DALI Oberon 3 Bookshelf Speaker - Black (Pair)

Sound awesome..good bass

These speakers are the best overall value you can get under $2000 for two-channel music enjoyment. They are musical, exciting, dynamic and balanced. The soundstage and imaging is incredible, and placement has never been easier. On top of everything else, they have a 7" bass driver where most other brands top out at 6.5" drivers.These speakers allow you to listen until you decide to do those other things life calls on you to do; in other words they don't tire you out! I have owned the Wharfedale Diamonds and Evo 4.1, Elac B6.2, and SVS Prime as well as some others that are not worth mentioning. I still own Elac Uni-Fi UB52, Polk RTi-A3, and Pioneer BS-22. All of these speakers have their own good qualities but none of them -- absolutely none of them -- can stand up to the Dali Oberon 3 sound. Of all those speakers mentioned above I would have to say that the Elac Uni-Fi would come closest to producing a great musical experience; they just aren't lively enough neither do they have that big soundstage presence that the Dali does.I salute Dali for their commitment to excellence and for producing a speaker system that is a pleasure to listen to all the time and that didn't cause me to take out a second mortgage to afford. Incidentally, I now have two pairs of these great speakers! I am preparing to go to the next level with Dali because if these are this good, I can only imagine what the next level must be like.

I've been running these for around a month and feel I have a good understanding of their sound. Little background: I've had a pair of Klipsch RP-600Ms for around a year and, while I love the dynamic sound, I found them a bit too fatiguing in long listening sessions. Because of this my goal was to find a pair of speakers that retain the dynamics while providing a smoother, less fatiguing delivery. I purchased these DALIs based on a recommendation and couldn't be more pleased. In my experience they take about 20-30 hours of break-in to start blooming, but once you get passed this they sound fantastic! They have a sound that I can best describe as lush. It's detailed without sounding rigid and a bit forward without sounding bright. The tweeter and driver maintain great cohesion and delivery a very balanced, smooth sound that never gets fatiguing. I can listen to these for hours on end without getting tired. They're also fantastic with off-axis performance and are designed to be pointed straight forward. Because of this I found them much easier to position than my old speakers, which were a bit finicky with placement. This is super important to me because my listening room is small and I don't have a lot of room to experiment with placement. I currently have them paired with a Rega IO amplifier and cannot be more pleased with the sound!

Paired these Dali Oberon 3 speakers with a Willsenton R8 tube amplifier and an Eversolo A6 Master streamer. Incredible clarity and more bass than I had inticipated for bookshelf speakers. The speakers come with what looks like scatches on the woofer but this is normal and is natural wood fibers used in the manufacturing process. Also I recommend using without the grill cover for better performance. Great value! Highy recommended.

Smooth and balanced sound. Use with Cambridge CXA 61 and U-Turn Turntable/Preamp. Did quite a bit of research and kept coming back to these. Highly recommended!

Great soundstage, great imagery, and excellent midrange! I have been enjoying these speakers connected to a Reisong A10, using Roon, on a Rendu streamer.