I would just like to share how I discovered Ascend Acoustics. I happened upon Ascend through a thread on the AVS speaker forum. I can no longer recall the details, but It may have been one of those comparison threads of which there are hundreds,or one of those help me decide between this speaker or that one, also by the hundreds.
Anyways there was a post made by the owner one ID speaker company AV123.
He was quite generous with his praise for Ascend Acoustics Loudspeakers. I thought to myself, wow how unbiased can a competitor get. he must own a couple of sets of Ascends. At the very least he seemed quite familiar with Ascend loudspeakers.
It was this single thread which lead to reviews of the 170s and to this forum and finally a purchase.
Yes I did visit the AV123 website, not my flavor. They have a very loyal following. Alot of the discussion on the forums there are about how the speakers look not about the sound quality, and the owner there seems to keep his customers constantly hyped-up.
Please do not consider this to be any criticism of AV123, because its not. There approach to doing business is just very different from Ascend. Ah, but this is a topic for another discussion.