DALI
Danish Audiophile Loudspeaker Industries, a loudspeaker maker founded in 1983 that designs and builds its speakers at Nørager in northern Denmark.
- Founded
- 1983
- Founded by
- Peter Lyngdorf
- Company
- Danish Audiophile Loudspeaker Industries
- Based in
- Nørager
Pictures © Danish Audiophile Loudspeaker Industries, from dali-speakers.com.
Why it is renowned
DALI began exporting in 1990, opened offices in Germany in 2001 and the UK in 2005, and was sold in more than 50 countries by 2006.1 Its IO-6 won the EISA Headphones award for 2020–2021.2 The Epicon 8 won EISA's European High-End Audio award for 2012–2013.3 EISA awards also went to its Ikon 6 MK2, Fazon F5, Kubik Free and Rubicon LCR speakers between 2010 and 2015.4
The story
Peter Lyngdorf founded DALI in 1983, coming from the Scandinavian hi-fi chain Hi-Fi Klubben.1 The first speaker, the DALI 2, came in 1984, and in 1986 the company built its headquarters and factory at Nørager, where it still develops, assembles and tests its speakers.1 It later worked with ribbon tweeters in the Dacapo of 1988 and the Megaline of 1996, a line-source speaker with six ribbon tweeters and 24 bass and midrange drivers.1
Works
Rubicon 2 A two-way stand-mount loudspeaker from DALI's Rubicon series of 2014, with a 29 mm soft-dome tweeter and a 6½-inch wood-fibre woofer, no longer made.
Helicon A series of high-end loudspeakers from DALI, introduced in 2004 and renewed as the Helicon MK2, with a tweeter module pairing a soft dome and a ribbon.
Megaline A full-range line-source loudspeaker from DALI, introduced in 1996 with ribbon tweeters and 24 bass and midrange drivers.
DALI 2 The first DALI loudspeaker, from 1984, sold at about half the price of comparable speakers, and no longer made.
Epicon A series of high-end loudspeakers from DALI, introduced in 2012 and built around a magnet system of Soft Magnetic Composite.
What to know it by
Sources
- DALI History & Organisation. dali-speakers.com, read 1 October 2026.
- 2020-2021 - EISA. eisa-awards.org, read 1 October 2026.
- 2012-2013 - EISA. eisa-awards.org, read 1 October 2026.
- Danish Audiophile Loudspeaker Industries, Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org, read 2 October 2026.
Checked 1 October 2026, against the maker's own pages.