Most of the movies I watch don't even have stereo soundtracks, let alone surround, but when my kids want to watch contemporary movies it'll be fun to experience them as intended. The primary use for these speakers is in my barn/ home theater (20' X 14' X 14' ceiling) as rear surrounds powered w/ the NAD to compliment the mains - a Harbeth P3ESR/Bryston 4BSST2/BP-6 combo. What folllows is pretty unscientific, long-winded, with a lot of variables, and in a very eccentric setup, nevertheless it may still be useful to someone out there. keeping them- although I wasn't sure at first. OK - I just spent 3 hours fooling around w/ the ELACs and NAD 326 C BEE integrated amp. I wonder if that is what is making the sound so fundamentally different? The Dali has a"wood fiber" woofer cone and a soft textile tweeter cone. It's not a negative sorta neutral: it's how music really sounds. I would not have noticed how much the Wharfedale's color the music if I had not listened to the Dali speakers. The Dali isn't coloring the music as much as the Wharfedale products. The Dali is sounding much more realistic, with sound stage presentation comparable to a Klipsch R15-M I tried, but with much better sounding bass. It's a very neutral and realistic sound.įrequency Range (+/-3 dB) 53 - 26,500 The mids are very well rendered with lots of definition. You can hear the vibrato when the stand-up bass is bowing. Instruments are sounding like musical instruments. The bass is very true and vibrant, and the highs are spot-on. At low volume levels it sounds most like a more expensive BBC near-field monitor. It's the only one that seems to be exceeding expectations and sounding more expensive than it is. So far they're knocking the socks off every other sub-$600 bookshelf speaker I've tried from Wharfedale Elac and Klipsch. Right now I'm trying out a pair of Dali Zensor 1 speakers in my 10x10 home space. Just buy them and try out at home for a few days. My space at home is also small, and I never use my speakers past about 30% volume, so I need efficient speakers at low volume just like you. If it sounds muddled in mid at low volume or string instruments don't sound defined or voices don't sound clear as a bell at low volume then I know the speaker won't work for me. But you can get a good sense of a speaker's capabilities with the simple listening test I try at very low volume. ![]() Soundstage and bass boominess etc I have to evaluate at home. That's about all I can do in a sales demo room. I listen for naturalness of string and voice. I look to see if bass notes sound thin from a bass instrument. I have the sales rep turn volume way way down and then I listen closely to just one speaker. 87db and 6 ohms looks pretty good to me! If it was 8 ohms I'd consider other models in this price range, but 6 ohms looks good, and when I listened they sounded good. ![]() The specs look excellent, and they are under $300.
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