Eltax Liberty 5 versus Mission 702e

Advantages: fantastic 'big', rich sound. Very good price.
Disadvantages: quite deep, need to be away from wall

...demonstrations of both products (albeit in different shops!), and much to my own astonishment,I opted for the Eltax. I had fully intended on the basis of equal reviews to go for the Mission by virtue of it being from bass-ported not rear like the Eltax. However I couldn't ignore the fact that the Eltax had a considerably superior definition of bass. It was clearer and smoother than the Mission, which was quite bass-heavy and boomy in comparison. The only drawback is that they are both slightly deeper in size than the Mission and rear bass-ported which means they shouldn't be placed directly against the wall. Notwithstanding this however, they are a seriously class act, can handle 100 watts of power and deliver a depth and quality of sound which, if you're used to compact speakers, will take your breath away....

Joekool 11.07.2001 · Read review
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Review of ELTAX SYNPHONY 8

Eltax millenium 500

Advantages: very loud, cheap way to get good loud sound.
Disadvantages: police knocking on the door!! and falling out with neighbours

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thegeth 07.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of Eltax 500 Millennium

Eltax Liberty 5 series

Advantages: Excellent affordability and sound
Disadvantages: Is there any?

...I purchased these last year from Richer Sounds, which is only one a of a few places that actually sell Eltax products, aswell as the odd shop and hi-fi store. I thought the floor standing ones looked so much more impressive than the book shelf ones, and paid an extortionately heavy price of £110! They look impressive to look at and the colour of the wood to the single bass and single tweeter cones work perfectly (I chose the Beech colour wood with metallic and white cones). Sped home in a taxi and after figuring out how to bi-wire them I set about positioning them in my match box room! They need to be at least a foot away in perimeter from anything, and you can add spiked feet for extra height and clarity of bass which often rumbles through the floor. The Eltax website is very impressive and they have lots of quality products. They have...

B3ar 06.03.2003 · Read review
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Review of Eltax Liberty 5 Speaker Package

Ideal Bedroom Speakers

Advantages: Compact inexpensive bi-wireable 2 way speaker 90W power handling
Disadvantages: Needs careful placement to avoid boomy bass. Synthetic beechwood finish is rather ersatz

...I brought these Eltax speakers to brighten up one of many bedroom DAB mini hi-fi units that we have in our home. In the main these mini systems tend to come with woefully inadequate speakers and so can be immensely improved by the simple act of upgrading the speakers to something with a semblance of frequency response. I didn't want to pay a lot for a set of speakers which would, in the main, only be heard by guests but I did want to get something halfway decent. A bit of research revealed these units along with several other alternatives were available at around £50 from Richer Sounds. I set off to listen to these Eltax units alongside the Kef Cresta 10, and the Gale 3010. Being a closet anorak and ex BBC engineer - I know that KEF made the driver units for many of the famous BBC designed reference loudspeakers like the LS3...

jennyd60 12.05.2006 · Read review
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Review of Eltax Monitor 3

Mid price performance, budget cost

Advantages: Excellent mid-priced speakers at budget price
Disadvantages: Not small!

...My pair of Eltax Liberty 5 floor standing speakers give astonishing results and cost a lot less than I expected. These impressive beasts give true mid priced performance at very little more than budget cost. I bought just the main speakers on their own, and paid around the hundred pound mark, where else, but Richer Sounds. This was part of a two stage ploy to get some semi-serious audio kit into the house without 'er indoors taking a tantrum! They stand a full 84cm off the ground, are 20cm wide and are 33 cm front to back, but the shouldn't be pushed against a wall as this restricts the rear reflex port. They are made of 22mm chipboard, so they are substantial enough to do the business, without needing to be a weightlifter to move them, mine are covered in 'beech' effect foil. There is a single 150mm bass...

dobieg 31.03.2003 · Read review
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Review of Eltax Liberty 5 Speaker Package

Lost in Sound

Advantages: A marvel for the money
Disadvantages: bulky if i really must complain

