Dali Oberon 5 - Review - Way better than we expected!

[@antonyharding5360]

Thank you for taking the time to show us these speakers, have a good day Phil, regards Antony, Warrington Cheshire...

[@joergwittenberg2178]

Thanks for the review of the beautiful dali speakers. Dali is one of my favorite brands and Dali built high-quality and for my taste good sounding speakers

[@stnkfst8639]

I’ve owned a pair for a couple of months now. I’m really happy with the quality. Exactly as you said: really outperforming their price! I’m running them on a NAD C368 amplifier, great combo these!

[@shaunroberts9285]

These are undoubtedly Dali's surprise hero, who quickly upped the price after the initial posive reviews. I have Opticon 2 and Meneuts rotating in my other set ups and bought these for general family daytime listening. Tbh like a few others I was unimpressed with them for a considerable amount of time, there was a shrill from the right hand speaker high frequencies I was not comfortable with. Tested with any source or DAC phase settings. I nearly returned them, however i gave them about 120 hours mid volume listening, and overnight they became a true marvel!! I wouldnt expect a floostander at this price point to have such mids clarity, a good soundstage, and the detail and seperation was superb too. So, thanks for the review, I agree with your assesment, much better than expected. Interesting is the construction of the covers, normally Dali's have thin material with carefully designed frames for rhe construction. The Oberon 5's seem to move away from this with thick ribbing covering the drivers, its almost like forcing soundwaves through a cheese grater! Despite Dali advice, I like the sound with the grilles off, if the drivers have indeed been tuned to cater for such unnecessary obstruction, this surely just cannot be the best solution for optimum sound..? And yes, at this price point the covers should have magnets, wake up Dali. Great reviews, please keep up the good work...

[@fatboyvin]

Is it worth going for the Dali Menuet SE over these oberon 5 with audiolab 6000A? Price difference is around $500 in my city. Kindly help.

[@shaunroberts9285]

The menuets are great speakers with wonderful mid bass, and go lower than expected for such small speakers. I have a 6000a and they will have good synergy, but for a mid/large room for full sound, you will need to add a small subwoofer linked to the 6000a.

[@seanoreilly8603]

I've had then for 2 years now. Really good speakers. Amplifier was a Rega Brio. Great. Now a willsenton r8. Still great. You should sell loads of these.

[@РуфатШиралиев-л8л]

Hi Mr. Dali Oberon very bad made, bad and cheapest. And Rega very primitive amplifier, like Dali cheapest made. Look and listen: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXfGnYRuerKYZpo

[@davethornley1955]

Also had a pair for 2 years. Think I paid £599 what a bargain. Dali actually recommend or did at the time that one uses the grilles, and no toe in. Think the alternative grille colour which was available called mushroom did actually look nicer on the light oak version.

[@markjohnathanappleton8642]

Love your videos always informative and interesting keep up the good work 👍

[@stuartbailey445]

Got these paired with Audiolab 6000A (£250 saving on individual retail) then added Audiolab 6000CDT - excellent! Upgraded with M-DAC (£200 off on offer, thanks Sevenoaks!) Much better on CD thereafter- so they do handle upgrades. Sounds great with newly acquired Rega P3 50th TT 😊

[@rubickon]

You have a wonderful voice

[@15therock]

You should give the Opticon 1 MK2 an extended listen, definitely punch well above their station!!

[@mickgrundy4615]

Thanks for that pal interesting review

[@bigambientdeath]

Got an open box pair for £550, thought they were a bit boomy & boxy, so topped up the meagre cabinet lining with some wool wadding, problem solved, loved them ever since, paired them with a Denon pma 800 and now a Rotel A11 tribute, they sound superb with both amps.

[@pbr84]

How did you attach the wool wadding? Did you remove the speakers and pushed the wool into the holes and then only on the sides and back? Or can the front be removed?

[@bigambientdeath]

@@pbr84 I put the speaker on its side with a pillow under the tweeter end, carefully removed but not unplug the main drivers, cut a piece of wadding folded it in half and jammed it at the back of the cabinet without out any glue, just incase I didn't like how it sounded, also rolled a piece of wadding and filled the gap at the front of the cabinet that goes down as far as the bass port, gently stood them up, been happy ever since, did have a look to see if I could get the crossover out as well but there was not enough spare cable on them, fortunately the original lining goes to the bottom, hope that's clear enough 👍

[@pbr84]

@@bigambientdeath Thanks for the answer. I am going to think about it if i am going to add some extra wadding.

