At this price you'd expect some compromises... but no
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@antonyharding5360 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for taking the time to show us these speakers, have a good day Phil, regards Antony, Warrington Cheshire...
@joergwittenberg2178 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the review of the beautiful dali speakers. Dali is one of my favorite brands and Dali built high-quality and for my taste good sounding speakers
@stnkfst8639 Жыл бұрын
I’ve owned a pair for a couple of months now. I’m really happy with the quality. Exactly as you said: really outperforming their price! I’m running them on a NAD C368 amplifier, great combo these!
@davethornley1955 Жыл бұрын
Also had a pair for 2 years. Think I paid £599 what a bargain. Dali actually recommend or did at the time that one uses the grilles, and no toe in. Think the alternative grille colour which was available called mushroom did actually look nicer on the light oak version.
@markjohnathanappleton8642 Жыл бұрын
Love your videos always informative and interesting keep up the good work 👍
@shaunroberts9285 Жыл бұрын
These are undoubtedly Dali's surprise hero, who quickly upped the price after the initial posive reviews. I have Opticon 2 and Meneuts rotating in my other set ups and bought these for general family daytime listening. Tbh like a few others I was unimpressed with them for a considerable amount of time, there was a shrill from the right hand speaker high frequencies I was not comfortable with. Tested with any source or DAC phase settings. I nearly returned them, however i gave them about 120 hours mid volume listening, and overnight they became a true marvel!! I wouldnt expect a floostander at this price point to have such mids clarity, a good soundstage, and the detail and seperation was superb too. So, thanks for the review, I agree with your assesment, much better than expected. Interesting is the construction of the covers, normally Dali's have thin material with carefully designed frames for rhe construction. The Oberon 5's seem to move away from this with thick ribbing covering the drivers, its almost like forcing soundwaves through a cheese grater! Despite Dali advice, I like the sound with the grilles off, if the drivers have indeed been tuned to cater for such unnecessary obstruction, this surely just cannot be the best solution for optimum sound..? And yes, at this price point the covers should have magnets, wake up Dali. Great reviews, please keep up the good work...
@fatboyvin2 ай бұрын
Is it worth going for the Dali Menuet SE over these oberon 5 with audiolab 6000A? Price difference is around $500 in my city. Kindly help.
@shaunroberts9285Ай бұрын
The menuets are great speakers with wonderful mid bass, and go lower than expected for such small speakers. I have a 6000a and they will have good synergy, but for a mid/large room for full sound, you will need to add a small subwoofer linked to the 6000a.
@seanoreilly8603 Жыл бұрын
I've had then for 2 years now. Really good speakers. Amplifier was a Rega Brio. Great. Now a willsenton r8. Still great. You should sell loads of these.
@user-hu4ez6ew2q Жыл бұрын
Hi Mr. Dali Oberon very bad made, bad and cheapest. And Rega very primitive amplifier, like Dali cheapest made. Look and listen: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rayTn7RpqrPJYGw.html
@stuartbailey4459 ай бұрын
Got these paired with Audiolab 6000A (£250 saving on individual retail) then added Audiolab 6000CDT - excellent! Upgraded with M-DAC (£200 off on offer, thanks Sevenoaks!) Much better on CD thereafter- so they do handle upgrades. Sounds great with newly acquired Rega P3 50th TT 😊
@15therock Жыл бұрын
You should give the Opticon 1 MK2 an extended listen, definitely punch well above their station!!
@mickgrundy4615 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for that pal interesting review
@rubickon4 ай бұрын
You have a wonderful voice
@fuckinellitsraymo Жыл бұрын
Great speakers which I thoroughly enjoyed, maybe a little shaded in the treble but the bass was brilliant. I upgraded to an expensive Naim pre / power combination and they responded beautifully. I bought new Neat Motive SX1s and TBH there wasn't a lot in it until I got the Neats positioned correctly but the Oberons aren't far behind. Best speakers under a grand full stop.
@vangmx Жыл бұрын
I have the next model up with the Oberon 7. Had them paired up with a Yamaha AS501 amp and went all out with a Rotel 1592 MK2. They sounded great with the Yammy and they sound cleaner with the Rotel. Perhaps it’s probably time that I upgrade to the next level up with the Dalis. Choices choices choices… haha
@bigambientdeath Жыл бұрын
Got an open box pair for £550, thought they were a bit boomy & boxy, so topped up the meagre cabinet lining with some wool wadding, problem solved, loved them ever since, paired them with a Denon pma 800 and now a Rotel A11 tribute, they sound superb with both amps.
@pbr8411 ай бұрын
How did you attach the wool wadding? Did you remove the speakers and pushed the wool into the holes and then only on the sides and back? Or can the front be removed?
