear conceptual solutions from Hi-End to budget sector. What was it expressed in? You won't find the answer, judging by the appearance. At first glance the tweeter is simple, one-inch and with a silk... ![]() Floor standing speakers DALI Concept 10 "NO 10" is a flagship model of Concept series of the Danish DALI. Today the line is equipped with three floor (Concept 6, Concept 8, Concept 10), two shelf (Concept 1, Concept 2), central speaker system and the subwoofer. "NO 10" is got by as if scaling (enlargement) of the forthcoming "NO 8": the same... ![]() Bookshelf speakers Dali Concept 2 Concept series from DALI is designed to strengthen the company's position in budget sector of the market of speaker systems. Apparently, the famous Danish company decided to show the competitors how inexpensive speaker systems can sound if you apply maximum efforts to its development and to minimize... ![]() Floor standing speakers DALI Concept 6 To the present moment the series Concept contains two shelf models (Concept 1, Concept 2), three floor ones (Concept 6, Concept 8, Concept 10) and a central speaker. Low-slung Concept 6 on an elegant stand is, in actual fact, a floor extension Concept 2 due to the additional LF/MF section. Compact crossover... ![]() Subwoofer DALI Concept Sub The only in Concept series active subwoofer is prepared in accordance with the original recipe of the company. The basis is a 12-inch head with the diffuser made of cellulose, impregnated with damping compound, which works in the closed acoustic design. The body is compact for such a large driver and... ![]() Bookshelf speakers DALI Evidence 370 Evidence series of Danish company DALI is consist of three classical systems and the acoustics of the central channel. Two-way Evidence 370 is its compact representative. A thick layer of black glass decorates the top panel - a strong design solution, solving the complex problem of converting speaker... ![]() Floor standing speakers DALI Evidence 470 Strict classical outlines, familiar heads, black polished glass of the top panel - this is Evidence 470, one of two floor systems, consisting of four models of the series. Natural maple veneer is slightly lacquered in order not to mask the beauty of wood texture - by beauty is not Grand yet, but not... ![]() Floor standing speakers Dali Evidence 870 Dali is actually an acronym for something to do with Danish audiophile loudspeakers, and the brand is part of a Danish group with both manufacturing and retail interests. UK distribution is handled by The Audio Club, alongside NAD electronics, and the several Dalis which have come our way over the years... ![]() Subwoofer DALI Fazon SUB 1 This DALI Fazon SUB 1 mini-subwoofer is made in the form of a black glossy cube with slightly rounded ribs and is endowed with soft rubber supports. Acoustic design is a "closed box", which a 17-cm long-stroke driver with a diffuser made of cellulose is installed in. There are no complex filters in the... ![]() Bookshelf speakers DALI Helicon 300 Two-way system where silk dome and strip band are responsible for high-frequency range is an interesting decision. Apparently, the strip band helps dome tweeter only on ultra-high frequencies. Like in other speaker systems of the series Helicon the main MF/LF-speaker has the diffuser of dark red color,... ![]() Bookshelf speakers DALI Ikon 1 These Danish monitors are cheaper than the most of competitors and at the same time they are made not in China and have three-way configuration. For better playing of overtones HF-range is divided in DALI Ikon 1 into two parts: the traditional tweeter with 28-mm soft dome works from 2900 to 14000 Hz... ![]() Bookshelf speakers DALI Ikon 2 Mk2 Updated Ikon series with index of Mk2 was created in accordance with the wishes of many owners of previous models in the whole world. Externally the system hasn't almost changed, only the front panel now has smooth to the touch dark matte surface. LF heads were developed for the updated series, which... ![]() Floor standing speakers DALI Ikon 8 Despite of the fact that DALI offers a very wide assortment of loudspeakers of various categories, it is the Ikon series that is distinguished not only by advanced technologies, but also by quite a democratic (for its class) price. This line is the successor of much more expensive Euphonia and Helicon.... ![]() Subwoofer DALI Ikon Sub A medium-sized body of DALI Ikon subwoofer is put on the podium. The port of bass-reflex is on the bottom and "blows" to podium. 305-mm woofer with a paper diffuser is installed on the front panel. The power of built-in amplifier is 250 W. There is only all you need in control and switching. RCA input,... ![]() Center Speaker DALI IKON Vokal 2 IKON series is a successful implementation of the branded technologies, borrowed from more expensive models. The brightest example is a hybrid high-frequency module, which a simple dome fabric tweeter and flat ribbon driver are installed on. Such combination allows you to achieve wide polar pattern and... ![]() Bookshelf speakers DALI Lektor 1 Among the variety of speaker systems manufactured by the Dutch company Lektor 1 monitors are distinguished by modern appearance and eye-catching elements of decor. They are quite compact and designed for sounding small rooms or back channels in home theatre (in this case you can hang them on the wall,... ![]() Bookshelf speakers DALI Lektor 2 DALI Lektor 2 is a small speaker from the