I beat DaveF down and got prototypes!

[hhcan]

It is not even 9:30pm. If anyone is in the area and wants to have a listen..let me know. It is the least I can do...I'm not going anywhere and I will probably be up late listening to these babies.

I'm here in Santa Ana with my wife and kid today and instead of drinking with her relatives, I could have been over to listen to those babies if I have read this email 2 HOURS ago!

Nice. I'm itching to upgrade eventhough mines are not even a year old. I could move the front to the other room to replace my Digital Dogg and buy the SE to sit in place of the classic?! or should I just buy a pair of 340 SE for 2 channel music in a separate room and listen to them full range? The 340 SE is just what I need since I did consider a pair of Joseph Audio RM33si. Hmm, thinking about the money I save if I buy the 340 SE, I could use it for a nice 2 channel preamp/amp system.

Now all I need is an excuse...

[curtis]

I posted that yesterday.

Just got home from a day of turkey eating....and just eating in general about 90 minutes ago. Will be tough for me to host people the rest of the weekend.

[hhcan]

I didn't read the date. We'll be leaving Santa Ana tomorow.

Eventhough we couldn't be there, thanks for the public offer. The spirit that counts especially in the holiday!

[BradJudy]

....to replace my Digital Dogg....

Now all I need is an excuse...

Replacing Digital Doggs is all the excuse you need.

[curtis]

Today will be my last day with the 170SE's.

Although not critical listening, I have been watching TV with the kids(some 5.1 HDTV material), and noticed no panning issues with my 340c.

[MrTomasulo]

Curtis--

Any final verdict on the SEs?

After listening do you think there would be any timbre matching problems between SEs and classics?

[curtis]

I really like the SE, and will upgrade...but I am not in a rush and have not heard the 340SE yet.

It is funny, I have been asked more than once by other hobbyists(not Ascend owners....and never actually heard the speakers either), "are they really using a Seas tweeter? They make one of sweetest sounding tweeters I have ever heard, and that was the off the shelf budget model."

Which kind of confirms what I heard with the SE's.

As for the timbre matching, as I posted earlier, I heard no panning issues in TV and movie watching. I can't give a definitive answer because I didn't specifically test for it, but I doubt there will be any timbre issues.