I am subscribing to this thread, I'd be curious to how people will respond to your findings. I to have auditioned the elate mids and have had a hard time justifying the price. The tweeters are fantastic but the sw6 didn't impress me when it comes to midbass or even midrange for that matter. They are nice speakers but not 650 dollars nice. My AP Arians beat them in every way Congrats on finding those great speaks!

 

It's hard to find a good informed review on the SW6's

 

OP -
You might try the Reveal model Tannoy for spec's on the 6" woofer/mid. The Reveal model line was brought into the Tannoy product lineup in the mid '90's. The woofer/mid unit pictured appears to be a magnetically shielded version.
For the longest time Tannoy products were centered around their "dual concentric" driver arrangement. Tannoy was sold from Goodman Inc. in the mid '90s and is now owned by a group which also owns t.c. Electronic and others. Our Brands | TC Group

 

At one time I was looking at the Elate 6 driver and did a straight swap between my then Hertz ML165 and this one. I was shocked at how there seemed to be almost zero midbass. My Hertz stomped all over them in this regard. The Morel did seem very well built and an attractive design but noone will ever see them in my setup. I now have the mw265 8 inch Morel drivers and they are a whole different animal. Awesome midbass and surprising smooth midrange up to even over 2 kHz. I cut mine down around 500 Hz however as I'm using them in a strict midbass roll. Damned good for less than $200/pair in my hand brand spankin' new. You can't even get half an Elate for that.

 

The new Morel Elate MW6's (beige coloured) is definitely a step up in terms of midbass kick and quality from the old Elate woofers (black).

 

The Elates come alive with big power (and sound deadening), try a more powerful amp.

 

Agreed, I had mine in 9.8 liter sealed fiberglass door enclosures with 300 watts each. Very nice sq and definition. Switched to the Supremo woofers. Yet another step up in mid bass definition and dynamics.

 

Sound
Amplifier used is a NVX JAD 900.5 supplying 60rms at 4 ohms and unspecified at 8 ohms.



Conclusion

I feel like an idiot for spending so much money on the SW6. The Tannoys were a diamond in the rough.

The Elates are recognized as subwoofers and not woofers, they are speced to absorb up to 200watts - that is a declaration even higher than a Seas Lotus SW300i (and that is a 12 inch)

And you amp them with a 60watt RMS channel???

Try again!

This time give them 150watts, 200watts heck give them 400watts

I think your opinion about them will change.

As well try to put them in a seald box between 7-12 liters

I think your opinion about them will change.


60 watts on SW6 should sound like hell.

 

I not saying what you heard was wrong but I do find it hard to believe a high end speaker will sound like a low end speaker. The low end might sound better
to me something sound wrong

 

^^ ++1

I'd guess the woofer the op had crapped the bed because it was being severely under powered and overdriven.

This belong in the Myth and Dogma Section

 

That tannoy driver looks like the one in there more recent mini monitors,I forget the model,I know the passive monitor is red the active is blue..morel has some impressive speaker manufacturing capabilities..but in my opinion tannoy makes some of the best drivers i have ever heard,only problem is that they don't sell them a couple years ago I got my hands on some tannoy 15" dual concentric drivers with alnico motors that are used in there prestige series and after a year of learning to build tapered horn cabinets I finally got a chance to enjoy listening to them,AMAZING DRIVERS )))