speaker has any business having, and its off-axis response, at least based on listening and not measuring, is smoother and better-behaved than any $229.99/pr speaker has any right to produce.īut most amazing and impressive, is that regardless of what speaker you are accustomed to-and my reference costs more than $200,000/pr.-you can sit down and listen to, and thoroughly enjoy music reproduced by these speakers created by a man who knows the science and respects the art of speaker design. The ELAC B5 has a smoother, and wider frequency response than any $229.99/pr. And it does this without producing the typical upper midrange resolution and/or tonal neutrality destroying "bump". It goes deeper, (or sounds as if it does) and without muddying up the midrange, than any speaker of this size has any right to go. This speaker plays louder and without audible compression than any $229.99 speaker has any right to play. Redesigned from the ground up, these speakers sound even more remarkable than the ones that sparked the revolution in affordable high-end sound.ELAC's Debut speaker line designed by Andrew Jones includes the B5, a diminutive 2 way loudspeaker that sells for $229.99/pr. Debut “changed the game,” and has now changed it again with the Debut 2.0 Series-proof that ELAC can’t leave well enough alone. They established a new value proposition, with build quality and performance never before attainable at such an affordable price. And it remains the best value in the world of affordable speakers, with sound that surpasses speakers many times the price.ĭebut 2.0™ Series by Andrew Jones: Everything we do is different.įew speakers have garnered such critical acclaim as the original Debut Series by ELAC. Improving on its award-winning predecessor was no easy task, but the Debut B5.2 sets a yet higher standard, delivering performance in inverse proportion to its diminutive size. The waveguide improves directivity control and eliminates the diffraction modes inherent in traditional box enclosuresĮLAC Debut B5.2: Delivering unparalleled performance for its price. A new silk-dome tweeter features a wide-roll surround and takes response up to 35,000 Hz for even more lifelike high frequencies. New 1-inch Tweeter with Wide-Dispersion Waveguide.The added strength allows more flexibility in design to achieve a smoother, extended low-frequency response. The revised shape of the aramid cone offers even greater stiffness and damping, far superior to polypropylene or paper. New 5.25-inch Woven Aramid-Fiber Midbass.If the established budget speaker brands aren’t worried about these boxes, they should be. ![]() ![]() It’s fair to say that these new Debut B5.2 speakers should be considered one of the company’s finest efforts, particularly when their price is taken into account. Elac has been in the speaker business since the 1980s and has made many fine products in that time.They have the dynamic expression, detail resolution and tonal sophistication to handle it all, and enough stretch in their abilities to get better even when the rest of the system is upgraded. We listened to everything from the sparse electronica of Neneh Cherry’s Broken Politics to Dave Brubeck’s Take Five and these little speakers take it all in their stride. You can enjoy a wide range of music too.These Elacs are arguably the most capable budget standmounters we’ve heard.
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