Hi Curtis:
I continue to enjoy reading and learning from your many audio forum posts. I was very close to purchasing the Ascend 340's with the custom stands as they look very nice on those stands and since I already know I like the Ascend sound. But then I thought that a true floorstanding speaker would provide better bass for the Sansui since I am not getting a subwoofer for it. Also what helped to convince me to try Axiom was reading this forum and AudioReview where I found that Axiom customers are similarly passionate (and reasonable) about their preferred brand as are Ascend customers. Right now I am liking both my pair of Axiom's M60's and my five Ascend's very much.
Bruce