![]() ELAC claims this extends the unit’s frequency response for smoother operation in the driver’s passband. The tweeter’s dome boasts new cloth material and doping, and also has a larger surround than before. In addition, the bass port has moved from the rear to the front, allowing greater placement flexibility. A new convex dust cap is also fitted, which should offer a smoother roll-off at the top end and, thus, lower distortion. On the mid/bass driver front, the new unit is the same size and basic material, but the Aramid weave is different and the rear of the cone is coated with damping material. It’s under the skin where things have changed a bit more than first appearances suggest. Even a glance at the spec shows the driver lineup to be ostensibly as before, with an aramid fibre bass/midrange driver crossing over to a 25mm cloth dome tweeter. Stylistically, there has been a small amount of change to the front baffle and the newbies are fractionally narrower and taller, but the family resemblance is clear. In the case of the standmounts, floorstanders and centres, the smaller models use 133mm main drive units (hence the B5.2, C5.2 and F5.2 monikers), but the larger B/C/F6.2 models make use of 165mm units in larger cabinets for greater presence and better bass extension. In addition, two more subwoofers are recommended as perfect partners for the 2.0 models, should your walls require a little more shaking than the £259 Debut 2.0 S10.2 can provide. In the case of the Debut 2.0, this means nine models – two standmounters, two floorstanders, two centre channels, one on-wall surround speaker pair, one pair of Dolby Atmos speakers and one subwoofer. ![]() Following an illustrious career encompassing the likes of KEF, Infinity and TAD, Jones joined ELAC in 2015, breathing new life into the brand and creating well-defined ranges. As a result, barely two years after the game-changing Debut range arrived, we now see the Debut 2.0, which includes the £299 B6.2 standmount before you here.Īs with the original range, the man behind the new models is designer Andrew Jones. Fortunately, as its press release points out: “ELAC can’t leave well alone”. As Andrew Jones returns to sprinkle magic dust on ELAC’s Debut range, HFC checks out the 2.0 standmount makeoverĪs a market, the budget loudspeaker sector is a hectic one at the best of times and most companies realise that to sit back on their laurels after a successful product launch is a bad move. ![]()
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