DALI OPTICON MK2 WHITE PAPER

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OPTICON MK2

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1. DALI OPTICON MK2
– PASSION FOR DETAIL

The OPTICON series has been at the heart of the DALI
range for over five years and has brought exceptional DALI
performance into the homes of countless music lovers
and audiophiles. But the time has come for the OPTICON
to benefit from some new ideas and technologies, and to
be refreshed with a new aesthetic. Welcome to the DALI
OPTICON MK2.

Eectively updating and improving such a well regarded high
performance series as the OPTICON is a careful balancing
act. How to enhance the existing engineering, aesthetics
and performance without degrading or even eradicating
the qualities that worked so well the first time around? The
answers to that conundrum are numerous, and range from
subtle revisions to more fundamental changes, but they
have all been implemented the DALI way, with a continual
focus on music reproduction, thoughtful design, slish
aesthetics, quali of manufacture and use of the latest
technologies and ideas.

As with the original OPTICON series, an important element
of the OPTICON MK2 is that it remains fully Danish
in manufacture; built at our factory in Denmark from
components either produced in-house, or sourced from
the best specialist manufacturers locally and further afield.

Just like its predecessor, the OPTICON MK2 is a speaker
series that majors on clear, undistorted, enjoyable and
coherent audio; perfectly complementing music, radio,
streaming, TV or movie sources. A speaker series that
caters to every requirement with compact stand or wall
mount options, slim to more substantial floor stand options,
and a centre channel option too. The OPTICON MK2 series
oers a speaker for every room and every occasion.

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2. The OPTICON MK2 Series

The DALI OPTICON MK2 series comprises six models and
marks the point in the DALI passive speaker range where
both performance and engineering ambition take a real step
up and begin to speak the language of specialist, high-end
hi-fi. OPTICON MK2 also introduces the renowned DALI
hybrid tweeter, die-cast aluminium driver chassis, full SMC
driver pole-pieces, and in-house manufactured enclosures.

Each OPTICON MK2 model is built around in-house
manufactured SMC based bass/midrange drivers, and
employs either a DALI so dome tweeter or the hybrid so
dome and ribbon tweeter for which DALI has become so

Cabinet: Satin Black

Grill: Black

Cabinet: Satin White

Grill: Light Grey

well known. OPTICON MK2 models are available in three
new finishes; satin white, satin black, and tobacco oak*.
Grilles are covered with furniture grade cloth in black for
the two darker enclosure options and light grey for the
white enclosure option. The OPTICON MK2 models are
described in the following paragraphs.

* The OPTICON8MK2 is available in

Satin Black Ash and Tobacco Oak only.

Cabinet: Tobacco Oak

Grill: Black

OPTICON

1 MK2

OPTICON

2 MK2

OPTICON

6 MK2

OPTICON

8 MK2

OPTICON

LCR MK2

OPTICON

VOKAL MK2

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OPTICON1MK2

The OPTICON1MK2 is a compact stand mount
speaker designed to be installed close to room
boundaries or wall mounted in modest listening
spaces. Its drivers comprise a 4¾” Wood Fibre
diaphragm, SMC magnet bass/midrange unit and a
newly designed 29mm so dome tweeter derived
from that employed in the CALLISTO series. The
Dual Flare reflex loaded 5 Litre enclosure enables
the OPTICON1MK2 to deliver remarkable bass
performance for its size that integrates perfectly
with the inherent midrange and high frequency
quali of its drivers. The OPTICON1MK2 is
supplied with a simple keyhole slot wall mounting
bracket.

OPTICON2MK2

The OPTICON2MK2 is a mid-sized
stand mount speaker. Its 6½” Wood Fibre
diaphragm, SMC magnet bass/midrange
driver and 10 Litre enclosure enables
it to achieve greater low frequency
bandwidth and volume level than its smaller
sibling. It features the same CALLISTO
derived 29mm so dome tweeter as the
OPTICON1MK2. The OPTICON2MK2
is a natural for high performance stand
mount audio in compact to medium size
listening spaces where it has room to
breathe and deliver its dynamic and
explicitly defined performance.

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OPTICON6MK2

The slim, floor-standing OPTICON6MK2 is
the entry point in the OPTICON MK2 series
for the renowned DALI hybrid so dome and
ribbon tweeter. The hybrid tweeter oers a
significant advance in high frequency resolution
and has been improved for OPTICON MK2
by incorporating the CALLISTO derived
29mm dome alongside a 17mm x 45mm ribbon
element in a re-engineered, cast aluminium
faceplate. OPTICON6MK2 low frequencies
and midrange are handled by twin 6½” Wood
Fibre diaphragm, SMC magnet bass/midrange
drivers, the lower one of which is gradually
aenuated into the midrange band.

The OPTICON6MK2 oers optional bi-wiring
to enable its bass/midrange and high frequency
sections to be connected independently.
Twin bass drivers, Dual Flare reflex loading,
and the increased internal volume provided
by its floor standing enclosure enable the
OPTICON6MK2 to achieve significantly
greater low frequency extension and bass
volume level than the stand mount OPTICON
MK2 systems. And it combines that bass
performance with brilliant, midrange clari
and the sparkling high frequencies that are
characteristic of the DALI hybrid tweeter.

The OPTICON6MK2 is supplied with cast aluminium
foot components that can be fied with either black
chrome plated floor-spikes or, when installed on
sensitive floor surfaces, vibration damping pads. Tools
for aaching the foot castings and spikes are included.

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