ELAC Carina BS243.4

Whenever ELAC visits Crutchfield for training, we not only get to hear some terrific speakers, we also learn a lot about the science and art of speaker building from ELAC's world-renowned designer, Andrew Jones. On a recent visit, ELAC introduced the Carina series, which borrows tweeter technology found in some of the company's most expensive models. Although designed for small to medium-sized rooms, a pair of compact Carina BS243.4s filled our large training room with spacious, lifelike sound. — Herb Reichert, Stereophile , January 2020 Instead of the concentric tweeter/midrange combo found in many other ELAC speakers, the Carina BS243.4 features ELAC's famous JET folded ribbon tweeter. The tweeter element is extremely thin and lightweight, and suspended in a magnetic field, so it's able to accelerate with incredible speed, to reproduce the subtlest music details. To match the capabilities of the JET tweeter and create a seamless transition from woofer to tweeter, ELAC chose a 5-1/4" aluminum cone design....