...£500 has never felt more like £1,000 worth of kit before. To say that I am thrilled with the performance of my Eltax set-up would be to underestimate the enjoyment I'm getting from them. Having upgraded from Dolby Pro-Logic to Dts, 5.1 etc a few years back, I bought an all in package, comprising of a Technics receiver and satellites and an Eltax sub. Things started off great, over-awed by all the new sounds floating around my room, and the oomph of the sub, I was happy. Then, over the course of time, I realised that the only thing producing any significant bass was the sub. I tried reconfiguring my set-ups on the amp, but never really got any results. The problem niggled away at me, and listening to plain audio through the speaker package became increasingly wearisome. The sub had be cranked up to pick up all the bass which produced...

dadmancat 25.01.2003 · Read review
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Review of Eltax Liberty 5 Speaker Package

Possibly the best Danish export since bacon

Advantages: Bi-wireable; punchy bass; clear treble; good power handling
Disadvantages: Spikes can't be removed; possibly not the most reliable

...Eltax are what I would call a mid-range loudspeaker manufacturer. The Monitor IIIs have an RRP of £129, but can be found for as little as £60. They're available in either black or beech, complementing any decor scheme. On the technical side, these speakers are pretty well specified. They claim RMS power handling of 90W at 8 ohms impedance; they are equipped with bi-wiring terminals (which means that you can run two sets of wires to your amplifier, one for the woofer and one for the tweeter on each speaker; this improves bass); they come with a five star rating from What Hi-Fi?. They are best described as bookshelf speakers - they are quite small, about a foot high, eight or so inches wide and about ten inches deep. The base of each speaker is fitted with four chrome spikes, which have an innovative two-part design that allows you...

kurowski 14.04.2002 · Read review
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Review of Eltax Monitor III

Embarassingly competent speakers!

Advantages: Very Cheap, good sound, look fine
Disadvantages: Can look a little cheap, eltax name, expensive to upgrade!

...As a poor student needing to build a small, but reasonably competent hifi system on a tight budget I had low hopes for the Eltax Monitor IIIs that I purchased. After all, despite winning a 5 star what -hifi award, what can you expect from speakers you pick up for £60 from good old Richer sounds. I got 'em home and set them up - first impressions good. They look reasonably smart in the light beech finish, silver details blending well into the overall effect - how can they do it for the money. By compromising on the sound quality...? Once connected up... they sounded distinctly average. But then what did I expect. I had created a near optimally bad system set up. Single wired with cheapo bell wire, a nice free black interconnect between my marantz CD player and amp. One speaker on the floor, the other on a wonderfully rickety shelf...

AlecHodgson 29.09.2003 · Read review
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Review of Eltax Monitor III

Philips DVDR5520H

Advantages: Excellent video recording and playback
Disadvantages: Maybe a little pricey compared to some but worth it

...RECOMMENDED. VERY well speced. Performance of the unit is just excellent. I received this in replacement for my faulty dvdr3450H which was - frankly - rubbish and kept breaking down all the time, so avoid them like the plauge! Video is sharp and clear when recorded from analogue or freeview and it works nicely with both sky and cable tv. Pauses live tv, has progressive scan and will upgrade normal dvd to high definition 1080 for use on your nice HD TV. Checked this out with my original Lord of the Rings and Star Wars dvd's and he results were just excellent ! Sound through my Kenwood / Mission / Eltax home cinema set up was just superb. You can even skip commercials when you play back programmes from hard drive, record onto both - and + dvd blanks (both R & RW) so no format worries and it will play DIVX as smooth as glass. It...

pmsbull 13.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of Philips DVDR 5520H

A Great Stereo Amp and a Great Used Option

Advantages: A very, very capable all rounder. No real weakness in any variety of music. Bags of OOmph.
Disadvantages: No second set of speaker option making bi-wiring a bind.

...This is a great amplifier. You are probably looking here as you are considering buying a used one - well go for it as you will not regret it. I have owned one for a number of years as both my main and then bedroom amp. I have used it to drive all manner of speakers from bookshelf to standmounts to floorstnders and it struggled with none of them. I have mine rigged up to a pair of Mission 773s and they are great in combination. In the past I had a pair of Eltax Liberty 3 standmounded speakers with a Celestion CS135 passive subwoofer and this setup punched WAY above its financial weight and impressed a friend of mine used to spending thousands on pre-amps alone. I will not go into detail bere about how this amp reacts to what specific song as that to me just sounds pretentious. They do not favour one type of music over another so this...

joeyjojoe1971 06.06.2009 · Read review
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