High value, giant killer speakers?

I just purchased a pair of Ascend Acoustics CBM340SE and TP24 stands which I filled with 60lbs of kiln dried sand and I am impressed to say the least. For $716 including shipping and $15 for 120lbs of sand I got a bargain! I own Revel, Canton,ADS, Polk, KEF,  HSU Research and Fluance as well and I have to say that these speakers are my favorites so far, and they have a terrific midrange response. If there is truth to break in I can't wait for that if they sound this good out of the box!

MAGNEPAN!

@llamalips, (dandy moniker!) If you haven't, you should hear the Ascend Sierra 2's.
Outstanding for the money.

In my opinion, the Spatial Audio speakers are the highest value speakers in the audio world.  The new M-series Sapphire speakers are likely to be a demonstrable improvement over the existing Triode Master variants.  

llamalip, the original Ascend cbm-170 was suppose to be the ultimate giant killer back in the day. I owned them in 03’-04’ (when I was 18 years old) and felt they were pretty good, but maybe too good for the equipment I had at the time. They did sound very good with a cheap Fisher turntable and Onkyo tx-8511, but fatiguing with cd’s. I’d love to hear the updated 170se now that I’m into tube amps and have a better digital source (Sangean hdt 20 and Tidal). Maybe I’ll pick up a pair just for the nostalgia.