Best Floorstanding Speaker 2019 - What Hi-fi?
Best Speaker Package Award 2019 - What Hi-fi?
Best Product Award 2019-2020 – EISA
"These Superb Floorstanders Are Right Up There with the Best"
The DALI OBERON 5 is the ultimate performer. A compact and elegant floor-standing speaker, housing 2 x 5.25” wood fibre SMC based woofers and the series’ wide bandwidth 29mm (1.14") ultra-lightweight soft dome tweeter. This slim floorstander will surprise with its ability to deliver a deep firm bass. Together with the clear and well-defined midrange and the airy high frequencies, this speaker is at home with any music or movie sound track.
"These superb floorstanders are right up there with the best," reports a Five Star review in What Hi-fi?, April 28, 2020, which honored the Oberon 5 with a Best Floorstanding Speaker Award. "The Dali Oberon 5s are brilliantly musical and will fit into most rooms with ease."
Reporting on a multichannel package which includes the OBERON 5, What Hi-fi?, December 3, 2018 raves, "They produce a quality of sound only the very best at this level can get close to… If you’re looking for a small, unfussy pair of speakers we can’t think of anything more capable at this kind of price than these Dalis. They really are a joy."
"Supersonic Superstar"
"The Oberon 5 is a small-ish supersonic superstar. Seriously, in a small to medium-sized room, you need something else?" reports David Abramson in Stereo Times, who terms them "the most musically satisfying speakers I’ve ever owned. I didn’t say they were ‘the best’ or the bass-iest, or ‘particularly incredible at...,” I said the most musically satisfying."
In his September 29, 2020 review for Lifewire, Jonno Hill raves, "The Dali Oberon 5 is, inch-for-inch, the best floor speaker I’ve had the pleasure of listening to. The Danish manufacturer has done an incredible job of pairing a beautiful design and impressive sound with a space-friendly package."
Sophisticated Drivers
With the launch of the DALI OBERON loudspeaker series, DALI picked the best elements from its current speakers and brought them together in a series that delivers on audio quality, looks and versatility.
You will find it easy to integrate the OBERON 5 into any room, as both the driver materials and geometry applied have been selected to achieve a wide dispersion pattern in the listening area. The same principles have been applied in the design of the crossover.
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.
Wood Fiber Cone
The OBERON woofer features a wood fiber cone with a blend of fine grain paper pulp, reinforced with wood fibres, which creates 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 - minimizing the negative effects of the iron. The use of the SMC disk greatly reduces mechanical distortion, which lowers third order distortion. This allows for a longer listening pleasure, a relaxed midrange and a surprising amount of detail for its price class.
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 aluminum base mounted on the two floor-standing models.
Easy to Position
The driver materials, crossover design and geometry applied in the OBERON series has 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.
