ELAC - Adante... what’s the verdict?

Here is a review. They are already showing up in the barely used market.
https://www.cnet.com/news/elac-aims-higher-with-its-new-adante-as-61-speaker/

I automatically ignore anything written by Steve Guttenberg at CNET. The guy writes like he’s getting kickbacks from Andrew Jones and ELAC. Just not a reliable source - especially re: ELAC products.

I should note my personal connection to the matter - I purchased a pair of Uni-Fi UB5s very early on the basis of Guttenberg's sunshine pumping review(s) and wasn't impressed. Some dude running a website called "noaudiophile" had a much more accurate description of the sound - which was basically "squawkbox past 95dB" - I couldn't have agreed more. Just not a pleasant speaker at higher than average volumes. 

Sorry, 95dB was a typo - was 92dB in the review. In fact I would have gone lower but I don’t own an SPL meter so I have no idea exactly what level it was when the ELACs started sounding compressed like a PA speaker. But it wasn’t AS loud as I have been known to crank some music and hence they were returned and replaced with Wharfedale Jade 3s that, at the time, were a revelation at their own price point.

Incidentally I did end up reading Guttenberg's review and surprisingly he didn't gush on the ELACs like he did on previous models. Were these Adantes designed by Andrew Jones?