Search Wirecutter For: Search Reviews for the real world Browse Close • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Browse Close • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •. Ultimately, with film soundtracks, we preferred the sound of the ELAC system to that of our previous top pick, the system, even without taking into account the fact that the ELAC system sells for less (significantly less now that the Aperion system has recently risen several hundred dollars in price). That’s due in large part to the ELAC’s slightly smoother, more neutral reproduction of midrange frequencies, which helps make dialogue in particular sound ever-so-slightly truer to life. The ELAC system is pretty much everything you could hope for in a high-performance home theater speaker system. It delivers big, bold, enveloping sound with a wonderful balance between hefty bass, smooth midrange, and a nearly tangible sense of space. It’s also a wonderfully dynamic speaker system, capable of handling both quieter scenes and outbursts of action with minimal, even at louder listening levels.