I recently purchased a set of odyssey's after listening to Ascents they did sound a little thin to me. I purchased the Odysseys knowing full well that they would sound fuller. More or less because of the 2 speaker placement (which the ascents do not have). I have matched the Odyssey with an aerial sw12 sub (and i don't think you would be happy running without a sub) and I am very very pleased.
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I am pushing the speakers with a yamaha Rx-z9, Although I need to push it from -79db to about -30db they sound clear regardless of what i'm pushing thru them. Looking back I'm very happy I didn't go with the ascents. Besides for the price I bought them here on audiogon the ody's were cheaper than the ascents (well not quite but close enuff)... sorry if i come off like a stereophile noob but as a pro-musician i do have fairly good ears... I'd also reccomend listining to B&W nautilis revels and paradigms... imo the soundstage was less... but if my room 30x20 was for music and not HT I would have gone for the revels....
Also,
I am pushing the speakers with a yamaha Rx-z9, Although I need to push it from -79db to about -30db they sound clear regardless of what i'm pushing thru them. Looking back I'm very happy I didn't go with the ascents. Besides for the price I bought them here on audiogon the ody's were cheaper than the ascents (well not quite but close enuff)... sorry if i come off like a stereophile noob but as a pro-musician i do have fairly good ears... I'd also reccomend listining to B&W nautilis revels and paradigms... imo the soundstage was less... but if my room 30x20 was for music and not HT I would have gone for the revels....