younger series. The depth of the case is small, the bass reflex ports are placed on the front panel, and on the back wall there is a bracket for fastening to the wall with a single screw. It is very convenient for those who do not have a place on the shelves... ![]() Floor standing speakers DALI Lektor 6 DALI stands as Danish Audiophile Loudspeaker Industries and its name obliges the company to produce acoustic equipment, corresponding to audiophile canons. And I must say, actions follows suit - meeting even relatively inexpensive Lektor 6, you pay immediately attention to high quality of the used drivers.... ![]() Floor standing speakers DALI Mentor 8 Traditional for DALI hybrid high-frequency module consists of two separate drivers, being assembled in one aluminum pad and working for "one and a half band" - the fabric dome plays frequencies from 3 to 20 kHz and ribbon super tweeter switches on from 14 kHz and works up to the upper border. Also traditional... ![]() Bookshelf speakers DALI Mentor Menuet Here is the most intriguing novelty among mini-monitors - two-way Dali Mentor Menuet. All technical innovations of Mentor line are embodied in them, and this is immediately obvious. The woofer's diffuser is made of expensive long-fibred cellulose - the material with the best resonance characteristics.... ![]() Bookshelf speakers DALI Oberon 1 The whole Oberon series is made according to the canons of modern Scandinavian design - simple colors, clear forms, a little playfulness and the rounded grills, adding a sense of retro. The bodies are made of dense MDF, reinforced with spacers inside. In the new line, it was decided to use the technology... ![]() Bookshelf speakers DALI Oberon 3 DALI Oberon 3 looks impressively and respectably. The oak finish of the bodies (assembled from MDF panels of increased density with an internal damper) is perfect - the decor realistically imitates not only the color and texture of real wood, but also does not seem artificial to the touch, because it... ![]() Floor standing speakers DALI Oberon 5 All floor loudspeakers with a height of no more than 75 - 80 centimeters, in my opinion, deserve to be allocated in a separate category. Today there are few such systems on the market - especially if we talk about quite serious models on high-quality drivers of decent caliber. But if you dig deeper into... ![]() Floor standing speakers DALI Oberon 7 This series will undoubtedly cause increased interest because all the models belong to a very accessible category. Let's see how the Danes made their new "towers". Let's start with the body. The mass of each loudspeaker is small, and the walls can not be called monumental - an aluminum pedestal holds... ![]() Floor standing speakers Dali Opticon 6 The appearance of DALI Opticon 6 speaker systems inherited much from their predecessors from the older Rubikon series. A lacquered front panel with figured selection above HF unit can be black or white depending on the chosen finish. Dual bass-reflex port is placed on the back panel, the block of... ![]() Bookshelf speakers DALI Royal Scepter Scepter is a line Royal Danish DALI. The whole "royal" army (shelf Menuet and Scepter, floorstanding speakers Tower and center speaker Vocal) is exceptionally high quality exterior finish. The body is made from MDF and carefully veneered valuable timber; applied to the surface of the last few layers... ![]() Bookshelf speakers DALI Spektor 2 Externally, DALI Spektor 2 does not give any reason to be suspicious of cheapness. Rounds of the sidewalls to the front panel mask the fact that the walls of the case are only decorated with simple vinyl film, but not made of solid wood. The front panel is completely made as if of leather. The tweeter... ![]() Floor standing speakers DALI Spektor 6 Just on the recent day we tested shelf models DALI Spektor 2 and found that only the price tag deserves an uncensorious attitude. Both the finish and the sound quality of the new loudspeakers, developed in Denmark and manufactured in China, were at the height that be attributed to True Hi-Fi. The floor... ![]() Floor standing speakers DALI Suite 2.8 Suite 2.8 is the top model of New Suite line. The reader is familiar with a smaller floor speaker system - Suite 1.7. The flagship is larger and equipped with two 165-mm woofer/midrange drivers (in "7th" there is a pair of five-inch heads). Conical cellulose diffusers are specially covered by thick layer... ![]() Subwoofer DALI Suite S1.2 Much design DALI Suite S1.2 goes back to the classical principles of constructing subwoofers. Housing with a strictly rectangular faces respectable size, very decent weight, registration closed type (brand, incidentally, is not a typical loudspeaker DALI); stand - to harmonize proportions... Attention... ![]() Subwoofer DALI SWA-8 Placed on the facade a 200-mm woofer in the design of "the closed body" radiates with a paper cone. There is a shielded dual magnetic system in the motor of the driver. A four-layer copper wire spooling is made on the sound coil with the diameter of 50 mm and the length of 24 mm for support of linear... ![]() Floor standing speakers DALI Zensor 7 The shapes of DALI Zensor 7 speaker systems are classical in general; an aluminum stand, made in form of light frame, slightly revives the design. Against the background of monotonous MDF podiums, such stand looks interesting. The front panel of the system is glossy, the rest part has the wood grain... |