Rega Ela 2 - Question

Rob,

Thanks for the tips,I purchased these second hand,complete with original boxes etc.,But sadly no manual .

It will be nice to set them up properly,(aleady,they show fine potetial),but the current room layout dictates otherwise. One is up against a chimney breast,the other more in a free space environment,I can already tell that this is somewhat less than optimum !

But as Andy says earlier,"plans are a-foot" to re-design the living room !

Andy,

I suspect that you maybe correct with the removal of the chimney breast,a very deffinate WAF factor 0 !. Plus,its just too much like hard work !

p.s.Andy, as far as the lintel I installed a few years ago when I removed the original "stone style" fireplace,...falling down ?...PAH !!! No way !

Regards

Chris

Hi Dave,

I take it you are now back in this country.

How did the Holiday go ? Well I hope.

Thanks for the congrats on the Ela's.

As you suspect,I have had a "soft spot" for the Ela's since you brought a MK1 pair round a years ago. The reservations which I had about the MK 1 seems to all have been sorted out in the MK 2 version.

I suspect that you will be getting to see them soonish as I intend to bring them to yours in the next couple of weeks for a better evaluation.

See you soon...

Chris

Chris said:-

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Thanks for the tips,I purchased these second hand,complete with original boxes etc.,But sadly no manual

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This reminds me of one of my big bugbears.

Why the hell aren't these manuals all on the company website?

No-one in their right mind would be producing manuals manually nowadays. Since these things are already in electronic form, it would take someone a few minutes to convert to .PDF format.

Paul - are you listening???

I checked on Rega web site prior to posting,no specification literature available.

But if you have any Mourdant Short products,you're in luck..

(www.mordauntshort.com)

At the end of the day,a quick posting on this Forum gave me the info I required.

Regards

Chris

I heard the m last week, and I was concerned that they might sound better than my Naos' for less money. They don't, but it's pretty damn close. They seem to go as loud as the Naos' which suggests that they have the same sensitivity rating - 92 db/w/m (source: someone from Rega who designed their new Planet and Jupiter CD players, I talked to at the Chester show last year) As for extension, they don't go as low as the Naos' (c. 25 hz, as a guess - I forgot to ask that question. In the case of the ELAs, you are probably looking at around 40 hz.) As for power handling, Rega are usually rather conservative on that score. My Naos' say 100w max, but they are, apparently used by Roy Gandy with Exon power amps@125w.
As for the ELA2s, in terms of tonal balance, PR&T, accurate pitch, reproduction of accurate timbres and imaging, nothing can touch them below, say 900 GBP.
BTW, I strongly disagree with the advice to stick them close to a rear wall. The passive radiator is rear-firing. Whilst it does not have the same hair-dryer effect as a rear port, it still needs space to ensure that bass doesn't boom and vocals don't sound too drony. I would recommend about one foot or 30cm from the rear wall. Experiment and see, or hear for yourself. Personally I started off with them close to the rear wall, but ended up with them brought forward by the above distance. It depends on your room, I suppose!

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Steven

I rated you a big FIVE for the most edits I've seen to a post! I thought it was just me who did that.

Jay

Jay,
When I made my above posting, last night I had drunk a litre of red wine, some cheap s*** from the South of France. More editing follows more alcohol-induced errors!

Guys,
The trick to updating your posts is to delete(erase) the "edited by,..." sentence at the bottom of your last update when editing. You can update your posting a dozen times and have it look like it was only done once. I figured this out because after a night of heavy consumption I noticed after rereading a member's post it had changed about three times. I thought this was happening because I was drunk but it was just someone re-editing.

Ron The Mon,
Full Of His Brewpub's English Mild

Dunno, only heard the rosewood ones. However, remember its only a veneer so it shouldn't make the blindest bit of difference!