**Official Ascend Acoustics Tower Thread** - Page 9

Originally Posted by Peen

Sounds like you have heard them both. Would it sound bad to have the Sierra towers and Energy center and surrounds you think?

Originally Posted by cschang

I'll see if I can get pics.

Someone reported the earlier post as "marketing".

Originally Posted by Bill Mac

Curtis,

I'm late to the party but anyone that feels that your post with the pictures of the Towers was "marketing" is wrong IMO. Over the years I have seen owners of ID companies post pictures of current and future products. The same can be said for those posts (being marketing) which I have no issue with at all. To have an owner of an ID company give members here a heads up on current and future products is a benefit to the members here IMO. Especially if it is in a dedicated thread for that specific product or manufacturer. If someone is posting about a specific product (with pictures) in different threads not related to that product then I can see there being an issue.

What I find interesting is that the pictures of the new center from Ascend that you posted are still up. I guess the member that had an issue with the Tower pictures didn't have problem with that picture. Or maybe they missed that post.

Bill

Originally Posted by Nuance

I'm hoping the mods told that member to settle down and that it wasn't a problem.

Originally Posted by Nuance

^ Who said it was direct competitors? That's a pretty large scale assumption man. Do you have proof?

Originally Posted by cschang

Maybe not a direct competitor, but a fan of one. Those would be my guesses.

Originally Posted by MarvelousMarvin

I have got to say this as I just saw those ascend towers at the ascend website forum and they really look good. I can understand why some direct competitors will make up unreasonable complaints in having them deleted in this dedicated topic.

Originally Posted by Nuance

^ Who said it was direct competitors? That's a pretty large scale assumption man. Do you have proof?

Originally Posted by cschang

Maybe not a direct competitor, but a fan of one. Those would be my guesses.

Originally Posted by MarvelousMarvin

I just thought its an obvious assumption that direct competitors and yes, maybe die hard fans of direct competitors of these new towers would have maliciously reported for the pictures to be deleted. I don't have proof for my assumptions, I'm just using my common sense.

Originally Posted by Randy Bessinger

I would add that my view is that both Jim S. and David F. are gentlemen and good businessmen. As such, they know not to engage in petty competitor bashing. That said, they cannot control the actions of everyone they sell speakers to who become "rabid fanboys". It should not reflect on either company but the individuals themselves. Rant over.

Originally Posted by Chu Gai

Moderators for other websites, even though they're unpaid, walk a fine line when posting direct links to the website they moderate for. This line can even be extended to zealous owners who actively promote their speaker or whatever especially when cursory examination of the the other forum(s) they post in indicate concerted and coordinated efforts to engage in getting the word out, i.e. marketing.

Whether Curtis' post was reported by a competitor, someone who fancies themselves as a competitor because they've opened up a lemonade stand, an owner of a different product, a forum member, or even a moderator, who knows? I guess Curtis will be a tad more careful in the future.

What the towers have going for them aside from appearance is an owner who actually knows something about speaker design, deals with quality suppliers, and has the tools and knowledge how to use them to design well regarded and performing speakers. This is in pretty stark contrast to other speaker brands who call themselves designers but in reality are like some folks that call themselves plumbers.

Originally Posted by Nuance

It's still an assumption, and a pretty big one...although now you've included "die hard fans," so that could be anyone. Common sense and assumption usually aren't used together in the same thought process. But hey, it could have been anyone I suppose. I'm betting a competitor fan or a hater. It is technically abiding by the rules to do so, but I didn't think anyone actually took time to watch closely enough; I just don't see what the big deal is. To each their own I suppose.

Originally Posted by MarvelousMarvin

It is a big deal as some posters don't want to take time to log into other forums and register as members as I did just to be able to see photos of new speakers they may become interested in comparing to a number of highly regarded speakers in similar price range.

Originally Posted by merrymaid520

On a positive note, I encourage all new Tower owners to post their impressions as well as speaker pics in this thread for potential owners to collect valuable info during the decision making process. This would hopefully put an end to the shenanigans

Originally Posted by merrymaid520

Thanks! Yes they are the hand rubbed piano black. The finish is very impressive but prone to dust etc. I run them full range in 2ch with no port noise I've ever heard and I do crank them on occasion

Originally Posted by merrymaid520

These are the best shots I could manage from before...

Originally Posted by merrymaid520


Thank you. Since those pics I've replaced the proceed amp with a Parasound A21 and also use a PS Audio Dac3 off the Touch. I'm sure the gloss black will look phenomenal and maybe will require less dusting!

Originally Posted by cschang

The standard Sierra-1 is much more resolving than the RC70 for music. The RC70 has more bass, of course. I would bet good money that the Sierra Tower is a much better speaker than the RC50.

Originally Posted by merrymaid520

Yes sir, D-15se