Book Shelf Speaker advice - Formerly Book Shelf Dilemma

@blisshifi I have been wondering about Elac for a while, I am considering a subwoofer from them. I have been put off by their unusual "price spacing" couldn't decide where good quality and value begins...

@lanx0003 

on the contrary, I think there are many ways to narrow the choices for the OP  

@soix I think s/he meant a 1000. Great deal though

Oh well, it’s relative. I remember when I picked them they didn’t fit in my car. I had to take them out  of the boxes. For my room they were gigantic, and sounded boring.

But again, just another confused customer

when someone raves about the LSAs, I feel the urge to add: I had very bad experience with them. But that’s just one confused customer.

but the Lintons are gigantic and not a good fit for this space. 

The Dynaudio Evoke 10 for sure. (scratch and dent on Crutchfield)

Q Concept

Totem

Monitor Audio

Revel

and a lot more, that I haven’t heard

Honda Civic

@blisshifi thank you! You have a beautiful system. I will definitely take a listen to Elac speakers.

I bought Evoke 10s from Crutchfield and I think in my room they would sound better with a sub than the Evoke 20s I ended up with. I just gave into the more base argument.

@lanx0003

that sucks, my SVS SB 1000 is arriving tomorrow and I want to try out the ELAC - 3000.

I suspect it will just be boomy and chaotic.

@soix I didn't but maybe I should. I don't have a fancy cross-over control amp, so that would give me access from my phone. That's the Elac 3000's benefit too.

I just wish they made "weaker" subs, I don't need the 100+Watts. Unless I want help moving the sofa.

well, that makes sense @lanx0003 and @soix’s note too, I will soon find out if I have the right size to avoid a sonic mess.

and to add to the complexity, my MF A3.2 will send signals to my bookshelf speakers via speaker cables and from the amp’s pre-amp to the sub’s amp via RCA cables and then at some point in time (probably at different times) they will all move the air for overlapping frequencies, and finally it will reach my ears, bounce back from the walls... I somehow see it as not my smartest upgrade :)