@bigambientdeath11 ай бұрын
@@pbr84 I put the speaker on its side with a pillow under the tweeter end, carefully removed but not unplug the main drivers, cut a piece of wadding folded it in half and jammed it at the back of the cabinet without out any glue, just incase I didn't like how it sounded, also rolled a piece of wadding and filled the gap at the front of the cabinet that goes down as far as the bass port, gently stood them up, been happy ever since, did have a look to see if I could get the crossover out as well but there was not enough spare cable on them, fortunately the original lining goes to the bottom, hope that's clear enough 👍
@pbr8411 ай бұрын
@@bigambientdeath Thanks for the answer. I am going to think about it if i am going to add some extra wadding.
@msironen Жыл бұрын
I recently purchased the Oberon 7s and I love them. In fact I love them so much that I ordered the white grilles in order to match the all white finish that I picked, which for some god forsaken reason also come with those grey grilles! That's my only complaint (and it's the same thing across the range). Want white grilles to match your white speakers? Well that's just extra, son.
@pauledwards8721 Жыл бұрын
I keep thinking of changing my trusty 1030i Q Acoustics for a pair of these. They’re generally just a bit brighter than the Q Acoustics from what I’ve heard? (Low end doesn’t worry me so much as I crossover at 100hz in my setup).
@goutomdutta5862 ай бұрын
Hi, nice review. I am thinking of pairing it with an Atoll in100. I like crisp treble (but not fatigue). Need your thoughts
@XburdaM Жыл бұрын
I have Oberon 5 running on the Onkyo TX-8250 and sound is really amazing with enough bass and clear middle and high frequency range with a lot of details. but cabinets must stay at least 50 cm far away from the wall otherwise sound is boomy.
@dingbat198 ай бұрын
Not sure anything much beats these for the size to be honest, they are so diminutive yet pack a real punch - I don't need a sub with these, which is very surprising. Maybe because my Cyrus amplification is really punchy.
@paulbruce3779 Жыл бұрын
Very similar to the Elac debut reference floor standers
@jamesmoore4827 Жыл бұрын
Nice review. I'm in the market for my first real "audiophile" set up and I'm torn between these and Monitor Audio Silver 200. Have you or anyone reading this heard the two and which would you prefer? Cheers.
@ginomoujik8488 Жыл бұрын
I demoed them (6G) side by side with Dali Opticon 6. Very similar open sound.. MAs are a touch more forward sounding. Both are leaps and bounds better than Oberon 5s.
@kolakaos27 күн бұрын
Hi, Can I use these Oberon fives in a room measuring 12 x 14 foot with 13 foot ceilings with a speaker distance from wall of 3 inch?
@turokforever007Сағат бұрын
Im using mine in corners so added foam bungs, and it removed any bass boom
@ginomoujik8488 Жыл бұрын
I demoed Oberon 5 with Rega Io and found them really hard to drive. Even Oberon 3 filled a medium room better. Oberon 5 seem to be pushed a lot everywhere, but I was underwhelmed and would listen to others from the series and of course Opticon 6 are amazing and easier to drive and much better value for the money IMHO.
@djme-123 Жыл бұрын
Agreed, the Oberon 5s weren’t for me.
@LeoRousseau Жыл бұрын
I'm shocked that you were underwhelmed with the Oberon 5's. I have them and I'm blown away by the performance of them. I'm streaming Qobuz from a Bluesound Node 2i into a Denafrips Ares II dac to a Rogue Audio Sphinx v3 and maybe I'm missing something, but I think it sounds awesome. Weird. 🇺🇦🇺🇸👊
@djme-123 Жыл бұрын
@@LeoRousseau I had mine in a smaller listening and thought they need quite a lot of driving. At lower volumes, they just didn’t shine for me. The dealer said it’s the first time someone had returned a pair.
@LeoRousseau Жыл бұрын
@@djme-123 yeah, I completely understand. I actually returned a pair of Linton's because of the veiled highs. It killed me to do it because they sounded good otherwise and such a beautiful looking cabinet. I loved the mahogany! I'm selling a Rogue Audio Sphinx v3 if you know of anyone interested. Have a great Thanksgiving! 🇺🇦🇺🇸👊
@djme-123 Жыл бұрын
@@LeoRousseau I made a typo. I meant listened in a smaller listening room.
@joeenright6420 Жыл бұрын
Would a rega io be ok for these speakers
@andymill329 ай бұрын
Dali Specs: Recommended Amp. Power [Watts] 30 - 150, the IOs specs: Power Output 30 W per channel into 8 Ω. You'd be on the lower end so I would get a better amp.
@twentyfivenhotАй бұрын
the drivers are made from keflar
@Northernlanes Жыл бұрын
I was hoping to hear their sound ...
@pauldron125411 ай бұрын
wouldn't make much sense through youtube and though your own speakers