Elac Adante AS-61 Stand mount speakers
Another innovative design by Andrew Jones. The woofer is internally mounted with ports that help feed a passive radiator. There is a floor stander as well.
Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk
Comments
-
2 channel:
Bryston 4B3, Bryston BDA3, Cary SLP05, Shanling CDT1000SE with parts conneXion level 2 mods, Nottingham analogue ace space 294, soundsmith Carmen MKii, Zu DL103 MKii, Ortofon MC 20 MKii, Dynavector XX2 MKii, Rogue Audio Ares, Core power technologies balanced power conditioner, Akiko Corelli power conditioner with Akiko Audio HQ power cable, Nordost heimdall 2, Frey 2, interconnects, speaker and power cables, Focal Electra 1028 BE 2, Auralic Aries Femto, Black diamond racing cones, ingress audio level 1 roller blocks, JL Audio E110 with Auralic subdude, Primacoustics room treatments.
Theater:
Focal Aria 926,905,CC900, SVS PB ultra x2. Pioneer Elite SC85, Oppo BDP93, Panamax M5400PM, Minix neox6, Nordost Blue heaven LS power cables. -
That's actually very interesting, thanks for sharing. Why use ports though?afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
Village Idiot of Club Polk -
-
The Neat speaker is interesting too. I note they are using Mundorf caps and doped paper drivers, which as I've often stated, are still considered by many as the best. Polk really knew what they were doing using them in their SDA and Monitor speakers back in the '70's/80's/early 90's.
The one thing I prefer with the Elac is the lack of an external port making them easier to place close to a rear wall or corner. I could not find the frequency specs for the Neat. Do you know what they are Mike?Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
Jesse, neat. But there will be that guy on Amazon complaining the woofer has no magnet or wires going to it.
No doubt!Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
The Neat speaker is interesting too. I note they are using Mundorf caps and doped paper drivers, which as I've often stated, are still considered by many as the best. Polk really knew what they were doing using them in their SDA and Monitor speakers back in the '70's/80's/early 90's.
The one thing I prefer with the Elac is the lack of an external port making them easier to place close to a rear wall or corner. I could not find the frequency specs for the Neat. Do you know what they are Mike?
Haven't been able to find them either. Their sx7i really has my attention. In fact I will be listening to a pair this weekend. I will ask my dealer the specs, it's weird they don't publish them.2 channel:
Bryston 4B3, Bryston BDA3, Cary SLP05, Shanling CDT1000SE with parts conneXion level 2 mods, Nottingham analogue ace space 294, soundsmith Carmen MKii, Zu DL103 MKii, Ortofon MC 20 MKii, Dynavector XX2 MKii, Rogue Audio Ares, Core power technologies balanced power conditioner, Akiko Corelli power conditioner with Akiko Audio HQ power cable, Nordost heimdall 2, Frey 2, interconnects, speaker and power cables, Focal Electra 1028 BE 2, Auralic Aries Femto, Black diamond racing cones, ingress audio level 1 roller blocks, JL Audio E110 with Auralic subdude, Primacoustics room treatments.
Theater:
Focal Aria 926,905,CC900, SVS PB ultra x2. Pioneer Elite SC85, Oppo BDP93, Panamax M5400PM, Minix neox6, Nordost Blue heaven LS power cables. -
I eagerly await your impressions.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
Interesting indeed.Pio Elete Pro 520
Panamax 5400-EX
Sunfire TGP 5
Micro Seiki DD-40 - Lyra-Dorian and Denon DL-160
PS Audio GCPH phono pre
Sunfire CG 200 X 5
Sunfire CG Sig 405 X 5
OPPO BDP-83 SE
SDA SRS 1.2TL Sonicaps and Mills
Ctr CS1000p
Sur - FX1000 x 4
SUB - SVS PB2-Plus
Workkout room:
Sony Bravia XBR- 32-Inch 1080p
Onkyo TX-DS898
GFA 555
Yamaha DVD-S1800BL/SACD
Ft - SDA 1C
Not being used:
RTi 38's -4
RT55i's - 2
RT25i's -2, using other 2 in shop
LSI 15's
CSi40
PSW 404 -
The Neat speaker is interesting too. I note they are using Mundorf caps and doped paper drivers, which as I've often stated, are still considered by many as the best. Polk really knew what they were doing using them in their SDA and Monitor speakers back in the '70's/80's/early 90's.
The one thing I prefer with the Elac is the lack of an external port making them easier to place close to a rear wall or corner. I could not find the frequency specs for the Neat. Do you know what they are Mike?
Haven't been able to find them either. Their sx7i really has my attention. In fact I will be listening to a pair this weekend. I will ask my dealer the specs, it's weird they don't publish them.
Looking forward to some impressions as well.
H9
"Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul! -
I (still) don't think one can beat paper (doped or au naturel) for realistic reproduction of sound
-
Didn't JVC do something like this with their portables in thr late 80's ? They loaded a small woofer in a base tube and a paasive on thr bottom of the boombox.Klipsch The Nines, Audioquest Thunderbird Interconnect, Innuos Zen MK3 W4S recovery, Revolution Audio Labs USB & Ethernet, Border Patrol SE-I, Audioquest Niagara 5000 & Thunder, Cullen Crossover II PC's.
-
I don't know, but wouldn't be surprised. You wait long enough and what once was is again.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
Linn famously introduced their Isobarik designs back in the 70's.More recently Totem did it with their excellent sounding Mani 2. Isobaric loading in a 2 way can potentially introduce strong colourations in the midrange. The Totem's seemed free of such issues.
-
Hopefully going to make it down to the shop Saturday for a listen. Will leave my impressions here. The owner was at my place Wednesday helping me with my new table. He said they have oodles of bass, and that the bookies are quite impressive.2 channel:
Bryston 4B3, Bryston BDA3, Cary SLP05, Shanling CDT1000SE with parts conneXion level 2 mods, Nottingham analogue ace space 294, soundsmith Carmen MKii, Zu DL103 MKii, Ortofon MC 20 MKii, Dynavector XX2 MKii, Rogue Audio Ares, Core power technologies balanced power conditioner, Akiko Corelli power conditioner with Akiko Audio HQ power cable, Nordost heimdall 2, Frey 2, interconnects, speaker and power cables, Focal Electra 1028 BE 2, Auralic Aries Femto, Black diamond racing cones, ingress audio level 1 roller blocks, JL Audio E110 with Auralic subdude, Primacoustics room treatments.
Theater:
Focal Aria 926,905,CC900, SVS PB ultra x2. Pioneer Elite SC85, Oppo BDP93, Panamax M5400PM, Minix neox6, Nordost Blue heaven LS power cables. -
@aboroth00 had a sub that worked similar with 4 active drivers behind 4 passives.
Looked cool but shipping would be a pain so I didn't even consider it when he was selling it."....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
EndersShadow wrote: »@aboroth00 had a sub that worked similar with 4 active drivers behind 4 passives.
Looked cool but shipping would be a pain so I didn't even consider it when he was selling it.
Yup and I still have the thing. Ended up keeping it because it's a darn good sub and just couldn't let it go for less. Still sounds pretty darn awesome.
James loudspeaker seemed to do it a lot, limits output but the EMB1000 got pretty good reviews when it was still available.2Ch Tube Audio Convert
