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Naim and Elac Adante, Wow

The new Elac Adantes are creating a lot of buzz both good and bad.

We were mixed on the speakers initially as certain sonic aspects were fantastic while others were less then satisfactory.

The Adante AS 61 has a relatively low sensitivity so we thought 40 watts will not be enough.

Surprise the Naim Uniti Atom with Wireworld cables produced an intoxicating sound.

The Atom is warm and punchy so the combo matched perfectly.

Elac and Naim fantastic together and affordable.

3k amp which includes dac and streamer,  plus 2.5k speakers other then cables and stands this combo would make a lot of people very happy.

We would urge prospective Adante purchasers to seek out this combo these two products mesh while other combos of electronics with the Adantes may be why some people are not liking the speakers.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ
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audiotroy OP
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Golf would love to do that shoout out. We have heard the Golden Ears many times before, and the two speaker share some similar traits:

Both have very deep tight bass. Obviously the Tritons go lower and have adjustable bass so that one goes to the Tritons.

The Elac's have a dual concentic with a mild horn load which creates a very big soundstage, vs the Diapolito configuration of the Tritons so the Elacs would produce a bigger more focused soundstage.

Also the Tritons are more efficient so that one goes to the Tritons.

Also the Elac driver happens to have a bit more treble detail vs the Tritons which tend to sound a bit recessed even with the Heil AMT that they use. 

Cabinet construction and styling okay, the  Adante wins this one.

This would make an interesting shoot out, both are fantastic high value loudspeakers. 

Battle royale, I take it you have and love the Tritons. 

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ
twoch
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Nice commercial big boy
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audiotroy OP
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Clarinetmonster,  sorry for that ommision, we were talking about his TAD work and the Adante's are more reminiscent of what he was doing with TAD and the Unifi Line  for Elac. 

The Debut line was built to an inexpensive price point and like the Pioneer line was created to sell to the masses so was voiced diferently. 

Andrew Jones is a cagey designer he knows what he can build for a price point. As said before we have a client with the Pioneer's that Andrew Jones designed and they are impressive for a cheapie speaker system. 

Thanks for that. 

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ
gpgr4blu
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Audiotroy:
I'm done here.
As always, I've said enough.
You've said too much.
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audiotroy OP
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Grgr4blu, oh I am going to miss your insights into sound reprodution and all you add to the discussion, so very much.

If I remember, the post was not about you and in reality it was not about our store, it was about finding a combination that makes the Adantes sound terrific. 

Considering you know so much about the high end audio market, you were not able to add one thing to the conversation, as usual. Hardly surprising. 

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ
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