ELAC

Explore ELAC vintage audio equipment in the Vintage Technology Archive.

Speakers

• STS-322 — ELAC STS-322 Studio Stereo Professional stereo phono cartridge, c. 1967. Profiled in Audio, Nov 1967; freq response 20-20,000 Hz ±2 dB. Little else documented.
• STS-344 — ELAC STS-344: a c. 1968 West German stereo cartridge, distributed by Benjamin Electronic Sound Corp. at $39.59. Little else is documented.

Unknown

• Miracord 18H — ELAC Miracord 18H — a four-speed pushbutton automatic with Papst hysteresis-synchronous motor, transcription arm, and gentle cueing band selector. $119.50 in 1964.
• Miracord XA-100 — ELAC Miracord XA-100 3-speed changer — Magic Wand spindle, Pausamatic, four pushbuttons, $67.50 in 1954. The changer that doubled as a manual player.
• MODEL-322 — ELAC Model 322 — little-documented stereo phono cartridge; period spec 20–20,000 Hz ±2 dB per Audio (Nov 1967). Covers when it was made.

Other Models

• Miracord 50H — ELAC Miracord 50H: a West German automatic turntable. Elac's 1969 ads touted it as the top-rated automatic and listed it at $149.50.
• STS-244-17 — ELAC STS-244-17: late-1960s stereo phono cartridge sold as Benjamin Elac; $25 in 1969, 7.5 mV output, 1½ g tracking force.
• STS-344-17 — ELAC STS-344-17: West German stereo cartridge, $39.59 in 1968, distributed by Benjamin Electronic Sound Corp., lab-tested by HiFi/Stereo Review.
• STS-444-E — Obscure Elac STS-444-E stereo cartridge: covered by HiFi/Stereo Review (1968-69) and Audio; the little-known measured specs come from period lab reports.