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The t wo woofers and
the midrange driver look,
at least from a distance, as
though their cones are made
of hammered steel, but that
is of course not the case.
ELAC calls cones “crystal
membranes,” but they’re not
crystalline either, except in
appearance. Touch them,
and you can guess they’re
made of some sort of fibre
material, possibly overlaid
with a metal foil, such as
aluminum. ELAC says they’re
made from a sandwich of two
(unnamed) materials, and
that they have paid attention
to “three-dimensional
sound radiation patterns…
to acoustically ‘energize’ the
room in a consistent and harmonised
(sic) way.” Perhaps it
reads better in German, but
careful reading indicates that
the voice coil is attached to
the membrane at two points,
including its very centre, and
that the goal is wide dispersion
of sound for superior
imaging.
The Another membranes are unique cer- feature!
tainly eye-catching, and it would seem do stay tight, though, in contrast to some
unfortunate
You know
to
how
hide
most
them
audio
with
magazines
the knockoffs.
do their
The
reviews:
nicely-fashioned
a number of
jump-
black
reviewers,
grilles that
some
are
with
included,
doubtful
though
“reference”
ers for
systems,
single
are
wiring
assigned
carry
reviews
the ELAC
of
audiophiles
individual
with
components.
small children may feel name.
differently.
UHF, on the other hand, maintains actual
We did
reference
our listening
systems,
session
on which
in our
There
all reviews
are
are
two
done.
bass
All
reflex
our reviewers
vents, Omega
participate
room,
in each
using
review.
our
The
long-time
one
main
for each
article
of the
is based
woofers,
on the
positioned
concensus,
reference
if there is
speakers,
one, but sometimes
the Reference
on
3a
respectively
divergence.
at the rear and underneath. Suprema II’s, for comparison. Some
A large
And
foam
then
plug
each
is included
reviewer
so
gets
that
to
the
write
large
a “Crosstalk,”
speakers
a
require
personal
considerable
com-
rear
ment,
port can
which
be
may
blocked
even
off,
disagree
as shown
with the
manipulation
others.
before finding the ideal
above.
There
ELAC
is
recommends
no pressure to
using
confirm.
the
What
positioning,
you read
but
is really
we were
what
pleased
we
to find
plug
think.
if the
And
speaker
that is
will
what
be
makes
positioned
UHF unique.
that the ELACs sounded very good
close to a rear wall. We did insert the placed exactly where our Supremas
plugs while we were running the speak- had been. Experiments with placement
ers in, but not in the listening test. variations gave us no improvement,
Nor did we use the supplied dispersion but nor did they result in disastrous
control ring, a doughnut that fits around imbalances.
the tweeter, supposedly helpful in dif- This was an all-vinyl test, in which
ficult acoustical circumstances. We we played a half dozen LPs on our Linn
understand the point, though it seems LP12 with Alphason arm and London
to contradict ELAC’s efforts to get as Reference cartridge.
wide dispersion as possible.
See the complete article in our print
The two pairs of binding posts at or paid electronic version at magzee.
the rear look like slightly undersized com. In the meantime, here we go again,
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