![]() ![]() There was a sweetness, an honesty about them that was inviting, natural. The search for musical good news pressed me to return to the drivers. Gotta be at the price, right? No one can deliver that much musical promise on so few dimes.įrustration crept in and tried to dilute delight. Why did the Elac's capture that ever so slight crescendo in a tertiary string line and the bass clarinet reed squawk at rehearsal Letter A on my Naxos CD of The Happy Forest by Bax? Did I hear those two incredibly subtle musical cues on the my 32 times more expensive reference monitors? The metal, sand filled stands I was using to mount the speakers cost the same (the Raidho's come with their own $900 proprietary stands). To be fair, stars like these don't appear all that often. My quest to find fault with the speakers. Detailed, punchy, but with a sophistication well up the very cool ladder.Īnd so it began. The big umbrella view on initial serious listening? This speaker has to be one of the stone cold deals in high end audio. Energetic, cheerful with a definite spring in its step. The drivers took time to lighten up but the character of the speaker remained from the start. During that time of mezzo forte volume, I heard a lively presentation right out of the box. These were no different.īreak in was 50 hours of my splendid Esoteric remaster of Mozart's Symphony No. All well designed electronics need some break in. I was excited to hear how these sounded more than any high end kit in a while. It's all entry level stuff to keep the prices rock bottom. Dimensions are Height: 12.8 in, Width: 7.9 in and Depth: 8.7 in. The construction is basic black brushed vinyl with 5 way metal binding posts. Killing it with kindness, I used my Audio Research VS110 with 100 watts per channel and played music for a few days before I began serious listening. More on these magical beans of drivers later.Īt 85 dB sensitivity, the B5 requires some solid power to get its drivers moving. It's a 2-way, bass reflex design with a 1-inch cloth dome tweeter and a 5.25-inch woven aramid-fiber cone woofer. The B5 Debut is a small bookshelf model, probably fitting more comfortably under 'mini monitor' designation. Our turn to hear if the Jones ELAC magic is real. ![]() In the past six months, a lot of praise has been directed his way. Much like celebrity chefs, I don't usually put much store in 'celebrity' designers.Įngland's Andrew Jones certainly would not have self anointed, but he must have noticed and enjoyed the many layers of coverage at audio shows and ELAC speaker events. The new ELAC line had a good start in life, the product of ex KEF, Pioneer and TAD designer, Andrew Jones. The subject of our review, the B5 Debut available from Amazon for USD$229.00 and the slightly dearer B6 Debut and the Uni-Fi UB5 version (both less than USD$500) have all received raves in the audiophile press. I have the same feeling about the new line of petite, inexpensive speakers from German manufacturer ELAC. 'Actually, the party's just winding down'. The host answered and looked at me with surprise. Three weeks earlier, it felt as though I was knocking on the door of a very cool house party location. ![]() It feels invigorating to get your long held audiophile pre conceived notions smashed to smithereens on occasion.
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