Hear, hear! Bluesound Nano can be wirelessly connected to the Bluesound Pulse Sub+ subwoofer. Sub+ working just fine wirelessly with Bluesound Powernode and Powernode Edge streaming amplifiers and with a pair of Bluesound Pulse M aktive speakers. And yes, prices for speaker stands are to d... high. Nice review!

A 2-way versus a 3-way?

Please, do yourself a favoour and dampen your room...it has terrible acoustics. Secondly , Elacs sound much nicer in my opinion.

I like more the Kilpsch sound, the Elacs its to much neutral to me

klipsch sounds like all klipsch, a box

I love the ELAC's. Good Review!

I've have the Klipsch since they were released and so far I have really liked them. I have been hearing a lot of good things about the Elac's so this review really put me at ease and prevented the urge to go spend more money. Thanks for the review. I've been thinking about starting a channel reviewing audio gear like you, you might have just giving me the push I needed to start.

I never pay much attention to measurements, its the sound that comes out of the box that counts ..

i wanted to buy my neice and nephew a stereo system for xmass, but they just dont care about sound / music the way i did when i was a teen. they barely want a bluetooth jbl speaker, i hope one day they grow into wanting something more than the speakers on their phone

The Rotel amps have a look i don't seem to get along with. Their older amps were fine. I'd probably pick one of the more artistic style amps or just use a small class D

Elac sucks bro. I bought a pair for my daughter and tested them before i sent them. Awful dull sounding speaker. Jbl 530 if you can get them.

So I tried using Buchardt A10 for 4k instead of my Sennheiser Ambeo Max. Sennheiser is way more immersive

Thinking about subwoofer….¿is not posible to connect an active sub in the 3,5 mm service output on the back?? Thanks a lot.

This is most helpful, thank you for the great review. I would love to see the Wiim amp pro with these Elacs!

The most important audio components are source components. The quality of the musical signal coming out of this first component defines the ultimate ability of any stereo system. Every other component in the system merely passes on this signal with greater or lesser accuracy. None can enhance or improve it Is any reason why you avoid looking at us ? How do you control sound waves bouncing of the floor and the walls in your listening room I own the Rotel RB-158 MK. 2. Stereo Power Amplifier 200 Watts per channel

Recently, I bought both a 2.1 system (WiiM amp, Kef Q150, SVS SB2000 Pro) and a Sonos Arc Ultra with Sub 4 to do a direct comparison and pick a system a wanted to build from. I ended up returning all my Sonos products as I found in nearly all cases I preferred my 2.1 system. But I get why people just buy Sonos because it was just easy and sounds good. I just know my 2.1 system can be much better (like by getting a better amp). Also, really like the recommendation for WiiM Ultra and BasX. Think I will do that for my next upgrade!

The proliferation of inexpensive D class amps is good for audio consumers because the competition is forcing Rotel and other reputable amp designers to compete in this price range. It will ultimately lower amp prices across all price ranges. This nice A8 amp is a response to the cheapo D class junk challenge. Watts per channel is often misleading to the consumer. An amp can be specd at higher wattage simply by measuring output at higher distortion levels. A rotel amp with the following specs: 200 watts x 2 channels into 8 ohms at 0.008% distortion is a much better amp then another amp listed as 200 watts at 0.1% distortion. When comparing amps if both play at equal distortion levels into 8 ohms than an increase in watts from 50 to 100 watts per channel will only increase loudness (sound pressure) by about 3.5 decibels. The colloquial term head room is very subjective if quantification of distortion is not factored in. The point of all this blather is a 30 or 50 watt amp can sound fantastic in most situations, provided it handle the resistance of the speaker. I have a luxman amplifier from the late 80s that has ~ 50 watt output with negligible distortion. It can play speakers plenty loud and sounds fantastic. The only time it incurred difficulties was pairing it to two JBL HDI-3800s and cranking the volume. I trust Rotel and hope to buy a new amp sometime soon.

Great video… thank you! If someone is really on a tight budget (but still wants to buy new) I have a couple amps I can enthusiastically recommend. 1) pair either set of speakers with the Wiim Ultra and the Emotiva Basx A2 Mini ($230). 2) pair with the Fosi Audio ZA3 Either option will save $200-300 over your proposed system and sound amazing! I own both these amps, the Wiim Ultra, as well as both the Elac & Klipsch speakers.

I have the Monolith Tripod stands. Very well built, extremely stable, and look great. Got them on sale for about $160/pair.

Sorry to state the obvious but people buy soundbars for movies not music and people buy Bluetooth speakers for portability not pure sound quality

Great job. Keep up the good work.

How about these elac speakers with Wiim amp

Hi, would the wiim amplifier be a good pair for the elacs?

