adante

Who on earth is this clown? I had to register just because it appears Andrew bad-touched him at some point.

contuzzi359 posts01-22-2018 11:07amI’d absolutely go with the ELAC.  Have spent a lot of time recently with the stand mounts.  Really outstanding.  

Have little to no experience with the floor standers yet.

 So we went from superlatives to laughing out loud they're so bad? Good grief. Zero credibility.

The Adantes are really nice, I'm just not sure what they were aiming for. They're big and seem to be over-thought. I'd be interested in comparing with the R3, but the reality is I'm trying to downsize for a smaller listening environment, and these just aren't going to pass the grade. What I found interesting was the measurements between the 2 are eerily similar, I guess AJ's DNA is still all over the KEFs.

I have the Adante monitors. I like them I moved them to my home theater room and found they sound best there, due to their excellent dynamics and deeper than average bass extension. A unique speaker that can and does sound great with Parasound amps. 

The Adante are revealing, you have to spend 2-3x more on the rest of the chain to get them performing as thy should

Read Contuzzi post throughout Audiogon...Hypocrisy at its worst!

Ricered1: you’re just upset because I usually disagree with you.
Uncle_monkey: you registered for that? Very hard to believe. Anyway — I was initially impressed with the Adante, when the right music is played (how Andrew jones conducts all his demos), but once I started listening to female vocals etc, I realized how painfully flawed they are. Also, your assessment that the R3 is anything like the Adante is funny. They sound nothing alike.

There is a reason Adante was at blow out pricing only two years after their introduction. Just as there is a reason ELAC is bringing a new debut reference line out that is reusing original Debut 2.0 parts. Can you guess