Usher's 718 BE monitor: Is it competitive with other monitors of the same vintage ?

Is the Usher 718 BE monitor equal to or better than the following monitor speakers

Revel Performa3 M-106;..... ($2000 Retail)

Harbeth P3ESR ( $2190)

ProAC Tablette or Super Tablette ( Retail price ?)

Totem Acoustic Mani 2 ....(Retail price: $2700 ?)

Also which speaker above may have the best bass for a monitor??

The Usher;s were issued in 2008 and retailed for $2795

Thank you,

S.J.

sunnyjim01-11-2019 4:03am

kalali Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,977 posts 01-12-2019 at 02:56pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete "Also which speaker above may have the best bass for a monitor??" Totem Acoustic Mani 2 . Heard the Signature model and with a good stand it sounded better in bass than many floorstanders I have heard. Not cheap.
sunnyjim OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 927 posts 01-14-2019 at 01:20am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete To Invictus Scanspeak drivers are used by several manufacturers They are sold by the company, so Usher did not have to steal any. You should not make claims you can't support with factual evidence. In addition several manufacturers have designed and sold speakers of similar design to the BE-718, like the Reference 3A De Capo which has gone through several iterations, and I think now use a beryllium type tweeter in their newest model. To kalali: Correction, the pair of Mani 2 advertised showed a retail price of $2999, not $2700 as I speculated. Seems like a lot of money at the time of issue for a small monitor. .
audiothesis Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 168 posts 01-14-2019 at 09:18pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Also that driver is not a scanspeak theft. It is a revised version of an old JBL driver. While they do look similar because the cone material is similar, the drivers themselves are different.