" ... The finish, designed for modern decors, belies the cost, as do of course the drivers used. The woofer is a sandwich of paper and aluminium. And the 'JET' tweeter is ELAC's own version of Oskar Heil's 'Air Motion Transformer'. From 2.8 kHz up it does the heavy lifting."
" ... It took very little fiddling with the placement before we were happy with the image and the balance."
" ... We were hoping for great smoothness in the highs from the famous tweeter, and we got it ... "
" ... We reached for another difficult recording, an SCAD of Beethoven´s Symphony No. 5 (PentaTone 5186 102). Such a large orchestral ensemble is of course difficult for a small speaker to handle, and we were surprised at the ease with which the ELAC's made sense of it all."
" ... We were pleasantly surprised by the natural tone these speakers gave the strings. The brass was very good as well, and there was never any confusion between them, never any blurriness, even on the energetic crescendos. The symphony's all important rhythm came through just fine too. You can enter into the music ... "
" ... the cello and bass were very good too, and the piano was superb."
" ... the frequency response ... is very good for a speaker this size and price, especially considering the brutally high levels we test at. Some variations, including the severe dip at 40 Hz, are due to the room, not the speaker. And check how cleanly it can reproduce 50 Hz ... The higher portion of the spectrum is exemplary, thanks to its fine tweeter."
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Sound
" ... What ELAC has done here is get the basic right: competent woofer, tight cabinet, properly designed crossover. And then, in the higher frequencies ... there's a touch of magic!"
" ... The highs are smooth, closer to what highs generally are at a live, unamplified performance. These speakers exude a sense of balance, an ease at reproducing music without restraint. The music seems to flow freely."
" ... The dynamic range is extended, and the speaker can do magnificent things with a crescendo." |
