I bought my Epiphany from BikeBling in November of 2011. it came with 2012 Fox RP23 and Talas fork, both with Kashimi Coat. I got excellent service and a good price. I've bought a lot of stuff from them since then...tools, some parts...My only complaint is that they're slow getting the stuff to me.
I tried buying a closeout frame from Ellsworth before I bought this bike...but the ONLY medium frame they had was a pink one, which I just couldn't live with, so I wound up buying a new one. I wound up buying the whole bike, cause I liked the spec and couldn't buy the parts any cheaper separately. However, my bike came with Ellsworth's XC wheelset, and if I had it to do again, I'd have opted for the AM wheelset. I didn't care too much at the time cause I was planning on running my Crossmax's on it anyway, but I ultimate put the XC wheels on my Truth, and found them to be too light for my fat ass. I think the AM set would have been fine, and I like their rims and hubs..I just think that the 24 spoke wheels are useless for anything really aggressive.
As for my Epiphany...well, I love it. For comparison, I also have a Yeti ASR5C, and a 2009 Ellsworth Truth (sst.1). The Epiphany is my favorite of the three. It turns better than the Yeti, and has the best suspension of the three. It's slightly longer and slacker than the Truth, but that's a good thing, IMO, for a lot of the riding I do. The one area where the Yeti owns the Epiphany is descending... not a surprise, as it's longer and slacker, with a lower BB than the Ellsworth.
If I had one complaint about the Ellsworth, it would be that I've seen a couple of them with dings in the downtube...it's pretty thin material. I built a hard kydex rock guard for mine that took care of that possibility. I've had zero issues with either of the two Ellsworths I have now, or with the 2002 Truth I used to ride (which my wife rides now). My Yeti, OTOH, is waiting for a replacement rear triangle right now, because the original one broke (and I didn't even crash).
The Epiphany (medium) with a complete XO 3x10 groupset and 2011 Mavic Crossmax STs weighs right at 25 lbs, but this is with a Loaded carbon handlebar and TR Racing Ralphs, and without the rock guard I mentioned above.
Oh, one other thing...I was talking to a guy at Ellsworth a while back, and asking about my 2009 SST.1 Truth...I was trying to confirm what year it was made. He told me that they no longer categorize their frames by 'model year', but by model..(sst.1, sst.2, etc.).