Hoping you still have the packaging. May I ask what's the dimensions of the box?

Ughh...not a fan of that music you chose. Certainly agree with you though, a mid level stereo or 2.1 set up outshines bluetooth party speakers or sonos systems. (edit) Dude! $650 stands for $450 speakers?!?! 😂 Get yourself some $1100 towers!

Is the node nano better sounding than your wiim and smsl set up?

Crutchfield has the "full" Bluesound NODE for $349 currently

Homepods, Sonos (or other streaming speakers), and stereo separates, all serve completely different use-cases. Sorry, but your point is moot.

This is such a great video you almost should do the latter part with WiiM ultra and mode 2 +emotiva base x + klipish as a separate video (maybe good , better and best series of 3 videos or all in one with a table showing the feature difference and cost difference Again great job 👍

Great video Your videos are very informative and well done Thank you

I'm curious about that "Tuner" Input. Is it any different or can it be used as an input for the streamer?

What would be the better speaker the ELAC 63 or Kef 350 ? Or maybe the Kef concertos, if I spelled that correctly.

Good video. Couldn’t you also just use a different input on the amp and use the RCA Outputs on your TV? Or do modern TV’s not have RCA outputs anymore?

What song was that? I have Elac db63 speakers

Nice Video! Try the Dynaudio Stand 10 at some point, they are great stands for the Price.

WiiM Ultra Dual V3 monos with 48v 10a power supply I picked up when they launched on kick starter Amazon speaker cables WBC RCA interconnects Emotiva T1+ towers I was able to get when the closed them out in 2024. If I could change anything is the V3 in my opinion runs pretty darn warm, to combat this I already had a couple AC Infinity fans I repurposed and they are directly underneath. Small room I use this system mostly when I'm video gaming 😈👊🏽💥

The SVS Sound Base is underrated and worth a serious look.

Nothing new ….

The R3 gives more details and insight, but I prefer the less forward image the Q gives. Thanks so much for the review!

Do u think the price difference worth the additional refinement?

I will keep my LS 50 Metas and my 2 SVS subwoofers driven with a "warm" sounding" 200 watt /channel Rotel amplifier in my 26 by 15 ft room . The sound i get from this combination is incredible. Some people object to the sound of the LS 50 Metas because they hear it with the wrong amplification.

I have a 60 watt Rotel power amplifier and preamplifier that I bought in 1994 they are still going strong. I also had a Rotel CD player and it no longer really works. Skipping a lot. And the technician said he couldn’t fix it.

These speakers is more shiny ,clear and bright than others of Elacs for example dbr62 or ub52?

Hey. I’m currently eyeing the NAD C316bee v2. Would you happen to have any experience with that amplifier? Wonder how that amp would compare to the Rotel.

Would like your take on the Martin Logan B10’s. I was able to compare the B1 and B 10 and wasn’t even close to the B10’s sounded much better to me. They didn’t have any B2’s to listen to. Thanks.

I think 450. For a 30wpc amp as is a great deal! I think towers would be a good start point - usually easier to drive than book shelf speakers. Definately agree that a solid dac w/ multible imputs / outputs would allow for a greater flexability for system building and improved sound. Things are so much better in audio now that it would be difficult to go far wrong on any budget.

I own a 5.1 set of the ELAC Uni-fi 2.0 series, floorstanders, center, S10.2 Bash-powered sub and bookies (as surrounds) and am quite happy with them, though the KEF's here sound offer better definition and refinement at several times the price. Hard not to notice the better bass extension on the Debut 3.0's than the KEF Q Concerto's. Seems to be a theme with KEF's that don't offer the same kind of bass extension relative to other competitors, though I do prefer the KEFs for their precision on top. Something ELAC speakers lack at the lower price point lines. ELAC's tend to roll off, are more relaxed on the higher registers, and are never fatiguing. KEF's floorstanders are a bit out of my price range, as I've college-aged daughters to consider. By the way, forgive me if I'm insensitive, but do you have vision problems? If not, the lack of eye contact with the camera is a little off-putting.

Not Sure what the full specs are but high current old school power amps like Adcom, BK and Carver among others with their wattage listing vs performance was impressive. High Current makes a big difference driving difficult power hungry speakers.

the one thing i admire about rotel is if you pop the hood you will see they use quality components, yes there is always a compromise on features but what you pay for i feel like you get quality.

For the "missing a subwoofer out" crowd, using Sewell's piggyback banana posts, you could use high level out assuming the sub you're using supports it. You could make a mess of it and use Sewell's piggyback connectors heading into that SVS high-level to low-level converter boxes to feed powered subs without high level inputs. Also, I agree that skipping a sub out is bad. Even Yamaha's A-S301 supports a sub out.