PHANTOM S-180

The PHANTOM S-180 is a full-size in-wall loudspeaker, which combines a 8” wood fibre driver with a 10” passive carbon fibre radiator and a rotatable hybrid tweeter module to deliver coherent, clean and detailed room filling sound. All this squeezed into a slim cabinet that fits into almost any standard wall.

WIDE DISPERSION

All speakers by DALI are designed around the principle of wide dispersion. This entails an off-axis optimisation of the audio reproduction. The technology is perfect for use in install speakers, since they are always mounted flush against either a wall or ceiling.

SLIM CABINET

One of their goals for the PHANTOM S and M models was to create high-end in-wall speakers with a slim profile that allowed for maximum flexibility when installed. They achieved this by keeping the cabinet depths at only 100-103 mm, which fits into almost any standard wall.

SMC TECHNOLOGY

Advanced Soft Magnetic Compound (SMC) makes up the heart of the magnet motor system, where it reduces colouration and distortion to a minimum compared to conventional drivers. SMC makes the music come alive inside your living room.

10" PASSIVE RADIATOR

Featuring a 10" passive bass reflex woofer made of very well behaving carbon fibre - taken from our highend subwoofer 'DALI SUB P-10 DSS'.

The compact design of the PHANTOM S-180 fits into most standard walls. It was a challenge constructing such a shallow back cabinet - only 103 mm deep - with such a small footprint, and still achieving the perfect inner volume for the woofer.

The cabinet is constructed from a solid MDF that holds the easy-to-use dogleg mounting system and the terminals. The front of the PHANTOM S-180 integrates elegantly with the wall via the surrounding extruded aluminium frame, and the magnet mounted front grille forms the visual presence of the PHANTOM S series.

When installing the PHANTOM speaker in your wall, the ribbon tweeter should be placed at ear height. To make this easier, we decided to turn the driver placement 'upside down'. This allows for a more traditional mounting height in line with the TV - instead of below the TV.

They also turned the hybrid tweeter module on its head to keep the dome tweeter close to the midrange woofer. This ensures an optimum handover from the woofer to the part of the tweeter that handles the lowest frequencies. The physical distance between these drivers are optimized for the best summation of the woofer and tweeter output.

Mounted like this, they experienced that both the integration with the room - mainly with the floor - and the bass performance improved.

When mounting the PHANTOM S-180 horizontally as a centre channel, make sure to place the ribbon tweeter as close to ear height as possible. This is due to the dispersion qualities of the ribbon. Being a master of high frequency dispersion on the linear plane, it is less able to spread the high frequencies on the vertical plane. This is where the dome tweeter excels and why the dome should be placed lower than the ribbon in this scenario.

SPECIFICATIONS