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Radiient Elara Home Theater Speaker System Review

by — May 24, 2006
Radiient Elara Home Theater Speaker System Review

  • Product Name: Elara Home Theater Speaker System
  • Manufacturer: Radiient
  • Performance Rating: StarStarStarhalf-star
  • Value Rating: StarStarStarStarhalf-star
  • Review Date: May 24, 2006 20:00
  • MSRP: $ 499 (5.0 system)

Main Channels - Front Left & Right

  • Two-way design
  • True coaxial midbass/tweeter driver configuration
  • Metallized silk-dome tweeter with ferrofluid cooling and integrated cast-aluminum horn structure
  • Frequency response 50Hz - 35kHz
  • Power handling 100 Wrms
  • Impedance 8 Ω nominal
  • Sensitivity 86dB/w/m
  • Weight (net each) 17 lbs.
  • Dimensions 14"h x 13.75"w x 11.75"d

Surround Channels

  • Two-way design
  • True coaxial midbass/tweeter driver configuration
  • Metallized silk-dome tweeter with ferrofluid cooling and integrated cast-aluminum horn structure

Surround Channels (cont’d)

  • Frequency response 60Hz - 20kHz
  • Power handling 150 Wrms
  • Impedance 8 Ω nominal
  • Sensitivity 90dB/w/m
  • Weight (net each) 16 lbs.
  • Dimensions 14.38"h x 8.75"w x 12.5"d

Center Channel

  • Two-way design
  • Horizontal midbass/tweeter/midbass driver configuration
  • Woven carbon-fiber midbass driver cones
  • Metallized silk-dome tweeter with ferrofluid cooling
  • Frequency response 60Hz - 20kHz
  • Power handling 120 Wrms
  • Impedance 8 Ω nominal
  • Sensitivity 90dB/w/m
  • Weight (net each) 16 lbs.
  • Dimensions 7.63"h x 17.75"w x 10.25"d


Pros

  • Great price
  • Great looks
  • Plays loud

Cons

  • Don’t let your friends get too close to them
  • Carpet spikes on bookshelves?
  • Poor off axis response

Introduction

It was funny, the very same day I got an email from Gene telling me these speakers were on the way, I had read a request from a forum member about a review of them. So, Murrel, I guess this one is for you. Before receiving the speakers, I perused the Radiient website to get an idea of what I was in for. The speaker package is a 5.0 system which I was both happy and disheartened by. Happy, because I didn’t have move that brick of a sub that is the EP500, but disheartened because I like testing full systems. The speakers looked more like a satellite system with fairly small speakers probably crossed over pretty high… until I looked at the specs – frequency response down to 50Hz on the mains? Hold on, and what does that price say…$499? Intrigued, I was glad to hear that they would be shipping immediately.
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