[@vangmx]

I have the next model up with the Oberon 7. Had them paired up with a Yamaha AS501 amp and went all out with a Rotel 1592 MK2. They sounded great with the Yammy and they sound cleaner with the Rotel. Perhaps it’s probably time that I upgrade to the next level up with the Dalis. Choices choices choices… haha

[@CinemaDemocratica]

I wonder if our host would consider these a price-appropriate comp with the Acoustic Energy AE 109ii, or with the Acoustic Energy AE 309, and whether he would prefer the Dali or the AE's.

[@msironen]

I recently purchased the Oberon 7s and I love them. In fact I love them so much that I ordered the white grilles in order to match the all white finish that I picked, which for some god forsaken reason also come with those grey grilles! That's my only complaint (and it's the same thing across the range). Want white grilles to match your white speakers? Well that's just extra, son.

[@goutomdutta586]

Hi, nice review. I am thinking of pairing it with an Atoll in100. I like crisp treble (but not fatigue). Need your thoughts

[@pauledwards8721]

I keep thinking of changing my trusty 1030i Q Acoustics for a pair of these. They’re generally just a bit brighter than the Q Acoustics from what I’ve heard? (Low end doesn’t worry me so much as I crossover at 100hz in my setup).

[@XburdaM]

I have Oberon 5 running on the Onkyo TX-8250 and sound is really amazing with enough bass and clear middle and high frequency range with a lot of details. but cabinets must stay at least 50 cm far away from the wall otherwise sound is boomy.

[@Becin]

These, Kef Q550 or Acoustic Energy 109 MKII ?

[@jamesmoore4827]

Nice review. I'm in the market for my first real "audiophile" set up and I'm torn between these and Monitor Audio Silver 200. Have you or anyone reading this heard the two and which would you prefer? Cheers.

[@ginomoujik8488]

I demoed them (6G) side by side with Dali Opticon 6. Very similar open sound.. MAs are a touch more forward sounding. Both are leaps and bounds better than Oberon 5s.

[@dingbat19]

Not sure anything much beats these for the size to be honest, they are so diminutive yet pack a real punch - I don't need a sub with these, which is very surprising. Maybe because my Cyrus amplification is really punchy.

[@markorchard2272]

I have pair of 5s with 9000A/CDT. OUT bloody STANDING. But I can't help noticing that DALI have almost disappeared from view (review-wise).

[@ginomoujik8488]

I demoed Oberon 5 with Rega Io and found them really hard to drive. Even Oberon 3 filled a medium room better. Oberon 5 seem to be pushed a lot everywhere, but I was underwhelmed and would listen to others from the series and of course Opticon 6 are amazing and easier to drive and much better value for the money IMHO.

[@djme-123]

Agreed, the Oberon 5s weren’t for me.

[@LeoRousseau]

I'm shocked that you were underwhelmed with the Oberon 5's. I have them and I'm blown away by the performance of them. I'm streaming Qobuz from a Bluesound Node 2i into a Denafrips Ares II dac to a Rogue Audio Sphinx v3 and maybe I'm missing something, but I think it sounds awesome. Weird. 🇺🇦🇺🇸👊

[@djme-123]

@@LeoRousseau I had mine in a smaller listening and thought they need quite a lot of driving. At lower volumes, they just didn’t shine for me. The dealer said it’s the first time someone had returned a pair.

[@LeoRousseau]

@@djme-123 yeah, I completely understand. I actually returned a pair of Linton's because of the veiled highs. It killed me to do it because they sounded good otherwise and such a beautiful looking cabinet. I loved the mahogany! I'm selling a Rogue Audio Sphinx v3 if you know of anyone interested. Have a great Thanksgiving! 🇺🇦🇺🇸👊

[@djme-123]

@@LeoRousseau I made a typo. I meant listened in a smaller listening room.

[@kolakaos]

Hi, Can I use these Oberon fives in a room measuring 12 x 14 foot with 13 foot ceilings with a speaker distance from wall of 3 inch?

[@turokforever007]

Im using mine in corners so added foam bungs, and it removed any bass boom

[@paulbruce3779]

Very similar to the Elac debut reference floor standers

[@joeenright6420]

Would a rega io be ok for these speakers

[@andymill32]

Dali Specs: Recommended Amp. Power [Watts] 30 - 150, the IOs specs: Power Output 30 W per channel into 8 Ω. You'd be on the lower end so I would get a better amp.

[@spacemanspiff8837]

Anyone ever tell you that you talk like Tony Iommi?

[@twentyfivenhot]

the drivers are made from keflar

[@Northernlanes]

I was hoping to hear their sound ...

[@pauldron1254]

wouldn't make much sense through youtube and though your own speakers

[@torehy5912]

Exactly. Been wondering the same for years 😅