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How do the Elac Uni-Fi UB5s compare to more expensive bookshelf speakers?

How do the Elac UB5s compare to other popular and well reviewed bookshelf speakers? How would they compare to the Kef ls50s or dynaudio excite x14s or some of the other well reviewed bookshelf speakers around the $1500 mark in Stereophile. I am tempted t get a pair of the Elacs in the slim finished cabinets for around $750 but I don't want to short myself.
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I gave the Elac Debut 6s a long audition at home. (Long enough to piss the dealer off.) My thoughts-

Great midrange and bass. 
Very finicky about placement. 
The upper register sounded muffled. Like someone had turned on the Dolby switch. 

The last item was the dealbreaker for me. Went with the KEF Q150. Haven’t looked back. 

I notice that Elac is already on .2 for most of its models. Can’t speak to their sound. Maybe the problems have been fixed. 
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