DALI Rubicon 8 loudspeaker Associated Equipment

Sidebar 2: Associated Equipment

Analog Sources: Linn Sondek LP12 turntable with Lingo power supply, Linn Ekos tonearm, Linn Arkiv B cartridge.
Digital Sources: Ayre Acoustics C-5xeMP universal player; Apple 2.7GHz i7 Mac mini running OS10.10.1, iTunes 11, Pure Music 2.0, Audirvana Plus 1.5.10; PS Audio PerfectWave DirectStream, Ayre Acoustics QB-9 D/A processors; dCS Vivaldi upsampling D/A system; Ayre Acoustics QA-9 USB A/D converter.
Preamplification: Channel D Seta L phono preamplifier; Pass Labs XP-30, Ayre Acoustics KX-R Twenty line preamplifiers.
Power Amplifiers: Pass Labs XA60.5, Ayre Acoustics MX-R Twenty (both monoblocks).
Loudspeakers: KEF LS50.
Cables: Digital: AudioQuest Coffee, Belkin Gold USB, Kubala-Sosna Elation! AES/EBU, Transparent USB (with dCS Vivaldi). Interconnect (balanced): AudioQuest Wild Blue (with PS Audio/dCS), Cardas Clear (with Ayre). Speaker: Kubala-Sosna Elation! (with Pass Labs), Cardas Clear (with Ayre). AC: Kubala-Sosna Elation!, manufacturers' own.
Accessories: Target TT-5 equipment racks; Ayre Acoustics Myrtle Blocks; ASC Tube Traps, RPG Abffusor panels; VPI Bricks, Shunyata Research Dark Field cable elevators; APC S-15, Audio Power Industries 116 Mk.II & PE-1 AC line conditioners (hard drive, computers). AC power comes from two dedicated 20A circuits, each just 6' from breaker box.—John Atkinson

COMPANY INFO
DALI A/S
US distributor: The Sound Organisation
1009 Oakmead Dr.
Arlington, TX 76011
(972) 234-0182
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dalethorn's picture

It's fascinating what changes are possible with advancing materials technology. Someday we'll be 3-D printing speakers at home from patterns we buy off the Internet, much like we buy music tracks and e-books now. One of the greatest things future listeners will enjoy is the fact that since physical speakers today are an inventory item and expense, there's only so much flexibility possible in getting an 'ideal' speaker to perform in a variety of rooms. In the future, the patterns to print will offer numerous options to tweak the speakers ahead of printing them, or doing modifications afterward.

I mention this only after reading the article and seeing how DALI is using new technology in their magnet designs etc.

SNI's picture

To me it seems that all the drivers are connected in noninverted acoustic polarity, but the speaker as a whole was conected in inverted polarity during the measurement.
I suggest that the step response should på turned upside down to paint the real picture.
Anyways this is impressive time domain behavior, I do not recall any speaker matching this.
In combination with the frequency response, the impedance and phase, this could prove to be a very neutral reproducer.
Wonder what their top of the line Epicon can do.

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