Vela is the step up over Carina. With large woofers, more extensive crossovers and upgraded angled cabinets for lower difraction and less standing waves. True hi end perforance as realistic prices.
Uni-Fi Reference is the step up line to Debut and Debut Reference lines. But it is more like a leap up. Andrew has used the technology from far more expensive designs in this series. The coincident midrange/tweeter in the UBR-62 allows for a 3 way monitor in a small box that offers superb imaging. The floorstanding UFR-52 sets a new standard in performance at the $1000.00 each price point.
All three Uni-Fi loudspeakers—bookshelf, floorstanding and center-channel—employ a concentric midrange/tweeter driver. Because of its ideal time-domain characteristics, a concentric design—combining a tweeter and midrange diaphragm within a single voice coil—delivers the most coherent and accurate reproduction across the treble and midrange frequency spectrums. Because of their high cost, concentric drivers are traditionally used in only the most expensive speakers.
ELAC’s chief engineer Andrew Jones explains how Uni-Fi speakers build on a new foundation: “My goal with the Uni-Fi Reference series was to create a line of speakers with technology and performance normally reserved for speakers costing significantly more. By going with a 3-way design and employing a new in-house developed concentric driver, I’ve achieved a sound that is more true to the music than similar priced products.”
Uni-Fi Reference can be the basis of an outstanding two-channel system, or used to build an awe-inspiring multi-channel surround-sound system. Add an ELAC subwoofer to rock your world of music and movies like you never imagined.
The VELA Bookshelf Speakers
VS-403 $2499.00 pr
A complex design: high-class lacquered and wooden veneered cabinets, which have a trapezoid shape and are angled rearward.
The design catches eyes but conduces acoustics, too. The sound of VELA shows it´s family background to successful series 400.
But the advantages are distinct. The angling of the cabinet in combination with the new wave-guide of the JET tweeter improves the definition of stereo and multi-channel audio in modern furnishing. But there are more than the obvious changes. For example the optimized drivers are able to reproduce high-energy transients more precisely.
The VELA Floorstanding Speaker
VS-407 $3998.00 Pr
A complex design: high-class lacquered and wooden veneered cabinets, which have a trapezoid shape and are angled rearward, combined with aluminum and glass.
The design catches eyes but conduces acoustics, too. The sound of VELA shows it´s family background to successful series 400.
But the advantages are distinct. The angling of the cabinet in combination with the new wave-guide of the JET tweeter improves the definition of stereo and multi-channel audio in modern furnishing. But there are more than the obvious changes. For example the
optimized drivers are able to reproduce high-energy transients more precisely.
Uni-fi coaxial driver
The delicacy of a 1-inch soft-dome tweeter and the harmonic accuracy of a rigid aluminum 4-inch midrange cone come together in a symphony of sonic perfection. Positioning the tweeter concentrically within the midrange voice coil achieves a uniform directivity pattern, for flat frequency response and formidable power handling, along with enhanced imaging for both on- and off-axis listening positions.
Carina Features
Jet Folded Ribbon Tweeter