Oberon 7
speaker
$1,600
Used market: $1,150*
Specifications
6 of 5 values have a recorded sourceExpert Audio Engineering Commentary
Headroom Notes
DALI labels the row «Sensitivity [2.83V/1m] [dB]», so the scale is unambiguous: 88.5 dB at 2.83 V, which on the declared 6-ohm nominal is about 87.3 dB/W/m. Two 7-inch wood-fibre woofers crossed at 2.3 kHz with no midrange driver — a two-way tower, so the woofers run in parallel across the whole bass and midrange.
Amplification Warning
No impedance minimum is published for any Oberon model. Two parallel 7-inch woofers on a 6-ohm nominal is the arrangement most likely to dip well below 4 ohms, and DALI's own recommendation tops out at 180 W. Size for 4 ohms.
What the datasheet actually says
Quoted verbatim from the manufacturer’s own page, with the date we checked it. We state what is printed, not what anyone intended by it.
«Maximum SPL [@ 1m] [dB] 110»
A passive loudspeaker has no maximum output of its own: it produces whatever the amplifier drives it to, up to thermal or excursion failure. DALI gives a maximum SPL figure without stating the drive level, the signal, the averaging interval, or the distortion limit at which it was reached, so it cannot be compared with another manufacturer's figure or used in a level calculation. Only the sensitivity and the impedance can predict level here.
checked 8/5/2026* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~72% retained value). · checked on 8/5/2026