Re: Introducing the Sierra-LX!!!
The Horizon is, IMO, the best center speaker from Ascend (and probably alot of other manufacturers). I upgraded to it around a year ago and it is excellent - dialog and movies in general are much better. I don't think it comes in Piano Black - you should reach out to Dave/Dina to see if that finish is available as a custom option.
For surrounds in your price range, either the HTM200 or the CBM170s would be options. I'd suggest the HTM's as they aren't ported so could mount on a wall if needed. Before I upgraded to the Towers, I was using HTMs (with S2 in the front) as surrounds and it was seamless. I moved the S2's to surround and the HTMs to my office. Still using HTMs as ATMOS speakers in my main room.
* LG OLED65E6P, BenqHT2050A
* Anthem AVM90, Rogue ST100, VTV Pascal 7 ch
* Sierra Towers/Horizon (all ELX RAAL), S2EXv2 surrounds, HTM200SEx4 heights, Rythmik E15HPx2
* VPI Classic 1+ (VTA & Fatboy Gimbal), PE Eagle/RR, VAS NOVA, Soundsmith Paua, Manley Chinook, Bob's Devices SUT, SugarCube 1 mini
* Oppo 203 & 103D, EverSolo DMP-A6
* miniDSP Flex, Audiosensibility & Blue Jeans cables, Symposium & Isoacoustics, GIK
* For RDJ: Anthem MRX720, Sierra LX, Luna Duo v2 center, CXNv2, TBD