Such a well known name in the world of very high quality, audiophile speaker products, these are sought after by those who enjoy excellent sound (and have very deep pockets!)
DALI is not a reference to that famous artist, Salvador, but in fact is an acronym for Danish Audiophile Loudspeaker Industries. Elegant, classy appearance with famous Dali audio quality
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This is the crossover network which can be found behind the loudspeaker terminals at the rear of the Suite 1.5 system. Wiring is direct point-to-point, no PCB. Two air-core inductors and "do you see what I saw?" ... wait for it ...
Hunters & Collectors from 1987
Yes, one of those special MKP (Metallised Polypropylene) audio capacitors from SCR (French maker of MKP capacitors at the time) - difficult to find and when you do find one, quite expensive.
Of course, this is DALI gear after-all and you wouldn't expect anything less.
The crossover configuration is referred to as a 2nd Order network (12 dB/octave slope) which passively divides the frequencies into two bands, the cutoff point between the bands is around 3Khz (DALI specification) and quite a sharp roll-off curve.
This crossover dates from around the 1980's - my DALI Suite 1.5 system is the "organ donor" which unfortunately ended up with one "cooked" tweeter (as they do!) and as it was going to be difficult to find a replacement plus I am using my Australian Aaron's most of the time these days, I have decided to breakdown the Suite 1.5 and offer it "piece by piece" as I felt this was the most flexible way to find new uses for these excellent components.
Just in case someone needs just one cross-over network, these are offered as single units although an automatic discount will be applied if both are bought together. Great original replacement cross-over for another Suite 1.5 (and possibly other models) OR create you own high quality system based on this network but you will need to sit down and do the maths to ensure these work as expected with your own loudspeakers.
Adieu to the background chit chat ... let's get down to the description of this offering
DALI LOUDSPEAKER - Complete Rear Terminals With Cross-Over Network
Designed & handmade in Denmark
Extracted from my DALI Suite 1.5 system
Part # unknown
Clean
Impedance (as "seen" by the amplifier output): 4 Ohm Z
Power handling capabilities should be in the range 80W ~ 100W RMS
Here are the specifications for the Suite 1.5 system
Frequency response 41Hz - 24Khz
Nominal Impedance: 4 Ohms
Power Handling range 40W - 160W
89dB efficiency
Bass Reflex resonance at 43.5Hz
Cross-over is set for 3Khz
There are four terminals, so that bi-amp connections can be made and the straps are included.
All terminal metalwork is Gold plated
Terminals suit Banana plugs or side hole entry, nice fat cable side entry at 4mm ID
Reverse side has the point-to-point wiring for the 2x air core inductors, capacitor and 5W wirewound resistor. All components are securely held in place with "hot glue"
DIMENSIONS:
Terminal assembly surround measures 92mm width x 120mm height and the maximum depth is 60mm (including the larger inductor)
Mounting of the surround is with 4x screws (not supplied) through holes 3.6mm ID
Flying leads are used for connections to the loudspeakers, these are colour coded:
Red - Black (2x): Driver/Woofer
Blue-Grey: Tweeter
The flying leads are terminated with female spade connectors.
4x 4.75mm diameter elongated hole mounting (in each corner)
WEIGHT: 675g
TESTING:
The cross-overs were in use until recently, no issues at all. However because those capacitors are probably of the most interest, I have tested them both and the measured results were:
6621nF (6.6uF) ESR 0.8
6730nF (6.7uF) ESR 0.8
These MKP capacitors are nominally 6.8uF 400V with 5% tolerance and those measured values are well within the tolerance band of 5%
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
Clean
NO damage of any kind to the Black plastic surround, the 4x terminals nor any of the passive components at the rear.
All point-to-point wiring is secure (there is a lot of vibration inside the cabinet when the system is reproducing beautiful music so these components have to be absolutely rigid)
All flying leads are undamaged, as are the female spade connectors.
I have now individually placed each cross-over network into a completely sealed clear plastic pack, to keep them in pristine condition while they await a new purpose in life!