ELAC’s Andrew Jones on the art of speaker design

Andrew Jones and the Audiophiliac discuss the juggling act of speaker design.

[denniswaske]

Andrew is a rare gent. excellent designer, and great communicator. from listening to his interviews, and reviews of his speakers ( including one from Steve) had to own the b6's, without ever hearing them to honor & support. not disappointed.

[rotrmotr]

Andrew Jones passion for speaker design is so clearly seen and addictive. He makes speaker design exiting! Thank you!

[briansmith]

After watching a number of Andrew Jones videos on U Tube I decided to take the plunge & treat myself to a pair of his Elac debut 5 2.0 speakers Now I'm in my 60's & I've been around & listened to a lot of hifi in my time believe me I am totally blown away by these speakers, for £250 you get absolute quality .I am actually hearing sounds on my albums that I simply didn't hear before Vocals especially take on a special clarity They do as I have found take a while to run in, but I have to say if you are on the hunt for decent speakers without spending stoopid money then look no further and one more thing ---- take a bow Andrew Jones

[alexanderholding]

This is a very clear and straight forward interview, with no excess fluff, worthy of viewing more than once for its ability to inform.
Very good, thank you.

[hi-fihaven]

Awesome video! One of the most interesting that I have seen. I was actually riveted to my seat listening to "Professor" Jones! Thank You both very much for this video! I own ELAC Debut series speakers, after listening to Mr. Jones, I know why they sound so incredible!

[michaelbauers]

This is an excellent tutorial for speaker buyers who want to understand better what their money can buy. In decades of reading up on audio, I can't recall this all being explained in one place, with this level of clarity.

[jeffsloane]

Fantastic interview with Mr. Jones. I could have listened to him go on for hours on the theory of loud speakers.

[randomsomeone]

Love your content Steve.
This one was fascinating to me.
Thank you!

[oraz.]

This is the biggest knowledge drop ever. Makes me want to try building a speaker.

[slotslidershoslotcars]

I could listen to Steve and Andrew speak for hours. I have always thought i would love to meet them. Oct 2019, i woke up early, did a few things around the house, ..all the sudden i had a dizzy feeling and a b/tch of a headache ...i woke up in the ICU at Yale New Haven hospital..i had suffered a brain aneurism and had been unconcious and had surgery on my brain to repair the rupture.
It was a rough time ..but i kept saying "Will...your here ..you are alive"
I left Yale after 2 weeks and went to another hospital for rehab, learn to walk, talk an work on balance etc . One of the nurses came in one morning and said
"So tell me about these guys Steve and Andrew", i had no idea what she was talking about. Steve & Andrew ?.. i asked.
Yes ! she replied, i asked you what sort of things you like to do and you said you loved music and home audio gear and experimenting with different pieces, and you were talking about a guy Steve that you watched on YouTube and a man Andrew that designed your speakers ..
OH YEA, Steve and Andrew ..now i remember telling you how i would like to meet them and maybe have them sign my speakers.
Steve has taught me so much and shared so much, that i was always waiting for his next video an Andrew designed my Elac speakers that i love so much.
Well it has been 14 months now ..my follow up tests keep coming back positive..so, maybe i WILL get to meet them..
Just hope i have that Elac speaker with me for them to sign 😀 how cool would that be !?
Long live Steve and Andrew !!

[joshuajones]

Wassup Steve, much luv on your video. That guy Andrew Jones is truly an amazing speaker designer. About 3 months ago I demoed a pair of KEF LS50 then after that the Elac UB5 Slim. Those KEFs really can sing with authority however once I heard the Elacs I immediately fell in love. Its something about those UniB5's that connected me to them emotionally the way KEFs didn't. Please don't misunderstand those KEFS are one hellava sounding speaker, however I choose to wait and splurge on the KEF R3's instead if I decide to buy more speakers anytime soon. Currently I'm running a pair of Energy A2+2 tower speakers that I picked up in pristine condition from the Goodwill for $100 bucks. These towers are listened to on hours for hours without my sub being on due to the full range sound I'm getting. Excellent sounding speakers that literally disappear into the room. On that note my UB5's are arriving tomorrow, and I have a strong feeling about the cohesion of those speakers in my room to just fill the air with harmonic enjoyment

[VENM]

Recently found you're channel and its very interesting to listen to these explanations, trying to get a better understanding of how to get the best audio for my music taste and these videos are very educational!

[RobGem]

Andrew Jones has just made the whole audio world a lot more clear

[bk]

I just purchased a pair of Pioneer FS52s. Very happy with them.

[MrSteamDragon]

A brilliant intro into the complexities of speaker design...more please 👍😎

[normanbott]

Thanks Steve and Andrew. I've recently been reading up on speaker design to get a better understanding of the physics. This video was so good, with clear explanations, put some of the stuff I've learned into perspective. I've come to realise just how complex speaker design and development actually is to get good results.

[luke]

Love it! Very humbling to have such knowledge shared with us.

[featherboards]

Enjoyed this. A second mic would be a nice touch.

[DuanePortal]

This is so fascinating, thank you for this educational video Steve!

[dell]

I worked for a power supply house that had it's transformer division in the same building so became very familliar with transformer winding. About the best wire you could use for winding a transformer was HPT and it was rated up to 175C (about 350F), now keep in mind a transformer has many layers of windings and there is no real air over the inner windings of a transformer, heat gets moved by the transformer core.

In the 90's I was working with a speaker designer who wanted to market a high power compact speaker system. There were satellite speakers with tweeters and modest class D amps in them. The woofer was a 30" high 5" diameter tube with a long throw 5" woofer and the power electronics in it's base. The speaker designer kept asking for more power and as i recall we ended up with a 150w power supply driving a 100w+ class D woofer amp and that long suffering 5" woofer, the rest of the power went to the satellite speakers.

I can remember having several of his speakers catching fire because of the extreme heat in the voice coils. This guy was a physicist who came over from Germany and worked with Wernher von Braun on the Apollo project.