Since leaving Pioneer in 2015, speaker designer Andrew Jones has continued to produce some of the best speakers for the money in his new home at Elac America. His newest speaker, the Debut Reference, shares DNA with the original dam-busting Debut B6, which produced a warm sound and a lot of bass for a compact speaker. The Reference is the real sonic successor to the first Debut, with its own warm yet vocally expressive sound.

As much as I enjoyed listening to the Elac Debut Reference DBR62, it’s arguable if it’s worth the extra cost compared to Elac’s Debut 2.0. The 2.0 is superior in many ways at half the price, while the Uni-Fi offers an even more detailed performance for the same money as than the Reference. Neither of those look or feel as premium as the Reference, though.
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