ELAC SUB 111.2 ESP Subwoofer

A fairly large rectangular body made of MDF is decorated with matte black wood veneer and is installed on massive rubber supports. The facade is fully closed by a fabric grill on magnetic latches with a big hole in the lower part for large bass reflex port. Dynamic head with aluminum diffuser on rubber suspension with the diameter of 18 cm is also mounted here, on the faceplate. Such placement of the emitter and bass reflex port allows you to put subwoofer close to the wall that in most cases simplifies the installation. The manufacturer offers the wide range of finish colors for ELAC SUB 111.2 ESP, including black, white, silver, titanium and cherry. Switching and controls are concentrated on the back wall of the body. There is only one low-level input in the sub - for connection of AV receiver and LFE channel maintenance; but there are six pairs of speaker terminals - three inputs for connection of frontal and central channels of a receiver and three output ones for corresponding speaker systems. Thus, ELAC SUB 111.2 ESP offers the most correct building scheme of 2.1 system, when operating ranges of the speaker systems and subwoofer are separated by the sub's crossover. This variant of the connection will be especially useful for the integration of the device into the composition of stereo system on the base of integral amplifier without outputs from the pre-amplification cascades. The gain and frequency cut of the crossover is regulated smoothly and signal phase is changed in step between 0 and 180 degrees. There is also the possibility to control an automatic power-off breaker in default of useful signal at the input of the sub.

As expected, ELAC SUB 111.2 ESP showed deep bass in movies. Dimensional and weight parameters here are still important and played their certain role. The device provided reliable and solid low-frequency foundation to the surround sound, but at the very bottom bass seemed to be a little incoherent and defocused - an inevitable consequence of bass-reflex acoustic design. We wanted more pressure and focus of bass in intense scenes of blockbusters, especially at the playing of lively rock songs. At the same time ELAC SUB 111.2 ESP was clearly visible but totally discreet in the sound of the system, which indicates a good coherence of the low-frequency module with other speaker systems. This subwoofer can be widely recommended for the set of small satellites - in the end, you can get a harmonious and quite expressive system of surround sound.