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Debut series

by Andrew Jones.

New additions to a family of performers.

ELAC Debut series continues to change the sonic landscape with a range of loudspeakers that are making waves in the audiophile community, like the B5 bookshelf that has already won acclaim as The Absolute Sound Product of the Year.

Now, Debut adds two models—a flagship floorstander and an even smaller bookshelf, so there’s no excuse not to have Debut sound in your system. Breaking new ground, the ELAC Debut series delivers superior performance thanks to custom made key components, with no key off-the-shelf parts. Unlike many more expensive speakers that mix parts-bin drivers, bare-bones crossovers and generic cabinets—every ELAC speaker is built from a clean-sheet design.

The ELAC Debut Series is 100-percent designed by Andrew Jones at ELAC’s dedicated Southern California engineering facility. Debut includes bookshelf, floorstanding, center-channel and Dolby Atmos®-enabled models, complemented by a full range of powered subwoofers. Each one will change your expectations about affordable loudspeakers forever, and each model in the Debut series establishes a value proposition—with build quality and spectacular performance—that goes beyond every other speaker in its class.

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Debut F6

The Benchmark

The Debut F6 loudspeaker combines the advanced drivers of the B6 bookshelf in a floorstanding 3-way, bass reflex design that takes Debut performance to the limit. With sound that rivals speakers costing many times more, the F6 shows that quality components and superior engineering are a winning combination every time. Combine with a Debut powered subwoofer for a truly stunning audio system.

F6 Specifications

Speaker Type	3-way, bass reflex
Tweeter	1 x 1-inch cloth dome
Midrange	1 x 6.5-inch woven aramid-fiber cone
Woofer	2 x 6.5-inch woven aramid-fiber cone
Crossover FrequencY	100 / 3,000 Hz
Frequency response	39 to 20,000 Hz
Sensitivity	87 dB at 2.83 v/1m
Recommended amplifier power	30 to 150 wpc
Nominal/peak power handling	80 / 150 wpc
Nominal impedance	6 Ω; minimum 5.4 Ω
Binding posts	5-way metal
Magnetic shielding	no
Cabinet finishes	Black brushed vinyl
Accessories included	Removable fabric grille
Height	43.0 in / 1,092 mm
Width	8.5 in / 216 mm
Depth	10.0 in / 254 mm
Net weight (each)	46.7 lb / 21.2 kg

Debut B4

Less is More

The Debut B4 harnesses the performance of Debut’s larger 2-way, bass reflex bookshelf speakers and delivers it up in a compact enclosure that will have you guessing how Andrew Jones gets so much accurate, life-like sound from such a tiny box. Use them as the perfect two-channel solution for smaller rooms, or as the building blocks for a compact surround-sound home entertainment system.

B4 Specifications

Speaker Type	2-way, bass reflex
Tweeter	1 x 1-inch cloth dome
Woofer	1 x 4.0-inch woven aramid-fiber cone
Crossover FrequencY	2,500 Hz
Frequency response	48 to 20,000 Hz
Sensitivity	84.5 dB at 2.83 v/1m
Recommended amplifier power	20 to 80 wpc
Nominal/peak power handling	40 / 80 wpc
Nominal impedance	6 Ω; minimum 5.4 Ω
Binding posts	5-way metal
Magnetic shielding	no
Cabinet finishes	Black brushed vinyl
Accessories included	Removable fabric grille
Height	11.5 in / 292 mm
Width	7.0 in / 178 mm
Depth	8.5 in / 216 mm
Net weight (each)	9.3 lb / 4.2 kg

Debut Features

Custom-Designed Drivers with Aramid-Fiber Cones

Aramid fiber is employed in the woofers of all ELAC Debut passive speaker systems. Aramid fiber offers a superior strength-to-weight ratio and improved damping characteristics over conventional paper or plastic drivers. This added strength means arriving at designs that achieve a broader bandwidth with smoother response.

Silk-Dome Tweeter with Deep-Spheroid Custom Waveguide

The waveguide surrounding the new ELAC high-frequency driver features a custom, deep spheroid profile to improve directivity control and shield the dome tweeter from cabinet diffraction modes inherent in traditional box enclosures.

Intricate Cossover

A custom multi-element crossover with high-grade components in each speaker ensures smooth transition between the drivers.

Robust Cabinets

Every ELAC enclosure is engineered for the long run with thick MDF outer walls and a luxurious textured vinyl finish. The cabinet of the F6 incorporates specially designed internal bracing to add stiffness and strength to the cabinet’s outer walls. This bracing greatly reduces cabinet vibration, which causes unwanted coloration to the sound. ELAC believes that the only parts of a speaker that should be moving are the speaker drivers themselves.

Superior Build Quality

Count the parts and look at them closely. These don’t look like the components that go in such competitively priced speakers, but rather, speakers that cost much more.

Preliminary information. All specifications subject to change.

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