And here it is, the 340SE2!!!

[curtis]

The best bang for the buck just got even more bangin'!!

[dislocatedday]

I would imagine the center is no different than the mains, but I am sure Dave will let us know.

I would have thought this as well, but in the Sierra thread over at AVS Forums Dave recently mentioned that the current 340SE center has a different crossover from the 340SE mains. I did not know this previously. It appears the crossover is different in the center to deal with the horizontal placement and different dispersion pattern, versus the mains in a vertical orientation.

I am guessing that Dave is likely doing the same here with the new versions of the 340s, and perhaps still has to do some development work for the crossover on a center version.

[curtis]

I would have thought this as well, but in the Sierra thread over at AVS Forums Dave recently mentioned that the current 340SE center has a different crossover from the 340SE mains. I did not know this previously. It appears the crossover is different in the center to deal with the horizontal placement and different dispersion pattern, versus the mains in a vertical orientation.

I am guessing that Dave is likely doing the same here with the new versions of the 340s, and perhaps still has to do some development work for the crossover on a center version.

Yes, the difference was due to how people placed their center channels when the 340 was first introduced years ago. The situation is a bit different now.

That said, we'll see what Dave says.

Nonetheless, a great speaker. Got to briefly hear it the last time I was at Ascend.

[merrymaid520]

Yes, the difference was due to how people placed their center channels when the 340 was first introduced years ago. The situation is a bit different now.

That said, we'll see what Dave says.

Nonetheless, a great speaker. Got to briefly hear it the last time I was at Ascend.

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[curtis]

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Hey!! How did you know??

[merrymaid520]

Just a hunch! Granted our listening was limited (and factoring in what we were hearing beforehand) but they sounded great! Can’t wait for my pair to replace my garage 340se’s. I was pleased to see an even higher sensitivity, I blast mine with 200w each so I can hear them from my yard

[chas]

Just a hunch! Granted our listening was limited (and factoring in what we were hearing beforehand) but they sounded great! Can’t wait for my pair to replace my garage 340se’s. I was pleased to see an even higher sensitivity, I blast mine with 200w each so I can hear them from my yard

You fly to Cali just to hear these?

[merrymaid520]

You fly to Cali just to hear these?

Among other things, ha! We happened to have been in San Diego and Dave was kind enough to host a listening session.

[curtis]

You fly to Cali just to hear these?

LOL!! I'm not merrymaid, but a family vacay to California isn't complete without a visit to Ascend Acoustics!

[SunByrne]

In summary, the 340SE2 now has a sensitivity of 92dB anechoic, 96dB typical in-room.

WOW.

That's bananas. Dave the mad scientist, at it again. Very impressive indeed.

What this tells me is that we all should have chipped in and bought Dave a Klippel years ago.