If you act fast, these five-star floorstanders can take your entry-level hi-fi setup to the next level

Dali Oberon 5 stereo lifestyle — (Image credit: DALI)

If you’re looking for a pair of step-up speakers to elevate your entry-level hi-fi setup, then I have good news – after four long years, the five-star floorstanders I’ve long considered for my own rack have finally come down in price.

Right now, you can pick up the 2021 Award-winning Dali Oberon 5 floorstanding speakers for £499, a solid £200 saving on their standard £699 price tag.

Why these speakers? Well, for starters, they’re fantastic value and remain incredibly competitive performers at this price, despite their age.

We now have their successors, the Dali Sonik 5, which currently retail for £899 at most stores, to look forward to, but the Oberon 5 remain a staple comparison point we use when reviewing similarly priced speakers.

Unfussy, both for matching and room placement, they remain a fantastic step-up option for hi-fi fans looking to upgrade their entry-level, or budget system, offering an entertaining, expressive sound that’s a cut above nearly all the cheaper speakers you’ll find at this price.

Hence why, despite originally being tested in 2021, we stand by our verdict to this day: “The Dali Oberon 5 are brilliantly musical and will fit into most rooms with ease.”

Not convinced? Well, they've long been on my Christmas wish list for my own hi-fi system. I've spent many hours listening to them, and can confirm they offer a greater sense of “fun” than their Q Acoustics and Wharfedale rivals.

This, plus their small, unfussy dimensions and the clear sonic improvements they offer on the Q Acoustics 3030i I currently have plugged into my Technics SA-C600, is a key reason I've spent many moments hovering my hand over the checkout button, with these speakers in my basket.

If you have a similar entry-level system, I’d strongly recommend considering the Dali Oberon 5 as a tidy upgrade.

Just make sure to be quick – with the Sonik 5 taking the Oberon 5’s place, manufacturing has stopped. So once stock of the Oberon 5 runs dry, that’s it – they’re gone.

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Alastair is What Hi-Fi?’s editor in chief. He has well over a decade’s experience as a journalist working in both B2C and B2B press. During this time he’s covered everything from the launch of the first Amazon Echo to government cyber security policy. Prior to joining What Hi-Fi? he served as Trusted Reviews’ editor-in-chief. Outside of tech, he has a Masters from King’s College London in Ethics and the Philosophy of Religion, is an enthusiastic, but untalented, guitar player and runs a webcomic in his spare time.

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