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However, they can’t match Debuts smoothness across the range and sound a bit grainy at the top end.
#Elac debut 2.0 full#
Wharfedale Diamond 220 are midrange masters with full and lush vocals. But for what it is, ELAC Debut 2.0 B5.2 is capable of producing some serious hi-fidelity sound. There’s a reason people put up with those big and space-consuming boxes after all. This doesn’t mean that Rock and Electro will not sound good too, but you should scale your expectation when it comes to high octane music. Dynamically speaking, these are not party speakers and I found them to be best suitable for some calmer music genres such as Jazz, Blues, Acoustics, etc. All of the instruments are positioned and layered with a skill that’s usually hard to come by at this price point. Moving away from the frequency response, B5.2 is able to create a very decent soundstage of reasonable width and commendable depth. With these, you’ll hear the moment a microphone turns on and that slight background noise we call air or atmosphere easily. Now, I never felt Debut 2.0 B5.2 to be overly bright or edgy, but dark or sweet it’s definitely not. It’s highly informative and transitions smoothly to the highest region, which is bright and airy. Talking about the midrange, it feels very neutral and even-handed, without any nasties that would make vocals sound boomy or hissy. The mid-bass region is full and juicy, lending a healthy dose of boldness to the midrange. To be fair, no speaker of this size and price can do it either. Bassline provides very decent weight to the sound but it will not produce much of the punch and slam. It will produce a decent amount of bass down to around fifty Herz, and even a tad lower with a help of a smaller room. That said, I still plan to dissect the sound a bit.īass is as deep as you can expect from a box of this size.
#Elac debut 2.0 driver#
Frequency response is even-handed and smooth, and I’m not able to notice where one driver ends and the other takes over (something easily noticeable with many speakers for a trained ear). The first thing that struck me is how tonally correct Debut 2.0 B5.2 is. That said, how do they actually sound? Sound At all times, amps were fed with the Denafrips Ares II DAC. In the end, I hooked them to my Cyrus 8vs2 that showcased just how well these speakers scale with better amplification. This old but sonically balanced amp was a great match for Elacs and resulted in a sound one could easily live with. Moving to the vintage Luxman A-225 things looked much, much better. Just for fun, I tried these Elacs with a dirty cheap Arylic A30 digital amp first and got a very thin and flat sound this combo was a no go. These numbers are nothing to worry about, but it means that B5.2 will thank you for an amp with a healthy dose of power and control. Sensitivity is rated at a pretty low 86 dB while nominal impedance is 6 Ohms. On the back, we have one pair of binding posts that feels quality made. Bass reflex is located on the front making placement just a tad easier. The bass/midrange unit is 5.25″ in diameter, while the tweeter is protected with a mesh wire, meaning no worries that some little fingers will lose their way and damage your precious tweeters (my personal nightmare with exposed domes). It’s a small speaker finished to a good standard for the price and reassuringly weighty when lifted. Looking from the outside, there’s nothing unusual about Debut B5.2. So, were these little guys worth all that hype? Let’s see. Initially, their attention went to higher-end models but some of those ideas did finally boil down to the every-man Debut series.
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What’s interesting about this particular iteration is that it was designed by the famed speaker designer Andrew Jones, that started cooperating with Elac recently.
#Elac debut 2.0 series#
ELAC Debut series has been around for some time now, and the B5.2 we have here is the member of its latest iteration – Debut 2.0.