- Dali’s new Stereo Kupid speakers cost £ 299 (around $ 400 / Au $ 625)
- 4.5 -inch woofer with tweeter tailored to 26 mm
- 4 ohm impedance makes them easy to play from any stereo amplifier
The Dali high fidelity company has just announced a new pair of budget stereo shelf speakers, and as someone who has been testing the model just above them in the house range recently, I think they could be very interesting.
The new speakers are called Dali Kupid, and they hope to make you fall in love with their funky color options (as well as more traditional wood finishes), and their promise of a detailed and pleasant sound for an audiophiles at a low price of only £ 299 (Around $ 400 / AU $ 625: No price for the United States or Australia has been confirmed at the time of writing).
They sit between the cheapest shelf speakers of Dali Spektor 1 ($ 280 / £ 199 / AU $ 499) and the impressive Dali Oberon speakers 1 ($ 600 / £ 399 / AU $ 749), which obtained five stars from our friends in which Hi-Fi? in their reviews of those products.
I have been using the Dali Oberon 1 at home recently as part of trying a new transmission amplifier, and they are really quite surprising for the price when it comes to details and musicality, which means that I think these could really be a fantastic value.
The Kupid are built with a 26 mm tweeter custom designed bired with an average 4.5 -inch woofer. While Woofer seems to be very similar to one in Spektor 1, the combination with a new tweeter and a different serious reflection design could produce a broader sound than Spektor 1.
Although this said, I must keep in mind that the Kupid are classified for slightly less extensive basis than Spektor 1 (63Hz for the Kupid and 59Hz for the Spektor), but the specifications numbers never tell the whole story with the speakers, so it would expect a more complete sound of the kupid when it is invoiced in all the elements of the design.
One of the great Kupid approaches seems to be easy to live: Dali suggests that they should be quite little childish to place and get a good sound, and come with wall supports in the box and rubber feet.
They are also reasonably small, and can feed comfortably from the amplification of 4 ohms, so budget amplifiers should not have problems obtaining their best sound. Dali says that they should sound very calm and loud, so they are suitable for many different environments; This is something that Oberon 1 is great, so I do not doubt it here.
And perhaps the most great of everything, come in five great finishes for different tastes: black ash, walnut, caramel white, golden yellow and cold blue.
An excellent way to advance to the details of the shelf speakers?
It seems that they would combine very well with something like the cash amplifier and stereo pro-goly, which costs $ 349 / £ 199 and should have enough power for these speakers, also has built-in Bluetooth. That would give lovely analog audio components of two large Hi-Fi manufacturers, all in a size, in addition to the convenience of wireless connectivity, all for less than £ 500 in total, in the United Kingdom.
If compared to a similar wireless stereo speakers configuration, something like a pair of speakers from the Era of Sonos, it only costs a little less, surely listening to a big difference in detail and clarity of the high fidelity system.
With much larger speakers, more air moved and more space for powerful components, you will find that music has much more space to express than a smaller system. This generally means that you will get the experience of listening to ‘new’ elements in songs, or you can simply appreciate them again with an improved sound profile.
Actually, I did a comparison listening test recently between a pair of stereo speakers Sonos were 300 and the Dali Oberon 1 speakers with the new Wiim Amp ultra promoting them, and although the sound speakers gave a great account of them hand in hand. Basically, all things that make you feel really immersed in a song are driven.
Obviously, we will have to give them a real test to see if they can do the same at a lower price, but given my recent experience with Dali’s speakers and the company’s history, I think they seem a good threat to our list of the best stereo speakers.
