SOLD
Priced at $1300 including shipping to the lower 48. Price is firm and the value on these is crazy good. Also selling an LSA Voyager GanFET amp that pairs perfectly with these. Willing to discount if purchased together:
https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=183743.new#newI used these speakers while my Cube Nenuphar Minis were having the drivers upgraded and they are amazingly good, especially at the current price. Putting them into my system after the Cube's was not a huge step back. Really, just a different flavor of great. Are the Cube's better? Yes, but not night and day and that's saying something since the Cubes are many times the price of these. The Usher's use beryllium tweeters, 7" Scanspeak drivers and excellent crossover components designed by Danny Richie of GR Research (this is the US version that Danny designed the x-over for). The cabinets are gorgeous with wood side panels and high gloss black. These are relatively easy to drive for a stand mount. I used a Primaluna EVO 300 amp, a Line Magnetic LM518, and an LSA GaNfet 350 amp. All sounded great, but the LSA especially sounded amazing -- dynamic, detailed, natural and never harsh. I am also selling the LSA amp so if you want a crazy good amp/speaker combo this is it! These speakers easily perform like $3000+ speakers and the components are all on that level or better. These were almost $3k when they were new. With inflation and component cost increases these would be $5k speakers now and they sound like it, and when you pair with the LSA amp and a decent frond end (I can make recommendations if you're putting a system together) I think the sound is comparable to $10k+ systems I have heard at a fraction of the price. I'm only selling because they basically sit in my gear storage closet, although I did hook them up last week to check them out and they sounded fantastic. I have the original box for shipping and will include shipping at my asking price to the lower 48 states.
I rate these an 8/10 with only a small scrape on top of one of the speakers. I am picky about appearance of my room and gear and this did not bother me. I tried showing it in the photo. Otherwise they look great and have normal swirl marks that you get on high gloss black over time. These are large stand mounts so make sure you have a solid stand. If I had another room for these I would not sell them.
Great reviews all over the interwebs:
https://www.stereophile.com/standloudspeakers/508ush/index.html (favorably compared to Dynaudio Confidence C1 @$7k)
http://www.soundstagenetwork.com/revequip/usheraudio_be718.htmhttps://www.audioholics.com/bookshelf-speaker-reviews/usher-be-718
