Usher Amp & Pre?


Any owners/former owners of the Usher R 1.5 & P 307 care to elaborate on their experience with these products?
How did they perform in your system?
What were their strenghts ? weakness?
What other components worked well with them ?
Thanks,
128x128fishers9
I'm also tempted to pair with a p307 pre to see if there's any special magic with an all Usher rig
Fishers9, have you made any headway on your end? Interested to hear about the others' experience, particularly with Usher speakers.
i use an usher r-1.5 amp with my usher 6381 and the preamp i am using is the belles 21a with auricap upgrade. nice combo. there is an outfit selling belles 21a preamps without the auricap upgrade ($2500) for a little over $2000. you could probaly offer $1700 and get one as this is what they were selling them for when they first started their ad.
Hi Mboldda1, did you ditch your Consonance cybers? Curious what tube amps people have tried successfully with the 6381's, as they are either a hard load or just voiced for SS amps (or both). I haven't yet demo'd any tube amps, mostly because of the above assertion by Usher, and that realistically powerful tube amps are pricey and I don't have the kind of cash to buy a "demo" (no dealers around here either).

I use a Shindo Aurieges L preamp, a very good pre in its own right so I don't have a desire to try other pre's besides the P307 WITH the r-1.5.
i still have the cybers and prefer them to the r-1.5. at 78 tube watts they have more than enough power for the 6381's. i even have a jolida 502b (60 watts) that will drive the ushers. the 6381's are a tube friendly speaker.