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The Ascends compare to the M3 or M22 speakers musically.



That would be the CBM-170, not the CMT-340.

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Also, you may find the sound strange if you are used to bloated bass from your Polks, Axiom bass is tight and musical, not boomy and bloated.



Snippy...have you heard the Polks in question?

Where is that actual research?