The electra's are a huge leap over the 918's in every way. A bigger and more robust sound. I went from 918's to 1027 BE's. I recommend you save the money for the stands and use it to save up for electra's. I also found that the electra's in my system sounded better directly on the carpet floor with no spikes, stands or mounts. The electra's integrated seemless this way with my subwoofer. I tried them with the Svelte shelves as I used with my 918's. I ended up selling them and keeping the extra cash.
