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Dali EPIKORE 3
Evolution through KORE technology
EPIKORE 3 features groundbreaking technologies from our flagship DALI KORE loudspeaker, providing high-end, low-distortion sound that brings the live performance experience right into your home
40 years of loudspeaker excellence
Continuing a rich bloodline of high-end DALI loudspeakers, EPIKORE 3 celebrates four decades of excellence within loudspeaker design and manufacturing.
High-end perfection, built by DALI
The EPIKORE 3 stand-mount speaker has been developed, designed and built by DALI in Denmark. It incorporates low-loss technology to deliver an effortless high-end performance.
Elegant luxury cabinet
The EPIKORE 3 cabinet is the epitome of advanced high-end design. From the elegant, curved cabinet, real wood veneer and sumptuous piano-finish lacquering to the solid and inert enclosure, EPIKORE 3 is an aesthetic and acoustic masterpiece.
EVOLUTION THROUGH KORE TECHNOLOGY
Inheriting from a true masterpiece
CRYSTAL-CLEAR HIGHS
DALI EVO-K™ Hybrid Tweeter
NEW 7-INCH BASS/MIDRANGE DRIVER
With SMC™ Gen-2 & Clarity Cone™ technology
LET THE BASS BREATHE
Continuous-flare bass reflex port
PRECISION AND ELEGANCE
High-end cabinet materials and design
A SOLID FOUNDATION
The EPIKORE STAND
WATT RECOMMENDS
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Professional Reviews 92/100
Deliciously Crispy
Sound Quality
93/100
Build Quality
95/100
Value for Money
88/100
The EPIKORE 3 delivers expansive imaging, transparent detail and unexpectedly authoritative bass from a lavish three-way standmount. HomeTheaterHifi admired its precise, unfatiguing presentation, while What Hi-Fi? praised its stable, deeply layered soundstage. With refined hybrid-tweeter air and furniture-grade build, it is a sophisticated high-end speaker for immersive long-form listening.
What Reviewers Are Saying
Pros
Exceptionally stable, expansive imaging with convincing depth and layering.
Highly transparent, precise treble and detail retrieval remain listenable at high volumes without fatigue.
Bass weight and presence outperform typical standmount expectations.
Immensely solid, beautifully finished cabinet delivers genuine luxury appeal.
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Cons
Subtle dynamic shifts and rhythmic drive can feel restrained compared with more exuberant rivals.
Very deep, demanding basslines lack some articulation and low-end grip.
SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 93/100
Reviewers describe an unusually transparent, highly resolved standmount with a spacious and stable presentation, deep-reaching bass for its format, and refined high frequencies. Its character favours composure, control and long-session listenability over overt rhythmic excitement, with one review finding the lowest bass less tightly defined on demanding material.
Bass
93/100
For a 7-inch standmount, reviewers repeatedly found the bass exceptional: HomeTheaterHifi and Audiophilepure say it equals or exceeds the bass of many tower speakers, while Best of High End calls it rich, fast and punchy. What Hi-Fi finds the general weight pleasing but says very deep, demanding basslines expose slightly reduced articulation and grip.
Mid
93/100
The midband is presented as clear, transparent and well organised, with What Hi-Fi praising its detail resolution and ability to follow low-level instrumental lines through dense recordings. Best of High End also describes the midrange as layered and spacious, supporting the speaker's refined, revealing character.
Treble
94/100
The hybrid tweeter array earns especially strong praise for crisp, precise overtones, air and transparency without fatigue. Best of High End calls the highs open, refined and soft on the ear, while What Hi-Fi notes that toeing the speakers directly toward the listener can make the top end a little too prominent.
Soundstage Imaging
95/100
Soundstaging is a standout: HomeTheaterHifi calls it tremendous and forgiving of placement, while Best of High End found its scale unexpectedly large for a bookshelf design. What Hi-Fi reports strikingly stable stereo focus, layering and image depth that convincingly transports the listener to the recording venue.
Dynamics
88/100
The Epikore 3 stays composed and organised as music becomes demanding, and reviewers report clean playback at high volume without audible stress or listener fatigue. What Hi-Fi, however, finds subtle shifts in intensity somewhat subdued and the rhythmic drive a little restrained, so it is more poised than overtly explosive.
Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.
Build Quality
95/100
Construction and finish receive near-unanimous acclaim. Reviewers describe an immensely solid, elegantly curved cabinet, a stiff die-cast aluminium baffle, and furniture-grade finishes; HomeTheaterHifi goes as far as calling the build and finish unmatched.
Value for Money
88/100
At roughly $15,000 per pair before the matching stands, this is firmly a luxury purchase rather than an affordable high-end option. What Hi-Fi considers that it has the luxury aura to match its asking price, while the strongest reviews portray performance as rare among standmount speakers rather than calling it a bargain.
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- Holt Hill — online and in-store — Andover, Massachusetts, United States (website)
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- Aalen Hifi — in-store — Schwäbisch Gmünd, Baden-Wurtemberg, Germany (website)
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