What do you plan to upgrade to from Ascends?

[bikeman]

There would be one BIG benefit for those of us who are temininally PW'ed. We already have the 340's and the stands so a new woof/w stand would be easier to get in the door. I even have a place for the current stands should they not be needed in the HT anymore. I'm starting to like this idea.

David

[metalaaron]

i dunno. my stands weigh just over 50lbs each now.

[Lou-the-dog]

If something like this were created, I would be a fan of a passive item. This places the burden of tuning the integration onto Dave and crew who are far more qualified than me. While powered items (like the Onix PBS and RS1K with it's integrated powered bass 'stand') have the benefit of user tunability and potentially more power for the bass, they require work to setup and tune properly. Basically, you're doing the same work you would to integrate a powered sub. If you have both powered stands and a sub, you're doing even more integration work. With passive stands, Dave and crew can design an item to integrate very well with their products.

The down side (I consider this minimal) is that the product is only useful with Ascends products (perhaps only one Ascend product), but I don't see much demand for this outside of pairing with Ascend products.

As you have explained Brad, I can definitely see value in a passive stand. I suppose a passive stand could be set up for bi-amping too... but would lose the use of Dave and Co.'s crossover??

Randy

[Grayson73]

I'm bored so I decided to resurrect an old thread

Any new ideas?

Has anyone actually upgraded?

[curtis]

Since this thread originally ended in July of last year.....does upgrading to SE's count?

[Jonnyozero3]

I ran out of money :P

[Grayson73]

With the Sierras out, how many of you will be changing your answers?

Curtis, are you going to A/B against the TAD Home Audio speakers? I guess Pioneer bought out TAD.

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pn...069830,00.html

The EX speakers apparently have TAD technology:

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pn...069828,00.html

[curtis]

Too funny.....this thread was started two years ago!

Pioneer owns TAD.

I would love to compare the Sierra to the TAD bookshelf(not sure if it was actually produced), and the EX bookshelf.

[muzz]

What am I going to upgrade my Ascend 170se's(L/R) and 340SEC too?

Sierra's L/C/R........
Of course!!

[Quinn]

Pioneer owns TAD.

And always has.