ELAC - Adante... what’s the verdict?

OK, so let's ditch the Elac and go back to thinking about some of the Ryan floorstanders as a possible alternative.

Seems to me the moral of this story is that the Adantes need a long, and may need a very long, break-in period in order to sound their best.  This in turn would account for the consideration variations in impressions derived from recent auditions, depending on how many hours the particular units have clocked.

Despite all the fancy footwork and attempts to dance around the issue, it's clear from the Stereophile review and even clearer from the measurements that the floor-stander is bass-shy.  The AS sounds like a better proposition.