Andrew Jones' ELAC B5 Speakers: Home Theater Geeks 263
youtube.com/attribution_link?a=CiJRV8imcbs&am...Posted Jul 10, 2015, 9:18 AM UTC
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Really. ELAC speakers without an AMT tweeter?! WTF.
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As Andrew said on the video he wanted to do another low end product that outperform. He will be collaborating with ELAC engineers on future higher -priced offerings. You are simply not going to get an AMT for $249 a pair.
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Airmotiv 4S @$269 - close enough??
But I am very interested in these. The more competitors in the budget market, the better - IMO simply because most look boring or just bad. The B5 look way way nicer than the HVL-1 for example.
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The b652 air has an amt for 60 bucks lol.
-they look great through, would have liked to see 6.5s in the f5...and only 38 inches tall-can't stand all these dinky midget towers these days 😒
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I am disappointed nobody has mentioned the sealed with passive radiator subs that can only be set up with an Android or iOS device. Here is a picture of the back. http://imgur.com/qefWcW3
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Andrew Jones is no longer working for Pioneer. Here he is introducing his Debut speakers for ELAC.
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Everything looks quite promising but - big Sigh, another 2-way center. I hope he adds a 3-way model to the lineup for up to $300.
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theres a 2.5 way floorstader if thats close enough for you. but sadly not full out 3 way.
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It's the center I'm most worried about due to the cancellation effects horizontally (especially off-axis) from the 2 woofers playing the same (relatively high) frequencies.
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Nice to see a lot less horn loading on that tweeter.
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I don't understand how he says what he is doing with elac is a step up in price and uses betteraterials when the list for the latest bookshelfs are ~$230 a pair compared to the latest from Pioneer that were ~$750 a pair...
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Are you talking about the Pioneer Elite line of Dolby Atmos focused speakers? Excellent point but I believe he was speaking of the Pioneer line specifically and not the Elite. I'd have to watch it again but I am assuming that he will no longer design for TAD either. Looking forward he does say he will be doing more speakers at different price tiers.
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Yeah thats my best guess too, though I think they are only making the elites now. They've been trying to close out on the originals for the past year, it seems. Just not sure moving from barrel basement prices of the original Pioneers to something $100 bucks more, is really a different market. AJ said he didn't want to compete with himself, but it doesn't really add up. My guess is ELAC just wanted something that sounded good and would move in volumes. I'm sure the speakers are great, but I'd rather see something from AJ at the entry-level HIFI market.
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"You know, no matter how good the equipment is, what matters is how well it's set up." - Andrew Jones
If no one will listen to me complain over and over about speaker placement and room conditions, maybe someone will listen to Mr. Jones here.
I agree with u/TactFully, the more people making good budget gear, the better.