Elac B6 Modification

The B6 is a great speaker. Hands down a bargain. I agree with the philosophy that once you change the values of the original design, you're not really listening to the speaker anymore but if you simply upgrade the parts quality and reinforce the cabinet your'e doing what Andrew Jones probably would like to have done but didn't make sense to meet the price point. That's just economics. Keep the same values, I'm going with Mundorf caps and Ohmite and better inductors (I measure the stock ones and make sure I match the replacements exactly). That way I know I'm listening to what was designed by the designer, I'm just getting a better quality version. It's funny how so many folks on audio threads feel that they just can't bring themselves to like a product that gets great reviews and is popular. It's like they have something to prove. Here's my take- don't buy it if you don't want to but I celebrate when someone hits a benchmark at a price point because that's what a designer's biggest challenge is when designing in the lower regions of true quality hifi. Of course there's the other end where price is literally not an object, just performance.

Danny suggested the mods in a forum and AJ basically told Danny that he didn’t know what he was talking about and if folks wanted an upgrade they should wait for his next speaker (UB5). Now Danny is doing this to troll AJ and get some publicity is my guess. The drivers and cabinets of the B6 are not special or deserving of a $300 mod.

Andrew has his pride in the way...

Lets see if the modifier/s can make a speaker from the ground up at a cheaper price, and better than the Elac B6. Simple init?
After all, we all would like to have the performance of a Nissan GT-R for the price of a Nissan Versa.

The only reason to mod a speaker in that price range is if one was interested in doing it themselves. Investment is in time, not dollars. For some that is part of this hobby. 

GR Research (Danny Richies' company) offers speaker kits (which include the drivers, x/o parts, etc. Everything you need but the enclosure, which can be gotten from Parts Express) priced below, at, and above the price of the Elac speakers. Of course, you have to put them together (or have a friend who can solder and assemble a x/o), and you won't know what they sound like, and if you like them, until after you've bought them. Very few normal audiophiles, much less mere music lovers, are gonna do that.