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Review Elac Navis ARB-51 – A very active speaker!

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Pros

  • Sounds very good!
  • Beautifully finished
  • Minimalist

Cons

  • No digital input
  • Slightly adjusted for warm sound

Price: € 1998

Build quality
Usability
Sound
Price

The test set-up

Contents

 width= The test set-up of the Elac Navis ARB-51 is, of course, very minimal. We used standard mains cables to power the duo. Keep it simple. The Cocktail Audio N25 (review to follow) drove the Elacs.

As interlinks, we used Tubulus single ended interlinks. (Those were the only interlinks that were long enough). We controlled the Cocktail Audio via BubbleUPnP. This is because it allowed us to easily use multiple sources. Think flac from the NAS, but also Tidal and Qobuz. Pretty convenient in this case.

To do a fair test we set everything to neutral.

Winkels met Elac

Grotestraat 23
5931 CS Tegelen, NL
St. Ceciliastraat 28
5038 HA Tilburg, NL
Beethovenstraat 9-b
1077 HL Amsterdam, Noord Holland, NL

1 COMMENT

  1. Alright my friend. I bow down to your wisdom. 🙇🏻🙇🏻🙇🏻 I am actively on the road to being convinced of the folly of the passive life. And as I am totally new to this I have no reason to adopt such old skool outdated habits, right? 🥳 I totally understand the advantages. Even a neophyte like me sees what is plain as day: this approach is simpler to understand, easier to research and purchase, easier to set up (and tune to the room, also??), lighter, with less external wiring/cabling, AND with component integration that is more efficient (D supporting A/B) while producing excellent sound quality. And they look cool and modern. What’s not to love!

    This is 3 years old though so I will check on its current state online. Thanks again for posting another helpful review.