![]() A grille is supplied that covers four fixing points on the baffle, on the back is a bass reflex port and single wire cable terminals. What’s peculiar about the cabinet is that you can feel it vibrate with the music, something I expect from BBC type designs but not North American or German ones. The cabinet is made of MDF, wrapped with vinyl. Not ELAC, they use seven components for a 3 kHz crossover point between tweeter and mid/bass driver. Most manufacturers would choose a very simple crossover to save money. Of course the magnets matter too, as do the suspension and voice coils for the final result. The woofer has a cone reinforced with Aramid fibres since they offer a superior strength-to-weight ratio and improved damping characteristics over conventional paper or plastic drivers.”, says ELAC in its promo material. “ The waveguide surrounding the high-frequency driver’s dome features a deep spheroid profile to improve directivity control and shield the tweeter from cabinet diffraction modes. Take a look at the tweeter and you will find a soft dome. ![]() Instead they developed drivers especially for the Debut. The Debut B6 is the bigger standmount with a friendly £299 price tag.ĮLAC didn’t take the easy route of buying drive units, making a simple crossover and putting them in a cheap box. The first fruit of his involvement with ELAC is the appropriately named Debut series, which comprises two standmounts, a floorstander, a centre and surround loudspeakers plus several subwoofers. He is one of the few engineers capable of designing high-end and budget systems. The designer in the USA is Andrew Jones, a Brit who has been creating well respected speakers for KEF and TAD among others. Maybe ELAC considered this when they opened a second research centre, this time in the USA, to finally shed that image. ![]() ![]() For a long time German loudspeakers were considered heavy in the bass and bright in the treble, but that was last century, things have changed. ![]()
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