Koss 76 manual Brand/model Elac Price C$1650, Sensitivity 88 dB Impedance claimed 4 ohms

ELAC 204

to note that the ELACs reproduced them pleasantly. We were hoping for great smoothness in the highs from the famous tweeter, and we got it, except for…

Except for what? Do check out the full version of this review in the print or electronic version.

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Does the name ring a bell? Mention ELAC and we think of turntables of long ago, or more recently of

phono cartridges. Indeed, ELAC (the name is a contraction of Electroacustic) was the first to make a relatively inex- pensive phono cartridge with a Van den Hul profiled stylus. That turned out not to be a great idea, but its heart was in the right place.

And now ELAC has brought out the first inexpensive speaker with a Heil tweeter. Not all the company’s speakers are this size or this price either, but once again its heart is in the right place. Oskar Heil’s famous tweeter has long been admired for its exemplary smoothness, and indeed for the lack of peakiness that is found in nearly all conventional tweeters.

So where have we seen it before? Well, the Oskar Aulos, a smallish speaker with a similar tweeter was on the cover of UHF No. 57. And its larger brother, the Kithara, was reviewed in issue No. 59. Subsequently Albert pur- chased it. But none of these speakers cost as little as this one. The finish, designed for modern decors, belies the cost, as do of course the drivers used. The woofer is a sandwich of paper and aluminum. And the “JET” tweeter is ELAC’s own

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version of Oskar Heil’s “Air Motion Transformer.” From 2.8 kHz up it does the heavy lifting.

We set the speakers up on our Foun- dation stands and connected them to our Alpha system. It took very little fiddling with the placement before we were happy with the image and the balance. The speakers come with foam “muffs” that can be placed in the rear port for place- ment close to a wall, but we didn’t use them.

We opened the session with the SACD version of the famed Proprius choral recording, Now the Green Blade Riseth (PRSACD9093). We’ve heard both the male and female voices sound hideous on speakers far more expen- sive than these, and we were pleased

SUMMING IT UP…

Brand/model: ELAC 204.2

Price: C$1650

Size (HWD): 33 x 20 x 28.5 cm

Sensitivity: 88 dB

Impedance (claimed): 4 ohms

Most liked: Deliciously smooth highs

Least liked: It’s a little speaker, remember?

Verdict: A high end that’s really high end

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