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ELAC Adante AS-61

Overview

• After turning the audiophile world on its collective ear with the remarkable Debut and Uni-Fi Series loudspeakers, ELAC undertook the mission of creating one of their most ambitious speakers to date. About it, ELAC’s chief engineer Andrew Jones says, “With Adante, what we’re trying to do is bring excellent value to a new price point.”
• Adante will surely redefine your concept of what it is possible for an affordable loudspeaker to achieve. Adante’s advanced design starts with a precision-built cabinet that features Interport-Coupled Cavity bass loading to exploit the highest performance from new active and passive bass drivers. The inherent superiority of this design solution delivers some of the most authoritative, realistic bass around. Complementing Adante’s custom low-frequency drivers is the all-new concentric midrange/tweeter, a natural-sound wonder engineered expressly for the Adante series. To make sure they look as good as they sound, each Adante cabinet features a furniture-grade finish in a choice of gloss white, gloss black or genuine satin walnut veneer. The face of each cabinet is an elegant, bonded-aluminum front baffle for maximum rigidity, contoured to incorporate waveguides that ensure optimum dispersion from each driver.
• The Adante AF-61 Floorstanding Tower, AS-61 Stand Mount Monitor and AC-61 Center Channel each represent a “clean sheet” design unique to ELAC, where technical solutions, precision engineering and superior craftsmanship all come together to create a breathtaking trio of loudspeakers that sound—and look—like nothing else in the world. Go ahead and challenge Adante with everything you’ve got. We did. Further proof that ELAC is the life of sound.
• Your new reference monitor.
• Designed with the identical drivers as its floorstanding sibling, the AS-61 Stand Mount delivers reference-standard Adante sound with just a fraction less bass extension and output. The ideal solution for a two-channel music system or the basis for a surround-sound installation, don’t call it a bookshelf: this is a no-compromise monitor designed for serious listeners. Dedicated stands are available and recommended.

Specifications

• Speaker type: 3-way, interport-coupled cavity
• Tweeter:  1 x 1-inch soft dome, concentrically mounted
• Midrange: 1 x 5.25-inch aluminum cone
• Woofer: 1 x 6.5-inch aluminum cone, internally mounted
• Passive radiator: 1 x 8-inch aluminum cone
• Crossover frequency: 200Hz / 2,000 Hz
• Frequency range: 41 to 35,000 Hz
• Sensitivity: 85dB at 2.83 v/1m
• Recommended amplifier power: 50 to 160 wpc
• Peak power handling: 160 wpc
• Nominal impedance: 6 Ohms
• Cabinet Finishes: Gloss black, gloss white
• Net Weight (each): 16 Kgs
• Dimensions (HxWxD): 484 mm x 243.7 mm x 401.7 mm (with grille)
• Adante LS Stand AS-61 (optional): 598.00 EUR

• Price: 2 998.00 EUR
• Sale Price: 2 698.20 EUR

Reviews

• ELAC Adante AS-61 / EISA Best Product – Loudspeaker 2018/2019
• ELAC Adante AS-61 / New Record Day Chapter 1: First Impressions
• ELAC Adante AS-61 / New Record Day Chapter 2: Sound Clips with Commentary
• ELAC Adante AS-61 / Crutchfield – Sawing an ELAC speaker in half to see how it’s built
• ELAC Adante AS-61 / Designer Andrew Jones Discusses the ELAC Adante Series
• ELAC Adante AS-61 / FIDELITY online
• ELAC Adante AS-61 / Stereo
• ELAC Adante AS-61 / HI-FI NEWS OUTSTANDING PRODUCT
• ELAC Adante AS-61 / Ruud Jonker

Documentation

• ELAC Adante Factsheet