Elac Debut 2.0 DF52
lac might wish to apply a few edits to its Wikipedia page; this accurately dates the German company to 1926 and gives its original name of ‘Electroacustic GmbH’, now abbreviated to the modern brand. But then it expends almost a fifth of the subsequent word count on its early sonar development and research of waterborne signals and sound for Germany’s navy. The company’s achievements in the second half of its near-century deserve to fill many more pages, with innovative turntables and electronics as the mainstay of its post-war decades, until it developed its first loudspeakers in 1984, with a notable early success being an omnidirectional tweeter, the 4Pi. The longevity of this innovation alone is remarkable: audiophiles seeking high-resolution highs can today order themselves an
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