D A L I T O H E P O F T S O I U N C D O N
From the visceral savagery of the Sex Pistols to the virtuosity of Vivaldi, music is art and the players the painters who pluck their notes from the palette of emotion. Just as art is subjective, so is music, and tastes and tones vary wildly from the raw and under-produced to the painstakingly prepared.
DALI LOUDSPEAKERS ARE DESIGNED, DEVELOPED AND PRODUCED IN ADMIRATION OF MUSIC.
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I O P T I C O N Combining the clean, cutting-edge lines of Danish design with both tried-and-tested and new technologies, the DALI OPTICON is a seven-strong range of speakers consisting of the OPTICON 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, LCR and VOKAL. Available in silk matte white, black and walnut finishes and with high-gloss white or black front baffle, all models feature DALI’s own unerringly accurate woofer and tweeter modules, plus the proprietary SMC pole piece.
DALI HERITAGE & CRAFTMANSHIP As famed for our innovation and invention as our which is why every new product we develop contains cutting-edge design, it was a Dane by the name the creative edge that has driven DALI to the top of of Valdemar Poulsen who started the whole home the loudspeaker tree. audio ball rolling way back in 1898 when he invented the first ever device capable of recording sound Driven by our passion for music and its honest magnetically.
I S T R O N G LY E N C O U R A G E T O T O G O O D L I S T E N S P E A K E R S A H U G E O U R O R P A R T P E O P L E M U S I C T H E Y ’ L L O F O N M I S S I T JJ RO SA F E AT U R E D A RT I S T JJ ROSA - Straight out of Stockport and London-based, JJ Rosa’s soul-soaked voice recalls legendary R&B performers – from Chaka Khan to Lauryn Hill. More than just a beautiful voice, she’s also mastered the guitar – learning to play through her dad’s Jimi Hendrix records.
OPTICON 1 Proof that good things come in small packages, the DALI OPTICON 1 stand-mount speaker sports a compact cabinet that, despite its dimensions, holds almost five litres of air allowing for greater sympathetic resonance and enhancing the pitch-perfect power of this deceptively potent loudspeaker.
OPTICON 2 Bringing a little more muscle to the party, the DALI OPTICON 2 is our second compact stand-mount option that builds on the power of the W H E R E OPTICON 1 with a sizeable 6½-inch wood-fibre, low-loss woofer and a W O R D S M U S I C F A I L , S P E A K S 28mm ultra-light soft dome tweeter to make it even more powerful.
OPTICON 5 Setting the stands aside now, the DALI OPTICON At just under 90cm in height, the OPTICON 5 5 marks the start of our floor-standing models. doesn’t dominate your room, but is still capable A performance powerhouse thanks to the of filling even the largest of rooms with precise, inclusion of our sensational 6½-inch wood detailed sound. fibre low-loss woofer working seamlessly with our hybrid tweeter.
OPTICON 6 W H E N W E L I S T E N M U S I C W E W A N T T O H E A R E V E R Y W H O L E T O T O G R E AT B E D E TA I L A B L E O F T H E P I C T U R E BAS IX Standing a metre high, the DALI OPTICON 6 is a master of music that delivers thunderous bass, perfectly pitched mids and soaring high notes effortlessly.
OPTICON 8 Ramping things right up comes the pinnacle of the range: the OPTICON 8. A towering floor-stander blessed with the best in DALI’s cutting-edge technology, if you want the ultimate in power and precision, the 8 is your answer.
OPTICON LCR For us audio and innovation should always the wall on which it’s mounted to extend go hand-in-hand, which is why we created the its acoustic properties. The result is truly OPTICON LCR – a wall-mount model that’s astounding bass response, despite a compact second to none in terms of flexibility cabinet, without the need for an additional and performance. subwoofer in your setup. Capable of operating as either an independent 2.
OPTICON VOKAL Completing both our OPTICON line up – and any serious Firstly, armed with our sublime 6½-inch wood-fibre, low-loss home cinema sound system – the OPTICON VOKAL centre woofer, hybrid tweeter module and front-pointing bass port, speaker presents the perfect harmony of power and control.
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DALI TECHNOLOGY Here at DALI we like to lead the way when it All models in the OPTICON series have an comes to innovation in audio, which is why every SMC-based magnet motor system driving the new loudspeaker we produce is a fusion of both lightweight wood fibre cone, working in perfect known and new technology, building on that which synergy with the unique hybrid tweeter module has gone before, taking the best elements of the and individual bass reflex ports for each woofer existing, making them
THE SMC THE WOOFER THE TWEETER Pioneered for our top-end EPICON series, welcome A cone constructed from a wood-fibre and There are three different tweeter modules across the to the wonder that is the DALI SMC. A Soft Magnetic paper mixture base makes the DALI OPTICON OPTICON range, each tailored to suit specific models Compound consisting of a coated magnetic woofer lightweight and also results in very low and produce the optimum performance possible.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OPTICON 1 OPTICON 2 OPTICON 5 OPTICON 6 OPTICON 8 OPTICON LCR OPTICON VOKAL 62 - 26,500 59 - 27,000 51 - 32,000 49 - 32,000 38 - 32,000 72 - 32,000 47 - 32,000 Sensitivity [2.83V/1m] [dB] 86 87 88 89 88 90.5 89.
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