I spent more than 2 hours listening to a pair AF61s at one of the Elac distributors in the SF Bay Area. They sounded very nicely. I personally would have liked a bit more bass extension and found that the high frequency response was a bit too brassy. When I pointed this out, the person who was demonstrating the speakers said that the brassiness may be due to the fact that the speakers were not completely burned in. He then proceeded to change the configuration of the electronics. According to him, when I was listening to the speakers, the DAC was connected directly to the power amplifier. He then connected the DAC to a preamp and the preamp to the amplifier. The sound seems to have improved, both at the lower and high frequency ends, but unfortunately I had to leave and did not have enough time the evaluate the speaker with the revised electronics configuration. Unfortunately, I don’t remember the name of the equipment that powered the speakers, but it was supposed to be of very high quality. Even under my limited audition, I liked the Elac AF61 a lot a may consider buying them. I would like to first listen to a pair of Magico A3s and, if possible, to a pair of Tekton Electrons.
