Opinion on mono gold vs stereo elevate

[Jean-Marie]

Hi everyone

So I recently had a chance to audition a stereo system of gold and elevate. Unfortunately the store would not let me test speakers in mono. 

My budget is around 3.5K euro which leaves room for 2 elevate and a dialog or 1 gold and a dialog. What would you consider to be the best value for money? I did notice better upper end on the stereo golds but the mono thing puts me off. 

I also don't think I would be willing to buy the 2nd gold soon enough (the misses might kill me) 

Any thoughts? 

Thanks

Stereo will always be more satisfying than mono. 

Therefore, unless you have an opportunity to buy a second gold shortly after the first one, I would favor the two elevates over a single gold any time. 

Jean-Marie