Dali Speakers

mantis
mantis Posts: 17,561
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Hello everyone,
How many of you have had the pleasure of hearing DALI speakers go?
Any if so what is your opinion? I recently spent some time with a pair and I gotta admit, they are pretty fantastic sounding speakers. Love the grill choice color but not the installation, still using pins. I don't like the Tweeter surrounding esthetic. BUT sound quality, they are pretty remarkable.

Dan
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,722
    I heard a pair of floorstanders for a few hours and they were nice speakers but very neutral. I could live with them but they didn’t pull me into the music as much as I was hoping.
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  • JCL
    JCL Posts: 170
    I was able to demo the Dali KORE Flagship for several hours. They were having a demo day. Excellent speaker great sound and imaging but a little pricy.
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,327
    mantis wrote: »
    Hello everyone,
    How many of you have had the pleasure of hearing DALI speakers go?
    Any if so what is your opinion? I recently spent some time with a pair and I gotta admit, they are pretty fantastic sounding speakers. Love the grill choice color but not the installation, still using pins. I don't like the Tweeter surrounding esthetic. BUT sound quality, they are pretty remarkable.

    Sheesh Dan, moving on from Monitor Audio already?? Lol!!
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  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,963
    I owned a pair a few years back. That ribbon/dome tweeter module puts out some of the best high end sound I have heard.
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,825
    JCL wrote: »
    I was able to demo the Dali KORE Flagship for several hours. They were having a demo day. Excellent speaker great sound and imaging but a little pricy.

    I recall the KORE model was north of $110,000 a pair pricey. Probably more now with larger tariffs on European made products. Fortunately they have a wide price range for their models with many in the Polk price range or a bit above. But, they are assembled in Denmark and have pretty good looking Scandinavian styling. Can't say their speakers have ever really grabbed my attention. Dynaudio speakers still get good press and can look similar.
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,139
    I had some Dali Zensor bookshelves. I liked them but the Polk L200 smoked em
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,561
    pearsall001 wrote: »
    mantis wrote: »
    Hello everyone,
    How many of you have had the pleasure of hearing DALI speakers go?
    Any if so what is your opinion? I recently spent some time with a pair and I gotta admit, they are pretty fantastic sounding speakers. Love the grill choice color but not the installation, still using pins. I don't like the Tweeter surrounding esthetic. BUT sound quality, they are pretty remarkable.

    Sheesh Dan, moving on from Monitor Audio already?? Lol!!

    No, not yet LOL. Anyway I was demoing them and thought they were damn good speakers. I may take a pair home and really put them through their paces, I heard somethings in them that I think might be a stand out speakers. Their slightly larger Tweeter to Woofer relationship is something special.
    Dan
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,561
    marvda1 wrote: »
    I owned a pair a few years back. That ribbon/dome tweeter module puts out some of the best high end sound I have heard.

    Pretty damn Impressive I would say. I think they are one of those speakers not marketed in the USA very well.
    Dan
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,825
    mantis wrote: »
    I think they are one of those speakers not marketed in the USA very well.

    Seems like Dali vs Dynaudio is kind of like Triangle vs Focal for French speakers. The brands are all available in the US but Dali and Triangle seem to be less well known than their national competitors. All sell well Europe. For a while I thought Totem was also a Danish brand but it's Canadian.

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