OWNERS MANUAL
Danish Audiophile Loudspeaker Industries DALI is a highly respected manufacturer of loudspeakers for music lovers around the world. The factory in Denmark controls all facilities of the loudspekaer production, including the development and design of cabinets, crossover components and custom drive units. With firstclass equipment and know-how, it is possible for DALI to develop and produce loudspeakers according to the highest subjective and technical standards, while maintaining close tolerance limits.
UNPACKING Most DALI models are delivered in pairs. The loudspeakers are typically marked (L) left or (R) right. Place the loudspeakers to the left and to the right as seen from the listening position. The DALI R1000 however, are marked A or B. In this case please check the paragraph about placement. For the floor standing models spikes are included in the packing - please check this before discarding the packing.
CONNECTIONS Always switch off your amplifier/receiver before changing any connections. Always use cables of the same type and of the same length for the left and right loudspeakers. Always connect loudspeakers in the right side of the listening room to the output terminals marked (R) or (Right) on the amplifier and loudspeakers in the left side of the listening room to the output terminals marked (L) or (Left) on the amplifier.
Single-wiring By single-wiring one cable is connected from the amplifier s loudspeaker output to each single loudspeaker. On those loudspeaker models having two terminal pairs, the straps delivered with the loudspeakers must be installed between the upper and lower terminal pair: one between the two red terminals and one between the two black terminals of the loudspeaker (fig. 2). With the straps installed, it is recommended that you connect the cables from the amplifier to the upper terminal pair. Fig.
PLACEMENT Even the slightest changes of a loudspeakers placement in a room has big influence on the sound. The spacious experience and the tonal balance will for instance be effected by this. DALI therefore recommends that you experiment to find the optimum placement. Notice that your DALI loudspeakers should not be installed in places where they are exposed to direct sunlight. In this connection, here are a few but useful pieces about placement: Avoid objects between loudspeakers and listening position.
A placement on the side wall and with R1000 placed somewhat behind the listening position is recommended (fig. 8). The bottom tweeter unit in R1000 should be turned towards the listening position. Please notice that in case of side wall placement the R1000 marked A on the rear side label is meant for the left rear channel and B for the right rear channel (with rear wall placement this is the other way around). This way you ensure an angling towards the listening position.
THE LISTENING ROOM All listening rooms have their particular unique acoustic properties which has a big influence on how we experience the sound from the loudspeakers. Basically, it has to do with the way the room embraces the sound and then gets rid of it again, and you can do something about that yourself. When loudspeakers are playing in a room, you will not only hear the sound directly, but also a number of reflections from the floor, walls and the ceiling.
POWER AND SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL A loudspeakers ability to play loud depends very much on the signal it has to reproduce. It will therefore be practically impossible to define an unambiguous maximum level so that the figure can be used in a sensible way. In practice, however, you can say that a lot of pure, undistorted power from a big amplifier is better than a distorted signal from a small amplifier pushed beyond its limits.
USEFUL SPECIFICATIONS A lot of more or less objective measurements of loudspeakers can be made. Unfortunately the specifications stated are hardly ever comparable, and it is even more rare that they tell you something about how the loudspeaker actually sounds. DALI does not state the power handling of the loudspeakers, because this is a misleading and actually also not useable mesurement. Instead, DALI states sensitivity and maximum sound pressure level.
