ELAC - Debut Reference Bookshelf Speakers - Black/Walnut

Decided to take a chance on these speakers after reading glowing praise from audiosciencereview, and I'm glad I did. These sound great! For reference, here is the review: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/elac-debut-reference-dbr-62-speaker-review.12232/ Going through my favorite songs with these speakers took my breath away. In many cases it was the best experience I've ever had listening to the given song. audiosciencereview suggests to pair these with a "beefy" amplifier. To do this, I hooked up these speakers to the "Zone 3" of a Denon X4700H, which I also use for my home theater through the main zone. Based on ASR's comments, it might not be a good idea to get these speakers if you need something that works with a more compact amplifier. I recommend using some kind of room correction for these speakers. For that purpose I did something very rough to set up these speakers on my Windows PC. My motherboard's Realtek audio drivers come with a customizable EQ, and I adjusted the weights of the frequencies in that EQ to try to match a standard room correction target curve. To do this, I set up a microphone at my listening spot, and I got an app to display the microphone's recorded frequency, and I got an app to emit sound waves at desired frequencies. I played a sound wave at each frequency that I can control in Realtek's EQ, and I adjusted the EQ to tweak the loudness of frequencies to make them match the target curve. The very low and very high frequencies were hard to calibrate that way, so I tweaked those based on personal preference. I then went through a bunch of my favorite songs and made fine-tuned adjustments to try to get everything sounding just like I expect it to. This work really payed off - turning the custom EQ on and off is like night and day. That is all to say, highly recommend tweaking the EQ to bring out the best in these speakers. If you're all about that bass then you might want to pair these with a subwoofer, but in my opinion the bass of these speakers is pretty good on its own. It's juuuust deep enough to give a satisfying feeling of being wrapped in the sound, has given me the shivers a few times. If you're interested in other people's opinion, I recommend checking out the audiosciencereview thread linked above. That said, I think some people there who have negative impressions might just need to tweak something in their setup, like the EQ or the amplifier. Or maybe they have unrealistic expectations from a speaker of this size...? Overall, I give these speakers a solid recommendation.

Great speakers, sounds really good. Decent built quality and looks, heavier than many of its size. Came in a bit not so ideal box, a bit dirty and torn but speakers itself were absolutely fine. Found best price for these on beat buy. Highly recommended seller, and Highly recommended speakers for any use.

The speakers came on time in a very sturdy box. Close to 50 lbs. So be prepared. The speakers are solidly built and look good. Passes the thump test. The sound is very good Clean. Works very well with my setup playing LPs, CDs, and cassetttes. Rock on! Looking forward to when they are broken in.

I hooked these up to an aiyima a07 with a tube preamp and these things sound amazing! I have a better power supply, better tubes, and upgraded op-amps to go along with the budget equipment. It really sounds amazing. I can only imagine how these sound with a high quality amplifier. If you’re on the fence with the cheap B&W speakers and KEF’s but want a 6.5” woofer. These are a great middle ground if you want something that can be airy, present, and vocal. Don’t worry about bass because it’s there! The bass only gets deeper the farther away you are. Up close in a computer setup you may want a subwoofer as you won’t hear it as much. Buy these when on sale! $489

A present for my son. He loves the sound and very happy.