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![]() ![]() It’s easy and transparent but capable of warmth when demanded. The quality of the audio remains consistent from speaker to speaker and scene to scene. ![]() It’s subtle and balanced with no part of the frequency range dominant but still snappy and crisp. It’s not a forward or aggressive sound that some speakers might push at this price to make the owner feel like they’ve really bought something. 12 of the best film scenes to test picture quality.All the same, the sound is still smooth as the car screeches across the freeway with the audio drifting faithfully from speaker to speaker with the movement of the car. It’s a complicated mix of sounds with tyres screeching left and right sirens blaring front and back, and all set on top of the music track, but the Elacs organise it all with great aplomb.Įverything is tied nicely together, even though the filmmakers have clearly dropped the effects more purposefully onto each channel in the mix. From the off we’re in the getaway car with Bellbottoms by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion blasting through Baby’s Apple earbuds. It’s enough with the finery of classic cinema, so we move onto the more modern cinematic action of Baby Driver. Later in the restaurant scene, the music from the jazz band is alive and modern and matched evenly with the dialogue. We hear the wind as they drive and the birds singing in the trees as they pass them. The sound from the centre is detailed, clear and natural, and voices are rich and clean. We switch to LaMotta’s date with Vikki, driving through the suburbs in an open top car. These aren’t effects picked and placed in one of six carefully positioned speakers, but a delightfully balanced audio image that bathes the viewer in the cinematic experience and lets the equipment melt away. What’s astonishing is the realism of the soundscape. There’s no doubt we’re standing in the ring amongst it all, right on the shoulder of our protagonist. The calls from the baying crowd come from all around as the boxers turn. The soundstage of the front three is subtle, polished and flawlessly joined up. Punches thump on contact or swing and miss with threatening weight. That said, most people will probably use the mic and controls on their home cinema amplifier instead.ĭimensions (surrounds, hwd) 34 x 18 x 23cmĪs the action switches to LaMotta’s 1941 fight with Jimmy Reeves, the full suite of speakers kicks in. There are no volume controls around the back, instead use the Elac SubEQ smartphone app, from where you can control the volume by Bluetooth or have it use your mobile’s microphone to determine the best EQ settings for the sub. ![]() It’s a 36cm tall box, weighing 14.5kg, with a 25cm long-throw driver. 1 would mean nothing without the Elac SUB3010 subwoofer. These fit on both the front and surround speakers and turn your 5.1 set-up into a 5.2.1 system with overhead sound for any height effects in Dolby Atmos-compatible films. There are also Elac Debut 2.0 A4.2 Dolby Atmos modules, which don’t come with the package, but are available at an extra £180 per pair. The bookshelf surrounds come with a tweeter and single woofer with the reflex port at the front to make the positioning distances from walls less crucial. The Elac C5.2 centre speaker also has front-facing ports two within its cabinet, one at either end alongside the single tweeter and dual woofer combo. The floorstanders are fitted with four drivers apiece – a 25mm silk dome tweeter and three 13cm woofers, plus there are three rear firing reflex ports down its length for a deeper push. These treats come housed in the Elac Debut 2.0 F5.2 floorstanding fronts, two Elac B5.2 standmounters and the C5.2 centre speaker.
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