DALI RUBICON SERIES

All the speakers in Dali’s Rubicon series borrow technology from the equivalent models in Dali’s higher-priced Epicon series, highlighting the benefits of the ‘trickle down’ effect for consumers. As with the Epicon series speakers, most models in the Rubicon series use the ‘hybrid’ high-frequency module made by Dali itself in Denmark, which combines a 29mm diameter soft dome tweeter with a ribbon super-tweeter on a single panel, so you get the power-handling capacity and wide dispersion (particularly in the vertical plane) characteristics of a dome tweeter with the speed and high-frequency extension of a ribbon tweeter. In those models using the hybrid tweeter array, the dome tweeter handles frequencies from around 2.6kHz (depending on model) up to 14kHz, with the planar tweeter taking over at 14kHz and extending response out to 34kHz.

Low-frequency response extends down to 38Hz for the two largest floor-standing models, the Rubicon 8 ($9,495 per pair) and the Rubicon 6 ($6,995 per pair), down to 45Hz for the smaller floor-standing Rubicon 5 ($5,495 per pair), and down to 50Hz in the case of the stand-mount/bookshelf Rubicon 2 ($3,395). The differences in bass extension are due to a combination of cabinet size, and the number of bass/midrange drivers used. The Rubicon 8 uses two 165mm bass drivers and a 165mm midrange driver in a cabinet that measures 1,100×220×445mm whereas the Rubicon 6 uses just two 165mm bass/midrange drivers in a cabinet that measures 990×200×380mm. The Rubicon 5 uses just a single bass/midrange driver in a cabinet that measures 890×195×339mm.

All the drivers used in Dali’s Rubicon series are built in-house at Dali’s factory in Nørager, Denmark, using wood fibre cones and SMC (soft magnetic compound) magnets that Dali says eliminates four of the effects that cause loudspeaker distortion. ‘ Dali’s soft magnetic compound linear drive magnet system eliminates flux strength variations in the magnetic gap,’ said Manny Kyriakides, of Dali Distribution, which distributes Dali in Australia. ‘ This dramatically reduces distortion compared to conventional drivers by eliminating eddy current, hysteresis, flux variations and voice-coil inductance.’ All cone drivers in the Rubicon series also use the latest generation of Dali’s in-house wood-fibre cones, which are now made using a new cone impregnation process and a new surface coating. For further information, please contact Dali Distribution on (03) 9873 7707 or visit the website at www.dali.com.au