Curtis managed to help me find this link... Yes, We wanted to make this comparison as fair as possible to any company involved. The basic rules were a system for about $1000. The use of the STF-1 seemed fair because it brought the Ascend system into that price range. The next signifigant step up would be the STF-3 (Having spent time with both, the STF-2 is not a huge step up from the STF-1) ... and would have been $1300 with shipping and stands...

The guys from AV123 were OK with this set up (the 550 Mark II with no sub is $999 ... $899 for returning customers) ... The other two companies stopped talking when I mentioned using a subwoofer with the 340's... draw your own conclusions...[?]

The really interesting part of this test is I spent literally 3-5 minutes listening to each speaker in position, then let them burn in for 50 hours... then started the test. So it is TOTALLY blind to the point I really do not know what either sounds like.

Feel free to chime in on HTF ... everyone is welcome !