ELAC Unifi Reference teasers

[ROOSKIE]

Coming in June (USA release date)Will this be the ELAC coaxil that really pulls off the trick??
Looking forward to seeing more as the two teasers are very limited.

https://www.elac.com/lp/comingsoon/

http://instagr.am/p/CO0-BdcHCqG/

 

[sabbot]

Too much pathos, but specs and prices are online:
https://www.elac.com/lp/uni-fi-reference/
Some really bad edits.
https://www.elac.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Unifi-Ref-lookbook-Compressed.pdf

 

[McFly]

Exciting, i love the look of the debut Reference. These are the logical step up from debut Reference and are nipping at the heels of the big boys over the pond (KEF). Shame they dont do a larger floorstander with 6.5-8" woofers for a more full range solution, that 5" floorstander will still need subs IMO

 

[Vini darko]

Like how the sticker appears to be pealing , classy stuff

 

[Vini darko]

Steve has a kinda rave review out.

 

[eddantes]

Lazy marketing people! All that drama music and hero shots and then this... I know, I know... But as someone that used to work in the Ad industry decades ago, this is a bit jarring.

 

[richard12511]

My guess is Amir likely won't like them as much as their measurements would suggest he might. Will be interesting to see.

 

[pozz]

Some really bad edits.

Kind of unbelievable they thought the deck was ok to release.

This is really cool though:

 

[Keithdd]

Steve and the cheap audio man put their reviews out at the same time and make more or less identical subjective judgements. Even down to Kef LS50 comparisons. Elac obviously happy to give both an advance set, knowing they are generally very positive towards Andrew Jones' designs. Will be interesting to see how they measure compared to the 5.2s and dbr62s, this being a sort of combination of both.

 

[Honken]

Not entirely sold on their new looks, nor their new suggested pricing. I am looking forward to seein them measured however!

 

[Ron Texas]

It has reference in the name, so it has to be great. Looks like a classed up DBR62. $1k isn't outrageous.

 

[More Dynamics Please]

Interesting crossover difference in newly introduced 3-way coaxial bookshelf speakers:

260 Hz, 1,800 Hz = Elac UBR62

280 Hz, 2,800 Hz = Kali IN-5 & IN-8

 

[Ron Texas]

Seems to be a crossover pattern developing here for newly introduced 3-way coaxial bookshelf speakers:

260 Hz, 1,800 Hz = Elac UBR62

280 Hz, 1,800 Hz = Kali IN-5 & IN-8

A very low crossover point. Some subwoofers go that high.

 

[More Dynamics Please]

A very low crossover point. Some subwoofers go that high.

You responded too fast to my erroneous post. I accidently posted it in the midst of correcting the Kali upper crossover from 1,800 to the actual 2,800.

 

[More Dynamics Please]

Another interesting point is that Elac rates the maximum power input for the UBR62 at 140 watts which just happens to be the same power rating Kali cites for the active IN-8.

 

[MrOtto]

Preview by Joe N Tell who also does measurements on his reviews, hope he measures them soon:

UBR62 vs DBR62:

 

[Music1969]

Ahhhh so close to being perfect to what I want - except it has port on front, not rear/bottom

 

[napilopez]

Ahhhh so close to being perfect to what I want - except it has port on front, not rear/bottom

What's the problem with that? aesthetics?

 

[Music1969]

What's the problem with that? aesthetics?

So many speakers measured with front port show port resonance in the measurements, that don't show with rear ported (when measured from the front of course).

 

[napilopez]

So many speakers measured with front port show port resonance in the measurements, that don't show with rear ported (when measured from the front of course).

I wouldnt worry about that on its own. The Focal Aria 906 and Neumann KH80 show no port mess at all despite a front port, so it definitely isn't an innate issue to front ports. All depends on the implementation.