For a small room (12x10 ft) the pairing is voluminous/room filling. The Elacs have a inviting presentation (behind the speakers soundstage and beyond speakers width) with good amount of details and air to the sound. Paired with the mimby, the entire set up is - to me - quite divine. I started out to create a budget system and this offers much more than expected. The speaker and amp pairs well and gives enough and more oompf. I have an SVS plugged to the amp as well but I hardly use it (mostly for TV viewing) when listening to music as the pairing really fills out the room. Between the bigger system (towers and avr) that has surreal, the St thumping dynamics, huge soundstage and almost realistic life-like presentation, I love this set up more for music- due to the intimate inviting laid back presentation. How'ver, like I mentioned, on its own, as a 2 channel set up, it is shockingly good for how it fills up the room and presents the sound. Most surprising aspect for me is that how much low end/rumble these speakers put out if you set them up properly and take benefit of room modes from positioning. For mids, vocals and lower treble, the speakers sound just right - details are presented delicately while having enough warmth. When I paired the Elacs to yamaha, they sounded a bit too sharp/brittle up top. With marantz in pure direct mode or through mode, the sound signature gets balanced out. As long as a good entry level to mid-fi dac is part of the chain, the pairing works really well.
As for music choices, it's a very wide variety - everyday and during the day. Ranges from EDM, Jazz, Classical, 60/70s rock, 80s pop, bossa nova, chillwave, synthwave, OST/instrumental, select Bollywood (rehman, amit trivedi, coke studio etc.). It's basically a new day everyday
