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DALI Opticon 6 Loudspeaker Preview

Well, lookey at what I have here. It’s a pair of DALI Opticon 6 floorstanding speakers. I have wanted to review a pair of DALI speakers for a long time and this is the first chance I’ve had to make that a reality.

The Opticon series is almost entirely designed and manufactured by DALI, with most parts originating from their Denmark facility while some come from DALI’s dedicated Chinese factory. DALI designs and makes the cabinets, woofers, ribbon tweeter, crossovers and all the plastic bits themselves. The dome tweeter is manufactured by Scanspeak to DALI’s design specifications. All assembly, testing, and packing are done in Denmark.

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DALI is packing in much of their incredible proprietary technology with the new Opticon series. Maybe the most prominent of these is the hybrid tweeter that features a soft dome tweeter working in tandem with a ribbon super tweeter. The claimed treble extension is up to 32 kHz!

They also included a pair of their famous woofers with the wood pulp cones and magnet structures that feature Soft Magnetic Compound in the pole piece. The dual woofers measure 6-1/2” each and are in a rear-ported cabinet. The claimed bass extension is 49 Hz, though my in-room bass extension is much better than this. Details will be in the main review.

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These compact towers are gorgeous and feature a clean, articulate quality. Keep your eyes out for my complete review coming soon to the Secrets main site.

DALI Opticon 6 Speakers

Jim Clements

Jim Clements has been an audio nut since childhood where you could find him underfoot at his local high end store on most weekends. (This particular shop was within walking distance of Jim's home, much to the chagrin of the owner and his staff.) Jim's audio journey started early because he loved great music of all kinds. And he still does. Like most audiophiles, Jim was not particularly inspired by a vast majority of the audio systems he encountered. So his quest grew through his efforts to recreate a live listening experience in the home. This has proven to be a never ending quest. One major offshoot of all this is that Jim has become something of a cinema enthusiast as well. So now he's working on the video and surround sound conundrums too. Since perfect recreation of sound and video is a goal to be pursued but never attained, Jim derives his pleasure from the journey itself. He wants to help our readers on their own personal quests by reviewing products thoroughly and objectively. On a personal note, Jim is a Professional Engineer, licensed in California and Texas. He currently has his own engineering practice in San Antonio, Texas. Jim is also part owner of a small chain of craft beer growler stations in South Texas.