ELAC Debut 2.0 B5.2 Bookshelf Speakers (Pair)

Editors' Choice Award 2019 – The Absolute Sound Magazine

Unparalleled Performance for the Price

Improving on its award-winning predecessor was no easy task, but the Debut B5.2 sets a yet higher standard, delivering performance in inverse proportion to its diminutive size. And it may just be the best value in the world of bookshelf speakers, with sound that surpasses speakers that cost much, much more.

The Debut B5.2 won an Editors' Choice Award 2019 from The Absolute Sound Magazine. "It's little; it's clad in vinyl; it's cheap; and it sounds terrific… What [Andrew] Jones and the Elac team have managed to wring from this most humble design is nothing short of exceptional."

The Debut B5.2 has a high-performance woofer with a 5-1/4" aramid fiber cone and a new 1" cloth dome tweeter. 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.

All-New Design for an All-New Debut

Few speakers have garnered such critical acclaim as the original Debut Series by ELAC. They established a new value proposition, with build quality and performance never before attainable at such an affordable price. Debut "changed the game," and has now changed it again with the Debut 2.0 Series—proof that ELAC can't leave well enough alone. Redesigned from the ground up, these speakers sound even more remarkable than the ones that sparked the revolution in affordable high-end sound.

Everything about Debut 2.0 has been improved, including completely redesigned custom drivers that deliver greater accuracy, and robust cabinets for even higher resolution and freedom from resonances.

New Tweeter with a Wide-Dispersion Waveguide

ELAC's new silk-dome tweeter features a wide-roll surround and takes response up to 35,000 Hz for even more lifelike high frequencies. The waveguide improves directivity control and eliminates the diffraction modes inherent in traditional box enclosures.

New Woven Aramid-Fiber Woofer

The revised shape of the aramid cone offers even greater stiffness and damping, far superior to polypropylene or paper. The added strength allows more flexibility in design to achieve a smoother, extended low-frequency response.

New, Larger Cabinets

Thick MDF cabinets with a luxurious black ash Vinyl finish are larger, and incorporate specially designed internal bracing to add sti ness and strength. This bracing greatly reduces cabinet vibrations that cause unwanted coloration to the sound. Because the only parts of a speaker that should be moving are the speaker drivers themselves.

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• Enclosure Type: 2-Way Bass Reflex
• Tweeter: 1" Cloth Dome
• Woofer: 5-1/4" Aramid Fiber
• Cabinet: CARB2 Rated MDF
• Cabinet Finish: Black Ash Vinyl
• Port: Dual Flared
• Binding Posts: 5-Way Metal

• Frequency Response: 46 Hz-35000 Hz
• Nominal Impedance: 6 Ohms
• Sensitivity: 86db @2.83v/1m
• Crossover Frequency: 2200Hz
• Max Power Input: 120 Watts
• Dimensions (WxHxD): 7.09" x 13.43" x 9.21"

"There's no shortage of talented budget speakers on the market, so it takes something really special to top our list. Needless to say, these Elacs sound sensational for the money."

"They're dynamic and expressive performers capable of dealing with any genre you throw their way - dense instrumentation and complex rhythms pose no problems for these Elacs."

"Overall, they deliver sound with a precision and cohesion that’s rare for this level. Buy with confidence."

- Dan Sung, What Hi-Fi?, June 2020

"It's little; it's clad in vinyl; it's cheap; and it sounds terrific… What [Andrew] Jones and the Elac team have managed to wring from this most humble design is nothing short of exceptional."

- The Absolute Sound magazine, March 2019