Ascend Acoustics ELX Ribbon Tower is a passive floorstanders that cost around 2649 USD each.

  • Quality of the measurement data is high.
  • Origin of the data is Ascend Acoustics.
  • Format of the data is a set of 36 horizontal and 36 vertical measurements .
  • Sensitivity:
    • Company: 87.5 dB
    • Measured: 86.1 dB (avg. 300Hz-3kHz for 2.83V measured at 1m).
  • -3dB (resp. -6db) point v.s. reference is at 38.7Hz (resp. 33.5Hz).
  • Reference level is normalised to -0.1dB computed over the frequency range [300.0Hz, 5000.0Hz].
  • Frequency deviation is 2.8dB over the same frequency range.
  • Tonality (Preference) Score
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 7.02 and would be 8.47 with a perfect subwoofer.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.274, LW 0.221, SP 0.273, PIR 0.224; SM: SP0.962, PIR0.926; LFQ 0.617, LFX 31Hz
    • Tonality (Preference) Score is 7.49 with an EQ and would be 8.57 with a perfect subwoofer and the same EQ.
      • Details: NBD: ON 0.241, LW 0.219, SP 0.295, PIR 0.234; SM: SP0.958, PIR0.943; LFQ 0.617, LFX 25Hz
Ascend Acoustics ELX Ribbon Tower

Vendor specifications

  • Dispersion: 80° horizontal and 80° vertical.
  • Impedance 8 Ohm
  • Size
    • Width 190mm
    • Height 109.22mm
    • Depth 267mm
  • Weight 25.4kg

Directivity (-6dB)

AutomaticEQ (IIR)
Set preamp gain to: -4.0dB.
Type Freq Q Gain
PK 27.0 1.69 3.98
PK 160.0 1.78 0.9
PK 643.0 3.27 -1.21
PK 2765.0 1.74 1.03
PK 4654.0 1.92 -0.36
PK 5536.0 5.19 0.77
PK 9648.0 2.02 -1.2
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This EQ optimise the Harman score and is a good start for far field listening like in your living room.
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