Doc, what ever became or you ELAC's

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afterburnt
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or was that someone else?
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,046
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    Nope, it's me.
    Still trying to love them.
    They do some things well, but they don't grab me like the Altecs do.
    I really, really do need to get a proper pair of modern speaker stands for them to get them to the correct height in the manner that they "expect".
    Fortunately, they were cheap. :)

    48624427897_fe5b2391c5_b.jpgDSC_6500 (3) by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    (photo was from the last receiver Karma I did a little while back)
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  • afterburnt
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    I got a pair just sitting there I didn't do much more than hook them up to see if they worked. I got some boss cables, Libtecs from Paul to try em out with. I think the cables are worth more than the speakers.
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  • halo
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    There's a new version out now, the ELAC Reference DBR-62. AJ can't seem to stop tinkering with the Debut series.
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    Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
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  • msg
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    I'm not buyin' any Elacs unless they've got green drivers. period.
    I disabled signatures.
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  • afterburnt
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    msg wrote: »
    I'm not buyin' any Elacs unless they've got green drivers. period.

    Sold! I will ship when the paint dries. $350 plus paint job comes to $1478.49.
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  • rooftop59
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    Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es; Squeezebox Touch with Bolder Power Supply
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    Bedroom 2.1    Cambridge Azur 551r; Polk RT25i; ACI Titan Subwoofer
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,046
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    Yeah.
    Green paint -- that ya can get.
    Easy-peasy.
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  • msg
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Yeah.
    Green paint -- that ya can get.
    Easy-peasy.
    IIIIII get it - peas-y because they're green!
    I disabled signatures.
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  • afterburnt
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    I painted them pee green
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,271
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    That would be more of an off-yellow wouldn't it ?
    Sal Palooza
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  • afterburnt
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    mrbigbluelight wrote: »
    That would be more of an off-yellow wouldn't it ?

    No, it's definitely green, I take a lot of vitamins.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,046
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    msg wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Yeah.
    Green paint -- that ya can get.
    Easy-peasy.
    IIIIII get it - peas-y because they're green!

    :D
    afterburnt wrote: »
    I painted them pee green
    some depths are better left unplumbed.
    :#
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,046
    edited January 2020
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    I'd like to hear a pair of those... umm... ELAC Carina stand mount loudspeakers.
    More to the point, though, I suppose -- I'd like to hear them, the KEF LS50 and the Polk L-200 head-to-head-to-head (so to speak). Would be an interesting way to spend a rainy afternoon. :)

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    Speaking of which, I would share two musings:

    1) I wonder what led ELAC to recycle the name Carina for a loudspeaker? I mean... it's been done.

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    2) I do wonder if the "AMT" tweeter in the ELAC Carina (and in several other new, and not particularly inexpensive, loudspeakers) is the exact same one PE is selling and using? Looks... umm... suspiciously similar. Not that I am the suspicious type...

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    https://www.parts-express.com/dayton-audio-amt-mini-8-air-motion-transformer-tweeter-8-ohm--275-095

    40366720772_2be12275f7_b.jpgDSC_0610 (2) by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
    I muse, therefore I am
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  • mhardy6647
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    That new ELAC ELAC DBR62 Debut 2.0 Reference Bookshelf* thingy is an attractive little monkey coffin. More like a squirrel coffin, size-wise.

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    * man, them ELAC galoots oughta take up a collection and hire somebody to name their loudspeakers. Heck, crowdsourced names would be better than the alphabet soup names they come up with (especially for their lower-end products)! :*


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  • halo
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    That new ELAC ELAC DBR62 Debut 2.0 Reference Bookshelf* thingy is an attractive little monkey coffin. More like a squirrel coffin, size-wise.

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    * man, them ELAC galoots oughta take up a collection and hire somebody to name their loudspeakers. Heck, crowdsourced names would be better than the alphabet soup names they come up with (especially for their lower-end products)! :*


    High WAF especially in the white finish
    Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,046
    edited January 2020
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    Heck fire, I think it's really attractive!

    It kind of reminds me of the rather uncommon (bass reflex!?!) KLH Model Ten (of many, many years ago). The Ten had a similar front trim (white or off-white plastic), but it had Henry's then nearly ubiquitous, almost burlappy :p grille cloth.

    13976480394_18ddb342f2_c.jpgklhseven by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
    10768249963_4e0ff0b14f_b.jpgDSC_6468_z by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    In fairness, some of the recent Klipsch products get that retro-sixties look pretty right, too. The stuff they actually made in the sixties didn't usually look so good.

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  • halo
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    I guess I'm just not partial to it though I do think the white color w/ white grill looks much better than the black with the white grill (just looks off to me).

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    Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
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  • mhardy6647
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    I like my loudspeakers wood grained... call me old-fashioned...

    :)
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,017
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    I had a pr. of these beauties for a long while. Sold them to raise some change. :s

    Damn... they were mint and sounded FANTASTIC too! ;)
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    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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