Imagine you run a popular restaurant, and key to your establishment’s success is an award-winning recipe that, while not necessarily mind-blowingly complex, is a winner with proles and princes alike. The problem is, you now need to update your signature dish in order to move with the times, and while it’s an exciting opportunity to push new boundaries, there’s always a fear that you’ll throw the baby out with the culinary bathwater.
That’s the challenge facing Elac with its third-generation Debut model. The outgoing Debut B5.2 were a supremely engaging set of budget speakers, and while they weren’t anywhere near the top-end in terms of price, they were subtle, sonically savvy standmounts that won a stunning five What Hi-Fi? Awards on the bounce. Elac has promised wholesale design changes for the Debut 3.0 next-gen series, but does that Award-winning recipe still taste as sweet this time around?
