![]() ![]() Where there is a fair amount of high frequency content, the Elacs sounded clearer in the midrange. I like this a lot and thus, I would prefer the Vento's! Don Henley singing "Hotel California" has an airy quality to his voice and the Vento made that clear in their presentation. This is a subtle thing, but not uncommon and I like it. For example, where there are vocals up front and an acoustic guitar play little fills, the Vento brings out the guitar part by presenting the brassy sound of the strings which is muted on the Elac. I like the Ceramic tweeters presentation because it helps bring out more details in the music. The Debut has a similar waveguide to the Canton's. The big difference between it and those two is the Canton uses a fairly aggressive waveguide. That said, the highs truly define the differences in the sound of these speakers:Īs I have said before, this tweeter is in the same league as the RAAL and the Focal Be (but much less expensive). The difference is definitely there, but color me impressed at what the Debut tweeter does! It is the highs where things get interesting! The DBR-62 is rated as "frequency response: 44-35,000 Hz " IME, 35kHz is a lot to ask of a soft dome tweeter, but this is clearly one of, if not, the best soft domes I have ever heard! Normally, I feel short changed by a soft dome tweeter, but with this one, it took having a A-B comparison to be sure. The Elacs are a match for the Ventos and, thus, are also have exceptional mid-range detail! The Vento impressed me by having better detail than my RBH-61lse (I have always loved them for their midrange detail). In the midrange, both of these speakers had excellent (and equivalent) clarity and detail! The distinctions I was hearing came from the highs which influenced my perception of the midrange, but I spent some time replaying sections without higher frequency content and they sound virtually identical. I listened to the acoustic version of Eagles Hotel California and the bass was good and meaty! Obviously a sub would improve it, but for anyone not used to a sub, these are impressive! I wonder how the Bass of the Elac towers (using two 5" drivers) compares. So, if you want to avoid a sub, the DBR-62 is a very good option. The 830.2 is audibly, a very close match to the Elac except the Elac still had some extra "feel only" bass. Accordingly I swapped out the 6" Vento 820.2 for the 7" Vento 830.2! I look at this as a way to remove a variable when evaluating the rest of the frequency spectrum. ![]() This will not matter at all if you will use a subwoofer, but without a sub, I would choose the DBR-62 over the Vento! The DBR actually has some bass that was felt as much as heard (and that is with the speakers pulled out into the center of my room - ~7ft to the wall behind them and roughly the same to the side wall)! This is impressive bass for a 6-1/2" driver and it does it while producing great mid-range detail (like the Vento has)!īass is a funny thing because it is hard to isolate the actual bass from the quality of the rest of the frequency range and the associated sense of ambiance, etc. It matches the Ventos for resolution (which is quite good). In any case, the Vento is very nice and if the Elac can beat it, I would consider that quite a feat!īass is better (deeper) than the Vento's. The impressive thing about the Cantons is the next (by increasing price) better speaker I have found would be the Philharmonic BMR (I suspect the Philharmonitor at $1100, IIRC, would actually be the next step up, but I have not heard it). ![]() Currently, the more recent Vento 826 is equivalent (only cosmetic changes as far as I can tell) for $600/pr (in white - black costs $100 more right now): from my perspective! Obviously, he did not go into his review with an automatic win for anything Andrew Jones has done, so his positive review led me to buy a pair from Crutchfield (who has a generous 60 day $15 flat fee return policy for a "did not like" return-they pay all shipping).Īt this $600/pr price, the Canton Ventos are my "champion"! Often they may cost more, and pricing at A4L is variable, but I got my 6" Vento 820.2's for $600/pr. Hearing some dissension from Amir was a refreshing confirmation of my earlier opinions on them and gives Amir legitamacy. The Pioneer were better than anything else at the same price, but, while not bad, the two Elac speakers I have heard (original Debut and the Uni-Fi) were nothing for the competition to fear! IMHO, the Andrew Jones momentum that Elac bought and the hype of the reviews for these two speakers was more result of marketing strategy than sound quality. I have generally been disappointed with Andrew Jones' Elac speakers. ![]()
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