I’d appreciate opinions from RMAF 2017 Show attendees on the Elac Adante AF61

Over on A-Circle somebody characterized them as slightly soft, so even more than usual an in-person audition will be mandatory.

The best sounding speakers at the show by a long shot.  Nothing else came close really.  Could not find any fault with them.  Of course I like the sound of real music in real space which is what these speakers sound like.  Unfortunately many audiophiles prefer hi-fi spectacular the reason why most speakers sound so terrible.  Over blown boomy bass, strident highs and sucked out midrange.  Ah yes the perfect audiophile sound.  The Elacs sound nothing like this.  

Everything he has designed is well worth an audition. 

The only questions are whether you want to expand your budget, and whether you want a different set of compromises in your own room (e.g. used Maggie 3.7i vs. these, etc.). 

I would have to disagree with the harsh and strident complaints.I heard them at the show on the Friday and they sounded very good to my ears.
I am sure for someone of Mr Jone's expertise would design a bad sounding speaker. We all hear things differently and I would not pay $5000 ( I think they are) without a long listen with my own choice of music.

I also heard them at LA Audio Show, and agree with nonoise.  Not as detailed as mine (Bob Carvers, but those are also 3.2X the price) , or as those I mentioned below. As someone else (mis, imho) noted, contrariwise -  they were not the best sounding speakers at the show.  With 100K $ speakers, that's ridiculous - I liked the Wilson-Benesch, the Raidho, maybe some of the Wilsons, some of the Magicos (but not the very big ones), Focal, and always, Sonus-Faber and Vandersteen.  All of those are way outside the 5K price range.  At 5K, these are probably on the short list. 

These were certainly not strident on a mix of violin, orchestral, and pop music. Again, at shows, room acoustics have a lot to do with perceived quality.  The naysayers may have gotten a bad setup, or even poor recordings.  Listen several times in different environments, and try to get a trial (that last part never worked for me though) :-)