Both Billy and Curtis echo my thoughts at this point.
I've been following that thread intensely and I'm very interested to hear everyone's thoughts. I am undeniably biased to Ascend, although I am enjoying the reviews, videos, and pictures so far. Some of those speakers I will never own because of the price. However, the opportunity to gather with like-minded folks outside of a forum is
priceless; the speaker demonstrations would be icing on the proverbial cake.
I think Nuance's wife impressed me the most with her review.