Focal Aria 936 / Elac Adante AF-61 / Von Schweikert VR-33 , impressions, thoughts?


Thinking of upgrading my speakers and in the past have just gone with what I thought was a great deal, sometimes that worked, more often it did not!

Have a shortlist right now of those 3 speakers.

Focal Aria 936
Elac Adante AF-61
Von Schweikert VR-33

Presently using Triangle Altea ESW speakers.

What am I lacking right now? Possibly some lower bass, the Triangles are superb in the mids and upper registers but you can definitely tell they are  a little limp below 40hz. And at the end of the day even though I consider them to be fantastic speakers, they were after all only 2k brand new so there are likely better options out there to consider.


So thoughts and impressions on those 3 speakers or any serious contenders in the same sort of price bracket, I am looking at used examples only so think 3k max.

Will be driving them with an Ayre AX-7E integrated which I will NOT be changing anytime soon (famous last words I know!)

Thank you
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The total lack of any review AND the fact they're Yamaha would nix them from my consideration before I bothered to go on the fool's errand of tracking a dealer down. Besides, those are priced along the lines of the 726 which kinda tells you what they think the sound is worth in the marketplace. 
Be careful when ordering. None of the sellers are indicating " each ", as these retail for $5000. a pair. A few folks ordered, thinking they were buying a pair ( the ads say " speakers ", plural ), but they only received one speaker. Just what I am seeing. I would be interested to hear them, as Yamaha can build anything they want. Enjoy ! MrD.
Oh.... So they're not matched pairs like the 936. 

Not sure where you got the $5k figure. Yamaha's website is selling them for $4k. 
They retail at $2499.95 each, now they are $1999.95 ea., on their web site. I suppose they are on sale ( it seems everyone is now selling them at 4K ). As far as they being a matched pair, knowing Yamaha, I am sure the tolerances are quite close between each and every unit. I would like to hear them. When I had NS 1000s, I enjoyed them very much. Enjoy ! MrD.