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Emotiva, the maker of affordable amps and processors, has stepped into the speaker world in a big way. With the help of the famous loudspeaker designer Vance Dickason, they have put together a 5.0 package at a price that seems almost too good to be true. These speakers sound great, the dipole surrounds are amazing, and the boundary and tweeter adjustments mean that they'll fit almost any room. The downside? Just look at them…


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How come those 2 fronts look like Ascend speakers?


Thanks for the review BTW.
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They look nothing like Ascends, except that both companies have ugly plain black speakers that seem to perform well.
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Only similarities I see are box color and driver topology. The cabinet materials and drivers, build quality, etc are in different leagues and should be considering the Emos are double the price.
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Good review.

I agree with your assessment of Spiderman 2, too bad Spiderman 3 couldn't keep up.

Now just anxiously waiting for the review of the Emotiva subs.
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Well, that hurt's... but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Just ask any parent!

Thanks Audioholic's for a great review; we appreciate your taking the time to do such a detailed and technically accurate review.

BTW, Emotiva loudspeakers have no connection to Ascend loudspeakers; other than being small, black, and according to some.... ugly!!
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The Ascend's are smaller overall. They use 4" woofers instead of the 5.25" woofers on the Emotivas. The woofers on the Ascends also appear to be stamped basket, instead of cast. It's likely they both chose the driver arrangement and cabinet design because it's been used before and has been proven to work.
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Since the front face is aluminum and the finish has nothing to do with performance, maybe they could offer a variety of colors since aluminum is rather easy to finish in any number of colors in a variety of finish styles. They appear to be anodized, and there would be basically no difference to get them in at least a dozen colors.

My speakers use magnetic grilles and the lip of the drivers actually does the locating.

I agree with Gene, they totally look like the older M&Ks. As soon as I saw them though, I thought "They look like Vance Dickason designs..." Sure enough...lol. He seems to tend towards simple and favors performance over appearance IMO.
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