adante

Read Contuzzi post throughout Audiogon...Hypocrisy at its worst!

Ricered1: you’re just upset because I usually disagree with you.
Uncle_monkey: you registered for that? Very hard to believe. Anyway — I was initially impressed with the Adante, when the right music is played (how Andrew jones conducts all his demos), but once I started listening to female vocals etc, I realized how painfully flawed they are. Also, your assessment that the R3 is anything like the Adante is funny. They sound nothing alike.

There is a reason Adante was at blow out pricing only two years after their introduction. Just as there is a reason ELAC is bringing a new debut reference line out that is reusing original Debut 2.0 parts. Can you guess 

The Adantes seem like thoroughbreds, high performance, yet more demanding than most in this racehorse hobby r able to muster.  Some crackpots probably attempting to run em with his beloved silver loom, and blaming the speaker for the blocky base response...

I’ve the two newer Debut Reference in house, the bookshelf and floorstanders, & they r gonna make it hard to justify spending major coinage on audio jewelry. The monies have been well spent by AJ.  Sit back, kick your feet up, enjoy your music as they easily reveal both the quality of the recording and exactly where any colourations exist in ones playback system.  Easy to live with, fun to be around, non demanding yet responds to qualit’y compny’.  Lots to recommend here...

Contuzzi, 
When I owned Wilson Audio speakers I argued with people and I was pretty defensive when someone made negative comments about them. Now I don't let other people's opinions affect what I like. Audio is about preferences, not absolutes. I try not to condemn any components. Although I don't agree with everything Audiotroy posts, I do agree when he says that speakers have to be matched with the right components. 

Just wanted to chime in since I never replied since posting I had ordered the Adante AC-61 center channel quite some time ago.

Since I’m only using an Adante for HT center, I can’t really comment about its use for stereo, but I can say anyone who already own Adante’s that the center would be a great addition.

I didn’t have the stand at first but found it has better bass response on it’s dedicated stand.

So good in fact that I run my LCR in full range and often don’t turn on my Velodyne subs. The Adante bass is really articulate and might be the best aspect of the speaker. The L and R are the Cerious Too, an older speaker with a unique full ballistic ceramic poured cabinet that’s probably never been a technique utilized since.

I have TAD CR1’s in the same room but as part of a separate 2 channel system. At some point I’ll try the CR1’s as the L and R speaker just to see how all three concentric speakers work together.

At some point I’ll get around to hooking the single Adante to my BHK300 amp, just to hear it with music on excellent electronics but perhaps I might not really be able to get a good feel of what’s it capable of, or any shortcomings in the tweeter.

While there are far more advanced center speakers, for the amount I paid for the speaker and the stand it’s a ridiculous value that I still find hard to believe.