Bigger Ascend Towers

[ematthews]

So you guys are willing to give up quality on mids and highs for your deep bass?

You will get deeper/better bass if you just get quality subwoofers and integrate them properly.

Curtis. It kind of seems that you are saying any loud speaker above 5.25 in bass driver will sacrifice mids and highs. If that were the case why would any other manufacture make bigger towers in their line up?
I do have other high quality speakers. For instance I have the KEF LS 50 running with a Rythmik sub. I don't care for it and the detail those have are insane. More detail than the Ascends to a point they can sound to bright. My point. If other manufactures are making bigger towers and they are very good, I think Dave could perfect a bigger tower as well. And I would buy it in a second. I run subs in my HT set up and they are great. I just want a true high end 2.0 system without the trouble of a sub. I do have to play around with the bass sometimes depending on the recordings. Just trying to have both flavors if you will. And having the choice between a regular Ascend tower and a bigger brother would be nice.

[curtis]

Curtis. It kind of seems that you are saying any loud speaker above 5.25 in bass driver will sacrifice mids and highs. If that were the case why would any other manufacture make bigger towers in their line up?
I do have other high quality speakers. For instance I have the KEF LS 50 running with a Rythmik sub. I don't care for it and the detail those have are insane. More detail than the Ascends to a point they can sound to bright. My point. If other manufactures are making bigger towers and they are very good, I think Dave could perfect a bigger tower as well. And I would buy it in a second. I run subs in my HT set up and they are great. I just want a true high end 2.0 system without the trouble of a sub. I do have to play around with the bass sometimes depending on the recordings. Just trying to have both flavors if you will. And having the choice between a regular Ascend tower and a bigger brother would be nice.

All I did was quote Dave.

Why would any other manufacturer make bigger towers...because to satisfy those that think bigger is better. There are some big speakers out there from well known manufacturers that are clearly not as good as their smaller offerings. Yes, I do think Dave can make a bigger and great Tower, but like I said, I was just quoting him, and also agreed that there are trade-offs. It seems that information was overlooked by some.

If you need to play around with the bass, it is so much easier to do if you are only dealing with a sub, and not a full range speaker.

I actually think the S2's have more detail than the LS50, but I agree with you that the LS50 seems brighter than the S2.

I guess I am very surprised that people are willing to give up other parts of a speaker to get more bass, when using a subwoofer properly negates the need to do that.

[ematthews]

Fair enough. I didn't see that you were quoting Dave. I'm not a sound engineer nor an expert. I guess I am on the band wagon of bigger is better on speakers too. However, I do know in regards to KEF. The Q100 bookshelf is more balanced and better sounding than it's bigger brother 300. Tested in my own room. I hear the Monitor Audio silver 8 is better sounding than their 10. Heck I hear great things on their 6 too. So maybe I am putting out a lot of wasted air here.

[curtis]

If Dave goes down this route, we know that with his processes, he will not release something he isn't happy with.