I auditioned and almost bought the Ambient a number of years ago. It is a beautiful table but was over my budget at the time. I currently own the Ovation which I purchased about 5 years ago. A wonderful table as well. Its been quite a while since listening to the Ambient so your testing my memory a bit. However I think you'll find that the tables with the same arms will sound very similar, with the Ovation probably having a little better bass and possibly being a little bit more dynamic. The biggest difference will be which arm you use. With either table I'd highly recommend upgrading the arm. I use the Universal on my Ovation which was a big step up in overall SQ.
