It has been a long time...

[curtis]

Sean....welcome to the forum.

Do you still have the other speakers so you can give us your comparative thoughts when you have the CBM-170's?

-curtis

[ZeRo]

Well darn, my first response never made it. Here goes the second attempt..

Thank you for the welcome Curtis. The Ascends will have some very big shoes to fill. Given that they are a budget speaker, I will keep my expectations down to realistic levels. Prior experience suggests that their performance is vastly beyond the asking price, so I am a tad excited of having these back in the home.

The NHT SB-3's were sold a month ago, and the Audio Notes were sold last week. These will be directly compared to the Polk Audio LSi-7's (with a retail of about $800/pr). Thankfully I have a good sonic memory and the trademark sounds of both the NHT's and Audio Notes are fresh in my mind.

I do have a question; About how much of a break in period should I expect? I remember the 170's being quite foward and a tad hollow for the first few days, and I only got them so far broken in until I had to box them up. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Sean

[curtis]

I think Ascend recommends 50 hours.

-curtis