You're comparing kind of totally different speaker designs. Dali speakers are very wide dispersion, they even say to listen off axis, dynaudio are narrow dispersion which works good for HT. What I would do is toss the Dali in the HT setup and see what you think I believe the panning might be a bit strange but you may like it. I know it's not going to match your center channel but it could give you an idea of the sound.
DALI Opticon or Dynaudio Evoke help please?!
Hello All,
Let me start off by saying I currently have Dynaudio Evoke 50's, 25C, and a pair of 10's in a 5.4 channel setup. I have 4 SVS subs and these are all driven by a Simaudio Moon Titan HT 200 5 channel amp. I will say I love the Evokes! However I just added a pair of DALI Oberon 7's for my living room as a backup. Up until this point I have never heard DALI's. I got a great deal on an open box pair and since they're Danes like the Dyn's I figured they'd be similar thus I was comfortable buying unheard. Well not only did they blow me away as I was truly not expecting what they can do, I have to admit it's making me think of going for DALI Opticon and selling my Evokes? My wife thinks I'm crazy and I know that I am, but I just can't get this out of my head. The problem (outside of having to list and sell, box up, and ship the Evokes) is I cannot listen to the DALI's as there is no dealer near me. But with what I've heard with the Oberons I'm so intrigued with the idea of the Opticons...So I'm thinking of a pair of the Opticon 8's, Vokal, and a pair of the 2's...
Any of you had the chance to compare the 2 lines or has anyone heard the Opticon line, specifically the 8's? The thing is the Oberon's are very close in many ways to the Evokes (not even a fair comparison as the Evokes are 3x the price), and that's why I'm so intrigued by what the Opticon 8's might be capable of? Like I said this was all innocent enough and had nothing to do with being disappointed in the Evokes. The reason I bought the Oberons is I sent my Titan amp to Simaudio for some "cleaning and calibrating" so I needed a backup system just to get me by. I never ever thought this could lead to this kind of conundrum.
Any help/advice/opinions would be greatly appreciated. And I am not interested in any other speakers. DALI or stay put with Dynaudio?
Thanks All in advance!
Let me start off by saying I currently have Dynaudio Evoke 50's, 25C, and a pair of 10's in a 5.4 channel setup. I have 4 SVS subs and these are all driven by a Simaudio Moon Titan HT 200 5 channel amp. I will say I love the Evokes! However I just added a pair of DALI Oberon 7's for my living room as a backup. Up until this point I have never heard DALI's. I got a great deal on an open box pair and since they're Danes like the Dyn's I figured they'd be similar thus I was comfortable buying unheard. Well not only did they blow me away as I was truly not expecting what they can do, I have to admit it's making me think of going for DALI Opticon and selling my Evokes? My wife thinks I'm crazy and I know that I am, but I just can't get this out of my head. The problem (outside of having to list and sell, box up, and ship the Evokes) is I cannot listen to the DALI's as there is no dealer near me. But with what I've heard with the Oberons I'm so intrigued with the idea of the Opticons...So I'm thinking of a pair of the Opticon 8's, Vokal, and a pair of the 2's...
Any of you had the chance to compare the 2 lines or has anyone heard the Opticon line, specifically the 8's? The thing is the Oberon's are very close in many ways to the Evokes (not even a fair comparison as the Evokes are 3x the price), and that's why I'm so intrigued by what the Opticon 8's might be capable of? Like I said this was all innocent enough and had nothing to do with being disappointed in the Evokes. The reason I bought the Oberons is I sent my Titan amp to Simaudio for some "cleaning and calibrating" so I needed a backup system just to get me by. I never ever thought this could lead to this kind of conundrum.
Any help/advice/opinions would be greatly appreciated. And I am not interested in any other speakers. DALI or stay put with Dynaudio?
Thanks All in advance!
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