EX DEMO! DALI Oberon 5 Dual 5.25 Inch Floor Standing Speakers Pair Dark Walnut

EASY TO POSITION

The driver materials, crossover design and geometry applied in the OBERON series have been selected to achieve a wide dispersion pattern. This ensures a well-integrated sound, even when listening at a significant off-axis angle. An added benefit is seriously reduced harmonic distortion and diffractions causing frequency distortion. This is why all DALI speakers are not designed to be toed-in.

CONTEMPORARY DESIGN

The rounded edges and rustic fabric of these new DALI front grilles add a lighter and more contemporary visual look to the OBERON series. This look is enhanced by the elegantly shaped aluminium base.

WOOD FIBRE CONE

The OBERON woofer features a wood fibre cone with a blend of fine grained paper pulp reinforced with wood fibres creating a stiff, light-weight and well-behaving structure. In combination with a low-loss surround and spider suspension, this cone reproduces the micro details in the signal - unfiltered and with high accuracy.

PATENTED SMC

The iron pole piece of the OBERON woofer magnet is crowned by a patented SMC disk - minimising the negative effects of the iron. Use of the SMC disk greatly reduces mechanical distortion, which lowers third order distortion. This allows for longer listening pleasure, a relaxed midrange and a surprising amount of detail for its price.

The OBERON 5 is the ultimate performer. A compact and elegant floor-standing speaker, housing dual 5¼” wood fibre SMC based woofers and the series’ wide bandwidth 29 mm ultra-lightweight soft dome tweeter, this slim floor-stander will surprise with its ability to deliver a deep firm bass. Together with the clear and well defined mid-range and the airy high frequencies, this speaker is at home with any music or movie sound track.

With the launch of the DALI OBERON loudspeaker series, DALI have picked the best elements from their current speakers and brought them together in a series that delivers on audio quality, looks and versatility.

The driver materials and geometry applied and even the crossover design have been selected to achieve a wide dispersion pattern in the listening area, to ease positioning of the speaker.

As result, you will experience a well-integrated sound, even when listening at a significant off-axis angle. This is important as you are rarely seated directly in front of your loudspeakers when listening to music. An added benefit is seriously reduced harmonic distortion and diffractions causing frequency distortion, as these will always be stronger in an on-axis response. This is also the reason why all DALI speakers are not designed to be toed-in.

The dual 5.25" low-loss woofer used in the OBERON 5 have been optimised with a new wood fibre structured cone. It is dedicated to reproduce the delicate midrange and bass frequency area - like every other woofer made by DALI. It is constructed from a blend of fine grained paper pulp and wood fibres, creating a stiff, light-weight and well-behaving structure. When combined with a low-loss surround and spider suspension, this cone reproduces the micro details in the signal - unfiltered and with high accuracy.

The membrane terminates in a rubber surround chosen for its soft and very flexible properties. This gives the membrane free movement with a very low dampening effect, and lets the magnet motor and the magnet motor alone control the membrane movement.

With the use of SMC technology in the OBERON 5 woofer, mechanical distortions caused by hysteresis and eddy currents are greatly reduced. This improvement in the magnet motor system results in a lowering of the third order distortion. This allows the OBERON 5 to give longer listening pleasure with a relaxed midrange and a surprising amount of detailing for the price.

The magnet motor itself consists of a large ferrite magnet sorrounding a pole piece made with a unique combination of iron and SMC. The iron ferrrite forms the lower base of the pole cylinder, and is topped of with a 10 mm SMC disk as the crown. This combination minimises the negative effects of the iron, while placing the SMC disk right in the main working area of the 4-layer voice coil. This placement ensures maximum effect from the SMC on the voice coils environment, resulting in a greatly improved constant flux field.

The 29 mm ultra-light soft dome tweeter used in the OBERON 5 is manufactured by DALI and has been developed specifically for the OBERON series -- combining well-proven technologies from their existing speaker range with new features.

The large size of the membrane lets the tweeter generate higher sound pressure with less excursion, keeping the voice coil motion to a precise minimum.

The oversized 29 mm membrane's construction is based on an ultra-light wave weave fabric and is additionally optimised for a larger bandwidth in its lower frequency area. This ensures optimal handover from the woofer to the tweeter, creating a well-balanced, unforced and very coherent upper midrange. Compared to most soft dome tweeters in the market, the DALI dome material is less than half the weight (0.060 mg/mm²).

The tweeter front plate around the dome has been designed with similar geometry as the OPTICON and RUBICON tweeters, to create the optimal working conditions for the soft dome. The aim is to combine an extended frequency response with wide dispersion and low coloration.

The cabinet construction of the OBERON 5 is composed from high-density CNC machined MDF board dressed in carefully selected high-grade vinyl. Solid bracings across the inside of the cabinet reinforce the cabinet to very high rigidity. This improves the stiffness and practically eliminates resonance within the cabinet.

DALI have optimised response timing by fitting the speakers with acoustic damping material internally along the sides, top and bottom. This creates a more direct contact between woofer and bass port. The audible result is a more precise bass and increased ‘attack’ in the midrange.

The bass ports are placed on the rear of the OBERON 5, optimising room integration by utilising the wall for improved bass performance.

With the OBERON range, DALI introduced a brand new front grille design. The new rounded front grille adds a lighter and more contemporary visual look to the speaker series, and the elegantly shaped aluminium base completes the impression.