Johnno49 Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 (edited) Good afternoon all, Would love to hear from anyone who has had experience with Elac speakers, particularly the Debut 2 - B6.2. They get very good reviews and are very affordable at around $700, but unfortunately only come in black. They would be to replace my Wharfedale Diamond 9.5s from around 2005. I bought them when I lived in a full-size house, but now I'm only in a small townhouse and space is at a premium. I use a Yamaha R-N602 receiver with an old Yamaha CD player, which will soon be replaced by a new Yamaha CD-C600 5 Disc Changer. My longish "shortlist" for speakers is: the Elacs, B&W 606 S2, Dynaudio Emit M20 and Wharfedale Diamond 225. I have also heard good things about Krix Acoustix Mk2s, but their price may put them out of my reach. My music tastes are primarily 60s - 80s pop/rock. Thanks guys. Edited September 30, 2020 by Johnno49 Additional info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer sir sanders zingmore Posted September 30, 2020 Volunteer Share Posted September 30, 2020 19 minutes ago, Nordost said: Have you herd klipsch speakers? what about Maggies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer sir sanders zingmore Posted September 30, 2020 Volunteer Share Posted September 30, 2020 Just now, Nordost said: He lives in a small town house so Maggie’s are of the list. Good point. Maggies probably can't do rock very well anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer sir sanders zingmore Posted September 30, 2020 Volunteer Share Posted September 30, 2020 Just now, Nordost said: Maybe 30.7s for condos when they are released. I'd love to hear the 30.7s Are you familiar with them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggmeister Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, Nordost said: Maybe 30.7s for condos when they are released. Do you have a pair of Maggie's nordost ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggmeister Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, Nordost said: No I have a pair of Polk sda srs 1a. Nice speakers.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer sir sanders zingmore Posted October 1, 2020 Volunteer Share Posted October 1, 2020 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Nordost said: No never heard them. not sure why but I thought you might have Edited October 1, 2020 by sir sanders zingmore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnno49 Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share Posted October 1, 2020 (edited) Nordost, no, I haven't heard Klipsch in action, although I've read that the RP-500Ms are good. Did you have any particular model in mind? Edited October 1, 2020 by Johnno49 Additional info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 22 hours ago, Johnno49 said: Would love to hear from anyone who has had experience with Elac speakers, particularly the Debut 2 - B6.2. They get very good reviews and are very affordable at around $700, but unfortunately only come in black. Apollo HiFi are advertising that they will be coming in Walnut soon. Not sure if that helps. I know Frank Prowse HiFi have ELAC in their range. Maybe worth dropping past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnno49 Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share Posted October 1, 2020 18 minutes ago, John Doe said: Apollo HiFi are advertising that they will be coming in Walnut soon. Not sure if that helps. I know Frank Prowse HiFi have ELAC in their range. Maybe worth dropping past. I live in country Victoria, John, so both of those are out of the question. I'm thinking when Melbourne exits lockdown, I'll go and audition some Elacs and also some Klipsch, along with a few others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrownMagic Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 I have had the Pioneer BS22 LR, Elac Debut, Elac Unifi and now using the Elac Adantes. So pretty much most of the Andrew Jones designed speakers. It is very hard to beat them at their price points. However for your choice in music which is 60s to 80s rock, the debut might be a little harsh. It is not the speaker's fault. Garbage in is garbage out and most of the music recorded in that Era which are in streaming sound quite bad. So ideally look at speakers which are forgiving at the top. Wharfedale Denton might be in your price range. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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