I just wanted to add some more thoughts on my new speakers now that I am getting closer to a month of ownership, have received my stands, and have dialed in the setup and positioning.
The speakers are sounding better and better to me. Now that I have them positioned perfectly the imaging is even better. The sub is now dialed in and the whole system is incredible for music. I am listening to more and more music. The ratio is now probably leaning towards more than 50% music now and would probably be even more if it wasn't for my wife wanting to watch TV.
In my initial review I mentioned that I had heard better speakers but at a much higher price. To update this impression, the threshhold of what I have heard that is better is creeping farther and farther away from my Ascends price range. Now that I have the whole system dialed in it is getting harder to think back to listening sessions where the sound was better. Now that the mains and sub are blended perfectly they sound much better as a system than any of the speakers to which I listened. IMO my 340's and my SVS 25-31pc+ when combined sound better than the $4000 B&W speakers that I auditioned. This is of course after following the placement suggestions in the 340's user manual and calibration with test tones and an SPL meter.
Darren
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