So after many months of research I've decided to move away from my initial idea of purchasing the Paradigm Studio series in lieu of the Sierra Lineup. Every time I would do some research on the Paradigms, or Salks, or almost any other brand I would always see a shout-out to Ascend Sierra's.

I was a little put off at first by the price because I couldn't imagine a company could really compete when there was a few thousand dollar difference between them. But all the forums rave about these towers so I'm going to do it.

In the coming months I'll be getting:

Sierra 1 towers with RAAL upgrade
Sierra Horizon with RAAL upgrade
Paradigm Studio ADP 590's for surround and rears
Marantz AV7001
Emotiva XPA-2 and XPA-5
Oppo BDP-105
Keeping my JBL ES250 sub.

Would you stay with the Paradigm Studio 100's and CC-690 or make the switch to Sierra?

-Mike