I know it’s late, but I did hear the Elac Adante floorstander and large monitor a few months ago. Not to my liking I am sorry to report. Especially the tower. Boomy, sloppy bass. To me, an unrefined sound. Room and speaker/seat placement were less than ideal so i’m sure SQ could be improved upon. I also heard persona 3f in same room. They were in a different league in terms of refinement. They too were not at their best due to set up/room. IMO the problem for the Elacs ***that day, in that room and to my ears***is that they did NOT sound surprisingly good for a speaker half the price of the $10k personas. They sounded like a speaker with a much much lower price tag. I have no idea how they sound compared to other 5k speakers as i’ve not been auditioning any. I did hear some proac D30R last week that were just under $8k ( I think). The proac and the Treo CT are the 2 best $8k speakers i’ve heard so far.
Focal Aria 936 / Elac Adante AF-61 / Von Schweikert VR-33 , impressions, thoughts?
Thinking of upgrading my speakers and in the past have just gone with what I thought was a great deal, sometimes that worked, more often it did not!
Have a shortlist right now of those 3 speakers.
Focal Aria 936
Elac Adante AF-61
Von Schweikert VR-33
Presently using Triangle Altea ESW speakers.
What am I lacking right now? Possibly some lower bass, the Triangles are superb in the mids and upper registers but you can definitely tell they are a little limp below 40hz. And at the end of the day even though I consider them to be fantastic speakers, they were after all only 2k brand new so there are likely better options out there to consider.
So thoughts and impressions on those 3 speakers or any serious contenders in the same sort of price bracket, I am looking at used examples only so think 3k max.
Will be driving them with an Ayre AX-7E integrated which I will NOT be changing anytime soon (famous last words I know!)
Thank you
Have a shortlist right now of those 3 speakers.
Focal Aria 936
Elac Adante AF-61
Von Schweikert VR-33
Presently using Triangle Altea ESW speakers.
What am I lacking right now? Possibly some lower bass, the Triangles are superb in the mids and upper registers but you can definitely tell they are a little limp below 40hz. And at the end of the day even though I consider them to be fantastic speakers, they were after all only 2k brand new so there are likely better options out there to consider.
So thoughts and impressions on those 3 speakers or any serious contenders in the same sort of price bracket, I am looking at used examples only so think 3k max.
Will be driving them with an Ayre AX-7E integrated which I will NOT be changing anytime soon (famous last words I know!)
Thank you