Dali Epikore 3

Dali launched its flagship Kore floorstanders back in 2022. This formidable beast stands almost 1.7m high, weighs in at a vertebrae-crunching 148kg and represents the very best the company can do in a passive speaker design.

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Their huge cost and size inevitably put them out of the reach of most. That's where the new high-end Epikore series comes in. It offers the bulk of the engineering content and technology used in the flagship model but at a notably more attainable price.

The Dali Epikore 3 standmounter is the first model in a four-strong line-up that includes three towers of increasing size and complexity. The biggest of these is the 4½-way, 76kg Epikore 11, essentially a mini-Kore at around half the price. Dali’s claim of the new range packing the Kore's tech is no idle marketing boast. The Evo-K hybrid tweeter module that combines a 10 x 55mm planar magnetic driver with a 35mm soft dome is common to both. This twin-tweeter concept is claimed to offer wider, more consistent high-frequency dispersion alongside improved dynamics and detail compared with most rivals’ singular-tweeter approach.

The Evo-K module packs an improved version of the planar driver with an all-new magnet design. The use of a larger-than-normal 35mm soft dome improves the transition down to the midrange and allows the planar unit to operate at higher frequencies where it is more comfortable. The crossover point between the two tweeters is 12.5kHz, and the soft dome hands over to the mid/bass driver at 2.8kHz.