Rega Ela Mk1.5 Transmission Line Floorstanding Speakers. Refurbished and upgraded.
Description : 18 Mar, 2023
Lightly refurbished Rega ELA speakers with upgraded crossover capacitors, in very good condition and full working order.
They have been cleaned, paint touched up, had new open cell foam on their rear vents. The drivers are all working perfectly.
There are multiple version of the ELA and these are the 3rd version, sometimes known as the Mk 1.5, the first with Rega's own RR125 mid/bass driver and Scanspeak D2008 fabric dome tweeter. A pair of Elas were priced at £405 in the early 90s when this version was on sale.
ELAs have a very simple crossover with just 1 capacitor for the high pass filter for the Scanspeak tweeter. I have upgraded this capacitor to a high quality Polypropylene film type, and bypassed with a Cornell Dubliner 940C snubber capacitor. It really opens up and smooths out the top end and enhances what is already an open airy and transparent sound.
From the RoydAudio website:
Rega and many Ela owners believe that the Ela is one of the best all round loudspeakers ever produced. It produces an extremely natural sound balanced across a wider frequency range than most other loudspeakers. The Ela also produces a particularly tuneful and natural bass and is especially suitable for listeners who love bass tunes but hate woolly overblown bass produced by many loudspeakers.
The Ela uses a quarter wave transmission line. To improve airflow through the fold in the transmission line, a full radius section is fitted into the base of the Ela cabinet, resulting in smooth, uninterrupted airflow.
Due to its particularly even bass response the Ela is unusually insensitive to room positioning. The speakers can be placed up to 50mm from a rear wall, in corners or away from the walls. The angle of the speaker is not important. Both loudspeakers can be placed at different angles or in different positions.
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