From The Absolute Sound #196 The ELS8 is a ported two-way monitor with a one-inch aluminum dome tweeter and a five-inch polypropylene midrange/woofer. Using a second-order crossover with a 2.3kHz crossover point and a port tuned to 58Hz, the ELS8 is designed to work either with a subwoofer or as a stand-alone transducer. The ELS8’s drivers are made to Epos’ exacting specifications in China. A New BenchmarkFor some audiophiles the idea of spending only $500 on a pair of mini-monitors is akin to asking them to surrender their premium speaker cables in exchange for an eight-foot run of zip cord. It’s too bad that snobbery and elitism may prevent many well-heeled audiophiles from auditioning the ELS8 speakers. I suspect that quite a few of them will be shocked by how good the ELS8 speakers sound and how close their overall performance comes to similarly sized cost-is-no-object designs. Don’t believe me? Try a pair. I guarantee they can make adjusting to new economic realities exceptionally palatable.