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Usher Model Question

I was looking on Ushers site because I heard a while back that they were going to release a monitor in their Dancer series. I did find a monitor (CD777 ll). Upon further research I noticed that it must be the companies main site and not the U.S. site. Is this the new monitor, or is simply a model that never made it to the states and never will? I think it looks stunning, and if it sounds anywhere near as good as it looks....

I noticed on the U.S. site they had an announcement that they would be showing a new model from the Dancer series, the BE-718 at the Home Entertainment Show May 11th, in New York.

Any info on either of these products?
gb_ksu
gundam91
506 posts
 
A friend of mine, "Semi", who posts here quite often just visited USHER's flag store in Taipei, Taiwan a few weeks back. I consider Semi to have golden ears and he doesn't get impressed easily. He has a pair of Sonus Faber Amati. He just wrote us an e-mail last week raving on and on about the BE-20. He is currently working overseas on assignment and wanted to get a pair of BE-718 for his apartment, but apparently USHER doesn't even have a pair in their flag store yet.

FrankC
chuck
206 posts
 
Usher offers a lot of sound for them money. As an owner of the BE-20's I am impressed. They have a very seductive midrange and present music in lively fashion.
gundam91
506 posts
 
Sorry to kind of go off topic here. Chuck, how big is your room? Someone's selling a pair on Agon claiming they are too big for his room. I am just trying to hear from other owners what they think. They are definitely too big for my current situation, but I would like to know if they would fit into the dedicated room that I'm intending to build.

FrankC
gb_ksu OP
7 posts
 
Home Entertainment Show starts today. Anyone that is in attendance and has the opportunity to check these out please let us know what the specs are and impressions.
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nick72
24 posts
 
You need a big room for the usher Be-10 thats for sure, they are big speakers and need room from the back and side walls to realy breathe the music nicely.
The Be-20 with dual 11" eton woofers must command even more space.
With the BE-10's i found that at least 48" from the back wall are a must, even more in some cases and a good 3 feet
from the center of the woofer to side walls.
I would recomend a room not smaller than 16 feet by 20 to appreciate this speaker to the max.
The bass is huge, tastefull and very well textured,the midrange and highs are spookyly transparent and they throw a wide and deep soundstage when placed properly.
I found these speakers to be a big notch above the 8571MK2 from the same series.
as for the new tiny dancers, i cannot wait to give them a listen,the review in soundstage magazine just came out and its all praises for this monitor priced south of 3K.
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