4260 Elipson

Elipson 4260 Loudspeakers

Elipson 4260 Loudspeaker

The Elipson 4260 is a handsome loudspeaker. It reminds us of our favourite loudspeaker, the B&W Matrix 801.

The Matrix 801 by Bowers and Wilkins (B&W, not Wilkonson, maker of the Shakespear, Son Bowie, and Frontier, nor BMW, for that matter), was the premier loudspeaker as our interest in hi-fi first formulated. It wasn't the best loudspeaker, by all means, but it was widely called the best and reference of classical music reproduction.

Matrix 801

Internally, it had elegant Matrix construction, and also "Tweeter on Top". The Epsilon 4260 is all that and more.

It has a curved enclosure, which only recently has been introduced by Magico, Sonus Faber, and not only that, but a fully-curved mid-range capsule, which was only introduced by B&W with their Nautilus (800) update range. Elipson has been in it, since 1960.

The Elipson 4260 has an elegant design. Very black, white and silver. Very sci-fi. Rather "Barbarella." More Umbrella Corporation lab quality, we suggest.

We like it's glossy bass driver. It reminds us of our Veloydyne F1500R.We like the shininess of the bass-port. Too many loudspeakers have too-small bass-ports of cheap construction. Not so with your Elipson 4260.

The 8 binding posts at the rear of each speaker are a stately touch. Imagine what that implies. Four D-Premiers, maybe, or something better?

Our only quibble with the design is the metal flare around the mid-range driver. While some might find it charming, we find it off, and incongruous with the front baffle. The tweeter mount is a small quibble.

The 4260 is priced at ₹1,150,000 INR or ($20,674.10 CDN), and has been around in some guise since the 1960's. Go stuff that, Wilkins.

Or should we?

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