The Epos ES14N ranks #19 out of 104 total Large Size Bookshelf Speakers for sound quality. See Top Recommended Speakers By Attribute for all the top speaker suggestions.
#19 Epos ES14N: 3750-4400 GBP/pair Audio Venue (UK)
Pros: A revival of Epos’s classic 1980s ES-14, re-engineered by Karl-Heinz Fink’s FinkTeam with a chamfered, backward sloping baffle to time align a 28mm ceramic coated dome tweeter with a 7 inch mica filled polypropylene woofer. On axis deviation measures a clean 0.216dB average and listening window smoothness reaches 0.53, both among the better figures in this batch, and the larger woofer reaches a measured 51.2Hz at -3dB with a low 0.2% THD at 1W.
Cons: The sound power directivity index has the widest standard deviation of any speaker added to this catalog from spinorama.org’s current measurement set, 5.18, meaning off axis energy tracks the on axis response less consistently than the rest of this batch as frequency rises. The bass alignment also measures a higher Q of 1.10, hinting at a mild bump near the port tuning frequency. At £3,750 to £4,400/pair depending on finish it is a serious investment, and dealer availability is limited outside the UK and Canada.
How it compares: Just above it: AsciLab A6B Passive - 5Hz lower bass extension (-3dB). Just below it: AsciLab F6Bs - 1.8Hz lower bass extension (-3dB).
| Bass Extension (-10dB) | 35.3Hz (measured, spinorama.org data) |
|---|---|
| Bass Extension (-3dB) | 51.2Hz (measured, spinorama.org data) |
| Country | Germany |
| Crossover Points | 2.7kHz |
| Dimensions | 19.3"H x 9.8"W x 15.2"D (491 x 250 x 385 mm) (19.3 x 9.8 x 15.2 in) |
| Drivers | 28mm aluminum/ceramic compound dome tweeter, 7" mica filled polypropylene cone woofer |
| Enclosure | ported |
| Impedance | 6 ohms nominal, 4.3 ohms minimum |
| Sensitivity | 87dB @ 2.823V/1m |
| Weight | 35.3 lbs / 16 kg (35.3 lbs) each |
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