Dali Epicon set in the test

You mean, there is nothing to improve in loudspeakers, just because many years has passed nothing breaker? You’re wrong. The possible improvements are slumbering in detail. And some have tracked the company DALI. The Danes have let themselves a lot of time and fumbled around for a long time. Not only did you want to launch an MK2 version of existing products, but you should start with a new line, which has it all.


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The wait has paid off: the new Epicon reference series, which has some technical highlights, has come out.


Proven membrane material


At the center of several years of research and development were the electrodynamic drive in general and the magnet system in particular. It has been found that the immediate environment of the oscillating coil, that is, the pole core and the pole plate, should not be electrically conductive as far as possible in order to avoid eddy currents induced by the oscillation coil

The Magnetic Composite Soft Magnetic Compound (SMC) is designed to help. Both the pole core and a part of the pole plate in the Epicon low and mid / mid-range drivers consist of this barely electrically conductive material. In conjunction with two aluminum rings above the pole core, the impedance profile is to be linearized and the distortions clearly minimized.


For the membranes, development engineer Kim Christiansen is using tried and tested: wood fibers embedded in pulp. They are light, stiff and have a proper inner damping. The new diaphragm geometry as well as new beads are to be used in conjunction with the linear drive magnet system and low-loss cross-section components to produce audibly lower distortions.


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In the high-frequency range, the Danes also use the combination of spheres and ribbons in the Epicon series. Improved sound management should harmonize the interaction of the two drivers. The main work is made by the 28 millimeter-sized fabric dome, the ribbon above 15 kilohertz for fine shine and airiness.


The chassis are housed in noble "presidential suites". The shells, which are reminiscent of ship's hulls, were formed from six-layer MDF boards under the influence of heat. While the front is 35 millimeters thick, the terminal cover has been milled out of the solid in the truest sense from the over 50 millimeters massive back. Stylish bass reflex tubes also open in the sleek rear.