Warm, detailed sound. Wide soundstage. Superior instrument and voice separation. Beware, your familiar tunes will sound different: they won't sound like recorded music, they'll sound live! Upon listening, they make you forget they are there, as they dissapear. Great aestetics, impeccable finish, understated elegance. Value: a used pair is a steal.

Only banana plugs need apply.

The holographic image and refined, detail presentation of the Grands can be scary. They make you forget that you are alone in the room, and places you right in front of the band/orchestra. I have them bi-amped at 105w (B&K) for the treble, and 200w (Adcom) for the mids and lows. Give them some power and they love you back: even at high volume there isn't a sign of distorsion nor harshness.

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Transparancy, detail, bass, warm sound, design...

none.

The Dali Grand is really a truly amazing speaker. The combination with my Marantz PM-14 works out terrific. Probably this is the best combination I have ever heard, and it's just in my house!!! If you ever got the chance to buy these speakers, buy them. You won't be dissappointed...

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B&W 802 series 80.

The airy sound, the warmness, the details, the wide range, the high-quality finish, the looks

Quite large, not for small rooms, need some gain to blossom

Bought bargain two-year old demo pair.

This is the best speaker I've heard at any price! It got everything to expect from a high-end speaker. Airy sound, clear while deep bass, great treble and outstanding looks.
This pair of speakers embodies my meaning of quality.

I biamp my pair from a Creek A42/P42 amplifier combo, and use Linn K400 speaker cables and Linn Analog interconnect. The cd-player is a Micromega Stage 1. However, I am most uncertain as to how these components match the outstanding Dali Grand speakers.

Bass, treble, air.

If any it must be a laidback midrange. (If thats a weakness?)

One of the best speakers around in their pricerange. I`ve been the satisfied owner of a pair of Dalis for 10 months and can recommend them to all music lovers. 5 stars overall!

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Big sounding speaker which works excellent with every
music-style. Not harsh. Excellent finish.

Needs good amp and lot of space.

At least a high-end speaker with allround-qualities! The GRAND
does not have that thinny analytical mid- and high-range of
so many of todays top-speakers which really can sound horr....!
They are big, heavy and made with finest material throughout.
And so they sound, big soundstage with open mid- and highrange. Good dynamics and resolution with tremendous warmth
in the critical mids! A real bargain.

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A lot

handfinished cabinets exquisite and the sound is sublime,

weight for moving them. Little known in the industry- so ignorance when seeking appropriate eqipment to partner them with.
Difficult to place for effective soundstage, that's about it!

These speakers are awesome-(even in a smallish room, although they are designed for larger set up). Well balanced, magnificant range, supremely capable and revealing of so much fine detail. Handle everything from Led Zep to Arvo Part to Oscar Peterson to Rage against the machine. And pass the Ray Brown Double Bass test without a care.

Essential to spike them and pair up with similar priced equipment to really let them shine, plus appropriate cables.

Currently running with 2 modified Quad 405 II powers and Onkyo Integra CD.

Equal the best offerings of other highish end manufacturers, with the added distinction that they are beautifully crafted and therefore an aesthetic pleasure to behold.

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Souund!, finish, Big sounding speaker which works excellent with every!!!
music-style

they don't work very well with a 50 watt amp... You got to have some power

I love the sound from my Grand. But you need at rather large room witch I don't have (yet). They have spectacular stereo image. great for music and Home Theater

System:
Pioneer DV-717
Parasound AVC-1800
Parasound HCA-2200 mkII
Dali Grand
Audio Quest + kimber + Taralabs cabels

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an extremly beutiful speaker with even more beutiful sound! you just have to hear it. finish 5 star! sound 5 star!
this is high end!

The Dali Grands may look nice yes, but they`re awful loudspeakers!! Try knocking on the cabinet and you know how they will sound. They have lots of resonances and colouration in the cabinet, and in my opinion they are way too big compared to their price. The treble is nice and comfortable, but lacks detail and attack, making this speaker useless on modern music. It handles classical fairly well but instruments in the lower midrange sound way to big and "fat". And its not because of the room either, I auditioned them well set up in a well damped, dedicated listening room.In my opinion they sound like something in the 1000$ range, just a bit bigger and louder.

I only write to balance a bit for the previous review.This forum is quite subjective and there is no objective
scale for ranking. Anyway, in my opinion the Dali Grand
are not 1 star speakers.

Firstly, they need a room bigger than 25 square meters.
Secondly, they have drivers with special suspension and they
need much control from the amplifier.
Thirdly, they must be placed at least 1.5 m from rear wall
and 1 m from side walls.

I've been listening to these speakers many times using different
electronics, and is one of my references in the $5000 price
range. They feature modified ScanSpeak Revelator tweeter and
other drivers developed by ScanSpeak, Vifa and Danish Technical
University. Crossovers are very high quality also.
Cabinet is well damped, I think there is no box coloration there.

The only thing I could say against the sound is a somewhat veiled
presentation (not ultimately transparent) and a possible overblown
bass in small rooms.

Otherwise, they have spectacular stereo image, almost holographic,
one can easily locate instruments in space. They also have quite good
scale for classical music, beautiful voices, fine microdynamics,
detail and musicality. Go and listen to vynil records through fine
amplifiers and see how good these can sound. But of course, it's
up to everyone's taste to judge if they're worth their price.

For the price, I think they deserve 5 stars. In absolute terms a 3.5
rating where 5 is accorded to speakers like B&W Nautilus, JMLab Utopia,
Audio Physic Caldera, etc, then 3-4 for Dynaudio Contour 3.x, 3 for Sonus Faber Grand Piano, 2 to ProAc Response 1SC and 0.5-1 to the midfi speakers.