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Ascend Sierra-1 vs LSA-1 ??

Anyone out there with experience comparing these two monitors ? I've pretty much narrowed down my search to these two, but haven't been able to find any direct comparisons to date. They both get rave reviews from owners 7 the audio mags & online reviews, but i'd like some fellow A-Goners opinions.
The system they'll go into consists of a highly mod'd Jolida JD-100A CDP, highly mod'd Outlaw M-200 monos, Adcom GFA-750 pre-amp, Musical Fidelity M1A DAC & REL T-5 sub.
As a long-time A-Goner this is my 1st time into the Forum, I generally just 'wing-it' with gear & speakers, but this time round I figured I give the 'community' a shot at helping me out, so ahead of time - Thanks to Anyone who responds, appreciated.
rmhall

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rebbi
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I have owned both speakers, Rmhall, although not at the same time. I found the build quality of the Sierra 1 to be wonderful a the price (gorgeous cabinets) but didn't find the sound particularly moving or impressive. I liked the LSA's a lot, with the caveat that I had the "Statement" version with the ribbon tweeter, although I'm guessing that the overall character of the speaker line is similar.

I eventually moved on to other things, but here's a thread I initiated on AudioAsylum on the Statements:

http://db.audioasylum.com/mhtml/m.html?forum=speakers&n=294593&highlight=lsa+1+statement&r=&search_url=%2Fcgi%2Fsearch.mpl%3Fauthor%3DGary%2520B.%26forum%3DALL%26sortRank%3DNone%26sort%3Ddate%26sortOrder%3DDESC
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