Re: ELAC speakers
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I haven't heard the 248, but I have listened to several of their bookshelf speakers, and they have a very smooth natural sound. Voices are especially well reporduced. But yes you pay for it. I'd put them in the same class as Dynaudio.
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Re: ELAC speakers
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I seem to remember reading many studios use Elac for monitors.
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Re: ELAC speakers
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Hi mpyw,
Going back many decades, to the 1960s and early '70s, Elac was a brand of German turntable fairly well distributed in the US and Canada. To my knowledge, Elac speakers were never available in North America.
In a way, I'm surprised at your impressions of the Elac speaker. I've never heard it, but over the years I've heard and reviewed several different brands of German speakers, which were traditionally "voiced" to please German and European consumers. Typically, the preferred tonal balance had exaggerated upper bass and a very zippy, sibilant treble, both of which I disliked, as did my fellow blind listening panel members.
Recent German speakers I've heard at the Consumer Electronics Show seemed to continue the tradition of German voicing. Maybe Elac is an exception, which would be great.
p.s. I've never seen Elac monitors in any North American recording studios I've visited.
Regards, Alan Lofft
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Re: ELAC speakers
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The mark-up on European speakers(in general) vs North American brands, is a major deterent for me.
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Re: ELAC speakers
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There might be some Elac dealers in the Toronto area.
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Re: ELAC speakers
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I thought there might be too, I know I've seen a few Canton speakers(also German) for sale in Ontario.
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Re: ELAC speakers
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I seem to remember reading many studios use Elac for monitors. I have never heard of Elac used in studios either. Do you have it confused with another name - Genelec?
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Re: ELAC speakers
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Visiting to ELAC Factory by a Taiwan Mag These are the impression by one of the Taiwan mag recent visit to the ELAC factory in Germany. I've put the page under Google translate, but if you knew Chinese, it would be a much better read. Maybe Axiom could show us some of their speakers making process in the website also :p
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Re: ELAC speakers
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I seem to remember reading many studios use Elac for monitors. I have never heard of Elac used in studios either. Do you have it confused with another name - Genelec? D'oh!!!! That was it!!
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Re: ELAC speakers
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ELAC and Axiom Audio? I realize this is an old thread, but I am watching this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV4sxDhyatcAt 6:08, they mention that in the Late 70's and early 80's they got into the speaker business, and they partnered with "AXIOM Electroacoustic Speaker Specialists". http://elac.us/aboutelac/Is that this Axiom? Just wondering.
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