ELECTRO-VOICE ELX200 Powered Loudspeakers
The market for portable speakers is huge, and Electro-Voice knows it. Rather than trying to devise one plastic box to rule them all, EV has a habit of micro-segmenting; match-making users to their perfect pair.
In all, users can pick from a total of four series, spread out in roughly US$200 increments. The ELX200 series is EV’s latest update to its second tier. It’s not quite as go-lucky as the cheaper and cheerier, plastic-moulded ZLX. Nor is it as buff as the more powerful, slightly more expensive, plywood-bodied EKX series, or the swoon-worthy, top-spec two-kilowatt ETX series. It sits happily at that intersection of casual and semi-pro with a range of features to suit.
QUICK SMARTS
The ELX200 series is the first of its powered speakers to incorporate EV’s QuickSmartMobile technology. First available with the Evolve 50 portable column system, it uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) technology to remotely control up to six ELX200 speakers and it’s a keeper.
The series includes threeown amps and processing. The ELX200 series cabinets are polypropylene composite with extensive internal reinforcement and they feel solid and resonance-free despite their relatively low weight. They look like a big plastic box from the back and sides, which they are, but professional enough from the front, sharing EV family looks with the other series. The subs are made from 15mm plywood and finished with EV’s satin, textured EVCoat, and over time they’ll attract less handling marks than the composite full-range boxes.
