Recommended - Home Cinema Choice
Best Buy Home Theatre Speaker System 2019-2020 – EISA
Precise, Clear, and Detailed Sound Performance
The DALI OBERON ON-WALL is a slim, discreet and surprisingly powerful on-wall speaker, which utilizes DALI's unique on-wall bass port system. Despite its compact size, the on-wall speaker will render audio like a much larger model, due to its combination of technologies. The slim profile of the speakers makes it easy to integrate into any room.
"Supremely stylish and well-made on-wall cabinets from DALI, with an accomplished performance," reports Mark Craven in Home Cinema Choice, which awarded the OBERON ON-WALL with “Recommended” status. "They reveal an exceptional mid-range clarity, which results in lifelike vocals with music and strong instrumentation… Bass punch is admirable, too; the drums in the intro to Slash's rock'n'roller Ghost (Tidal) have a good leading edge."
The DALI OBERON system also won a Best Product 2019-2020 Award for "Best Buy Home Theater Speaker System" from EISA, the European Imaging and Sound Association, a unique association of nearly 60 trade publications from 29 European countries.
"Overall, this is a fine addition to the on-wall speaker market, and one that doesn’t have a stratospheric price tag. Sound quality is robust and nuanced, and the cabinet design is really quite eye-catching," notes 7review.com. "Recommended."
Extremely Capable Drivers
DALI united the best elements from its current speakers and brought them together in the OBERON ON-WALL to deliver on audio quality, looks and versatility. The OBERON ON-WALL houses an oversized 29mm (1.14”) soft dome tweeter together with a 5.25" SMC based wood fiber woofer. This combination is supported by a unique down-firing bass port design, which lets the OBERON ON-WALL use the wall to extend the bass performance. For this reason, it's the perfect choice for both stereo and surround setups.
To achieve a wide dispersion pattern in the listening area, the driver materials and geometry applied have been carefully selected. 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 loudspeakers 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.
