Dali Helicon 800 mk2 or Euphonia MS5

I own the 400s which I suspect are sonically similar to your 800s and I am always surprised that people describe them as overly warm--but you are not the only one, so I guess it is me! I think the Dalis are excellent.

I'm wondering what you're using to drive them...

From what I have read, people systematically find the Helicons to be warmer than the Euphonias, so it sounds like it could be a good move for you without moving too far from the Dali sound.

Thanks for the information Steidlguitars. I am running a Gemstone Blue Diamond amplifier with a Theta Casablanca II pre/pro and Kimber 8TC speaker cables with Zu Audio Oxyfuel interconnects.

I would say it depends on your room size. The MS5s generate some serious bass and I wouldn't want to put them in a tiny or mid-sized room unless I had some serious room correction in place. As it stands now, my MS4s are more than enough for my room, which is 17x21.

My feeling is that, and this may hold for the Helicons as well, that the Euphonia series is very sensitive to cable-matching (as a excellent neutral speakers should be), so you could play around with cables, or keep that in mind if you get the Mk. 2s or something from the euphonia series.

Depending on your room then, I would say the MS4's are a good move. I think the Mk 2s are great speakers (I actually like the high-gloss finish more than my alpi option, which was an add-on finish), but I think the MS4's are a step up, FWIW.