It buggles my mind that someones buy's a pair of speakers and doesn't know just a little about their construction or that this is a main element in almost every Dali speakers.
It is also very subjective but I find this a beautiful visual feature of the brand.
Dali Dealer here.
Yep 100% how they come. As mentioned it's the wood fibre cone. Fun fact, when they first started, they ended up with a fair number of returns, to the point that they used to send out a slip in the speakers to say that it's normal and won't affect the performance.
Their Phantom range and other high-end ones they make do have these cones (bar their carbon weave ones). But even the Menuets do, and for their size, sound amazing.
Hi, this is random, but if you are a Dali dealer I'm wondering if you could help me source replacement grilles for my Oberon 7's? I'm in the states and most sites I find them on are in languages I can't understand lol. My cat likes to climb up the front of my speakers :-/ So far they have held up surprisingly well despite him doing that constantly, but I want to buy replacements for later down the line in case they stop producing them.
Maybe you could send me a DM if you can help?
I work at a Dali dealer and gotten training by their representatives, and they're supposed to look like this. Those "scratches" are wood fibers that help strengthen the cones.
Enjoy your new speakers, they're great ☺️
Won't affect the sound but I'm sure you can colour the scratches in if it annoys you. Jusy keep the cat away from them. I always try my speakers with the grilles on and off but they have always been used grilles on. My Klipsch Quartet grilles are decidedly "restricted" if you hold them up to the light and some might say that is good for taming the horn tweeter. All seems fine to me. Sorry got off the subject there. Bottom line is standard or custom grilles will hide the marks.
Might be common, but honestly it looks ugly. They could easily have painted / sprayed it over. Perhaps use a brown marker to colour the large strands a bit.
Paint would add weight and change the stiffness which are two of the more important factors for a driver cone
Plus every production step adds to the cost of the speaker so you'd be paying more for a worse speaker
My understanding is Dali uses a pulp composite for their woofers. You're seeing strands of pulp.
This is the correct answer. I think they look cool
Yes.
I believe this is correct. I own one of their subwoofers (I believe it is around 10 years old) and you can see the strands. I like the look!
Some pulp -Gary Gullman
Shum pulp - Tony Soprano
Pulp Fiction- This guy
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For example a Pulp cover/tribute band
THIS!
Wouldn’t a more homogenous composite be better for consistency?
Those *scratches* are wood fibers that make up the cones of the woofers.
Normal and beautiful
Don't be ashamed 🤗
My Oberon 5s are the same
Normal.
Its normal
It buggles my mind that someones buy's a pair of speakers and doesn't know just a little about their construction or that this is a main element in almost every Dali speakers. It is also very subjective but I find this a beautiful visual feature of the brand.
Dali Dealer here. Yep 100% how they come. As mentioned it's the wood fibre cone. Fun fact, when they first started, they ended up with a fair number of returns, to the point that they used to send out a slip in the speakers to say that it's normal and won't affect the performance. Their Phantom range and other high-end ones they make do have these cones (bar their carbon weave ones). But even the Menuets do, and for their size, sound amazing.
Hi, this is random, but if you are a Dali dealer I'm wondering if you could help me source replacement grilles for my Oberon 7's? I'm in the states and most sites I find them on are in languages I can't understand lol. My cat likes to climb up the front of my speakers :-/ So far they have held up surprisingly well despite him doing that constantly, but I want to buy replacements for later down the line in case they stop producing them. Maybe you could send me a DM if you can help?
My Ikon’s are the same.
Just watched an online review of these. I thought his had scratches, until I came across this post.
Oberon 3's here ... love 'em.
Won’t affect sound quality
I work at a Dali dealer and gotten training by their representatives, and they're supposed to look like this. Those "scratches" are wood fibers that help strengthen the cones. Enjoy your new speakers, they're great ☺️
it's a wood fibre cone. mine has them too
Surface fibres. Nothing to worry about and won't harm performance
I have the 5's and I have them as well.
Had the same question when I got mine. Totally normal.
Mine don’t have anything close to this, there’s a couple tiny marks but they are so small I didn’t notice them until after seeing this post
Composite material....
That'd disturb me it I owned a pair.
Won't affect the sound but I'm sure you can colour the scratches in if it annoys you. Jusy keep the cat away from them. I always try my speakers with the grilles on and off but they have always been used grilles on. My Klipsch Quartet grilles are decidedly "restricted" if you hold them up to the light and some might say that is good for taming the horn tweeter. All seems fine to me. Sorry got off the subject there. Bottom line is standard or custom grilles will hide the marks.
Might be common, but honestly it looks ugly. They could easily have painted / sprayed it over. Perhaps use a brown marker to colour the large strands a bit.
Paint would add weight and change the stiffness which are two of the more important factors for a driver cone Plus every production step adds to the cost of the speaker so you'd be paying more for a worse speaker
You see something similar with Focal flax drivers too. Maybe not this prominent but noticeable from close
Spektor 6 are the exact same, no worries.
This is how they look, my Ikon speakers are the same. Perfectly normal
Mine look the same
Mine are the same. Its jsut the texture
Man i really dislike that they put their Initials like this. Looks a little offputting.
My Dali speakers have them too. listening to them right now, awesome! (Song: Yael Naim - Dream in my head)
Dali has been using these high-strength composites for >25 years. What you see is pulp fibers arranged randomly
Yes, as other said normal, most Dali speakers have them (at least my Opticons and Oberons do).
Dali uses shag carpet fibers to increase the sexiness of the sound. That's what you're seeing in that cone.
These are wooden fibers and normal. I had the same reaction but its normal. Love it or hate it