11/30/2023 0 Comments Elac debut 2.0 b6.2 speakersVocalists really do project forth with quite astonishing realism and belie the diminutive stature of the cabinet producing the effect. In this position it impresses from the start with its incredibly strong sense of central imagery. Initially I have the speaker toed-in towards my listening position. The re-designed mid/bass driver imparts an excellent level of detail onto the upper bass, so it doesn’t attempt to bend the laws of physics, but neither does it sound lightweight. Feed it some dance music and it doesn’t punch it out with gusto or shake the room. I have heard some small speakers overshadow their strengths by trying to deliver bass beyond their reach, but ELAC has played safe here and the B6.2 is all the better for it. At the low end, bass is firm and timing is excellent – the little B6.2 doesn’t attempt to dig too deeply and I am actually relieved to hear this. With the Debut B6.2 on Atacama SL-600 stands and driven by a Yamaha A-S500 ( HFC 364) amplifier and Cambridge Azur 650C CD player, I start with it positioned around 30cm from my rear wall and 60cm from the sides. As before, the choice of finishes is limited to black, but the ash vinyl looks to be a slight improvement over the austere brushed black of the older model. Internally, side-to-side bracing has been added inside the cabinet, making it sturdier and reducing its resonant contribution to the speakers’ output. A new tweeter waveguide promises to improve off-axis performance and the crossover has been changed slightly due to the new drive units, resulting in a crossover frequency reduction from 3kHz to 2.2kHz. ELAC claims this extends the unit’s frequency response for smoother operation in the driver’s passband. The tweeter’s dome boasts new cloth material and doping, and also has a larger surround than before. In addition, the bass port has moved from the rear to the front, allowing greater placement flexibility. A new convex dust cap is also fitted, which should offer a smoother roll-off at the top end and, thus, lower distortion. On the mid/bass driver front, the new unit is the same size and basic material, but the Aramid weave is different and the rear of the cone is coated with damping material. It’s under the skin where things have changed a bit more than first appearances suggest. Even a glance at the spec shows the driver lineup to be ostensibly as before, with an aramid fibre bass/midrange driver crossing over to a 25mm cloth dome tweeter. Stylistically, there has been a small amount of change to the front baffle and the newbies are fractionally narrower and taller, but the family resemblance is clear. In the case of the standmounts, floorstanders and centres, the smaller models use 133mm main drive units (hence the B5.2, C5.2 and F5.2 monikers), but the larger B/C/F6.2 models make use of 165mm units in larger cabinets for greater presence and better bass extension. In addition, two more subwoofers are recommended as perfect partners for the 2.0 models, should your walls require a little more shaking than the £259 Debut 2.0 S10.2 can provide. In the case of the Debut 2.0, this means nine models – two standmounters, two floorstanders, two centre channels, one on-wall surround speaker pair, one pair of Dolby Atmos speakers and one subwoofer. Following an illustrious career encompassing the likes of KEF, Infinity and TAD, Jones joined ELAC in 2015, breathing new life into the brand and creating well-defined ranges. As a result, barely two years after the game-changing Debut range arrived, we now see the Debut 2.0, which includes the £299 B6.2 standmount before you here.Īs with the original range, the man behind the new models is designer Andrew Jones. Fortunately, as its press release points out: “ELAC can’t leave well alone”. As Andrew Jones returns to sprinkle magic dust on ELAC’s Debut range, HFC checks out the 2.0 standmount makeoverĪs a market, the budget loudspeaker sector is a hectic one at the best of times and most companies realise that to sit back on their laurels after a successful product launch is a bad move.
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