Primus and sound

The rest of the loudspeakers of the system are passive, but here Elac is also an innovation forge. Since the traditional company 1993 the filigree J.E.T.-Hochtöner from the Berlin loudspeaker company A.R.E.S. , The extremely sluggish foil converter experienced countless updates. After presenting the third generation of the Oskar Heil-based Air Motion Transformer in 2003, Elac was presented with a ring-shaped high-tech mid-range driver, powered by an unusually large 3-inch oscillating coil. This bold coaxial chassis has been used as an X-Jet.


Primus inter A.R.E.S.


But the Kielers did not want to be satisfied with this. In 2011, they came up with the latest twist: With a massive screw thread, state-of-the-art 500 series owners can steplessly move the VX-Jet baptized coaxial mid-tweeter horizontally. This results in the bundling of the sound radiation. Analogously, the ratio between direct and diffuse sound changes in the listening position, while the tonal tuning of the box remains largely unaffected. Sapp woofer: The SUB 2070 can be customized via a free app. Particularly clever: With the microphone of the smartphone the owner can automatically measure it. Those who place the coax behind the baffle avoid the formation of early reflections in hally or large rooms, which mix with the direct sound and provide a diffuse sound on the listening position. In the sinking, he begins to bundle, which moves the optimum listening zone far back into the room.


Always in the first row


On the other hand, the VX-Jet can be moved out of the baffle to ensure that the sound waves can spread unhindered in all directions. Reflections from the surrounding walls are already being formed in a short distance from the box, thus ensuring a pleasant spatiality in near-field hearing situations or in our acoustically dampened home cinema. In our set, all seven channels equipped with 500-line speakers had the finest precision mechanics. Another common feature was the extremely stiff, multi-braced and correspondingly heavy housings rested on super-solid adjustable spikes. Even the bass reflex tubes, like the crossovers, were quenched with insulation wool.


Really like live


The bass diaphragms and the 4-way design FS 507 VX-Jet, which is nearly 1.40 meters high, are also being improved by the additional 18 cm cone midrange driver through an aluminum sandwich construction with diamond embossing. These computer-optimized oscillating systems should ultimately produce no sound and follow the musical signal without delay. Fortunately, even the youngest members of the family have inherited this AS-XR cone-tipped technology for the subtle wall mounting, and also have a jet tweeter.


Conclusion


These similarities also led to an outstanding interplay of all sound transducers in the listening test. Although the author of these lines is usually unaffected by Goethe ("Quartet is wide, not strong") and the use of existing surround solutions with high-end loudspeakers such as Dolby IIz for music, he came to the congenial combination of Dolby Atmos And Elac 7.2.6. Through the use of the high-frequency channels the already appeared in stereo and with standard surround manshohe figure not only a bit higher. One also had the feeling to be able to hear much deeper into the room beyond the loudspeakers. The room boundaries seemed to be dissolved when unleashing the entire 3D splendor. We had not experienced such a complete, yet vast, space in our home cinema.


The same was true of the dynamics, which would be described inadequately with the brachial, because this conceptions suggest hardness. The Elac set could deliver at any time, if it challenged special effects. But the special thing was precisely that ease, self-evidentness and cleanliness, with which impulses from all directions broke through the emotionally visibly touched listeners. So fast and at the same time so elegant you can get that from the canned only every few years - if at all. Thanks to seven main channels and great spatial imaging capability of the coaxial systems, the room did not collapse excessively when switching to 2D surround. In contrast, the FS 509 with the two FS 509s in the "Alle" This was not only due to the spaciousness. But also on the lack of ultra-precise and fast subwoofers. If you like the author's live feel with authentic bassdrums, this would never play without subwoofer music. And - surprise - best always in surround. This is what a confessed purist, who usually listens to CDs and LPs in stereo. It was almost unbelievable how much power and sound the Onkyo TX-NR 3030 squealed out of this all-star team. Almost like a small PA. Thus, theoretically, the bottom line could be surpassed by no means alienating the entire building savings contract. Where else does one get so much grace and sound power without the usual attitudes, the expensive box exotic often attach? For this, the overall rating was "outstanding" and with 96% 1st place in the current list.


Even Audiophiles will want to listen with such a madness set their stereo CDs in surround. Even with an affordable AV receiver, it can be heard with a broad, wide-band and dynamic sound almost as in the live concert.