posvibes
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I have been almost exclusively using bookshelf 2-way speakers for years and years, and I have liked all of them and preference for one or the other is easily satisfied by swapping them in and out. I quite enjoy the initial change, I find it refreshing and rotation is done regularly until I find something lacking in the performance that I can't really name and I change the speaker pair for another pair. They all lack a certain something but only in comparison between speaker sets.
My most recent purchase has been the JBL305p's which never fail to astound me.
But every now and then I drag a pair of ELAC speakers (EL-100's) 3 way floorstanders that I bought and have lugged around the world almost 40 years ago. Apart from some cosmetic bumps and scratches they still perform to my ears as they did when I first bought them.
As you can see they are not very tall and from memory when I bought them I compared them to Linn/Quadral/Canton speakers and the ELAC's won hands down in my preference but they were all of the same size roughly. I have added a photo of the speaker (not from me) and the specs below.
My question is from the listening position the tweeters are way below ear level, they always have been but I hear no detriment to the highs because of that. On many forums we are advised to get the tweeters to ear height.
How come the tweeter still works effectively at their height which I roughly measured to be around 55-56cm from the floor?
Producer: Elac
Model: EL 100
Year: 09/1989 - 08/1992
Measurements: 750 x 235 x 285 mm (H x W x D)
Gewicht: 15,5 kg
Price ca.: 698,- DM (UVP/Stück)
Technical Data
Type: 3-Way Bass reflex Floorstander
Chassis:
Woofers: 2x 165 mm Cone
Mid driver: 1x 25 mm Kalotte
Tweeter: 1x 19 mm Kalotte
Belastbarkeit (Nenn-/Musikb.): 100 / 130 Watt
Efficiency: 91 dB/2,83V/1m
Frequency Range: 38 - 22.000 Hz
Crossover: 900 / 3.200 Hz
Impedanz: 4 Ohm
My most recent purchase has been the JBL305p's which never fail to astound me.
But every now and then I drag a pair of ELAC speakers (EL-100's) 3 way floorstanders that I bought and have lugged around the world almost 40 years ago. Apart from some cosmetic bumps and scratches they still perform to my ears as they did when I first bought them.
As you can see they are not very tall and from memory when I bought them I compared them to Linn/Quadral/Canton speakers and the ELAC's won hands down in my preference but they were all of the same size roughly. I have added a photo of the speaker (not from me) and the specs below.
My question is from the listening position the tweeters are way below ear level, they always have been but I hear no detriment to the highs because of that. On many forums we are advised to get the tweeters to ear height.
How come the tweeter still works effectively at their height which I roughly measured to be around 55-56cm from the floor?
Producer: Elac
Model: EL 100
Year: 09/1989 - 08/1992
Measurements: 750 x 235 x 285 mm (H x W x D)
Gewicht: 15,5 kg
Price ca.: 698,- DM (UVP/Stück)
Technical Data
Type: 3-Way Bass reflex Floorstander
Chassis:
Woofers: 2x 165 mm Cone
Mid driver: 1x 25 mm Kalotte
Tweeter: 1x 19 mm Kalotte
Belastbarkeit (Nenn-/Musikb.): 100 / 130 Watt
Efficiency: 91 dB/2,83V/1m
Frequency Range: 38 - 22.000 Hz
Crossover: 900 / 3.200 Hz
Impedanz: 4 Ohm