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

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) :-) 

The new rooms were TOUGH on presenters - especially if not treated properly. Really brutal wall and ceiling finishes. We agree with Marqmike - gotta hear them in your room/equipment (best) or a good audio-purposed room at least before anyone can make an honest call....

It was rare to hear a great sounding room this year - mostly from the folks that are serious experts at it. May not be fair to other good sounding gear masked by acoustic issues.

The ELAC rooms are always packed, especially when Andrew Jones is "holding court".  I did not have the best seat but I thought the ELAC's sounded very good and great for their price range, but not even close to the best at the show. The best sounding speakers were in the Gryphon room!