Anyone know where in NY area I can audition Usher?

For what it's worth...I owned the Dancer AC-10's for about 6 mos. before I went back to an electrostatic and can tell you first hand they were anything BUT cheaply made. They used the same Accuton (sorry if mis-spelled) ceramic drivers as those used in much more expensive Talon's, Avalon's, etc.

Cabinets were the finest I have ever had the pleasure of owning, premium parts in the x-over, details even right down to the solid brass gold-plated 5-way binding posts.

And yes, even though I sold them due to a personal dipole preference, they were GREAT sounding speakers.

They were the closest to an electrostat (in terms of midrange purity and overall coherence) that I've heard from a dynamic speaker.

Does anyone know if the wood panel on the side comes in a shade other than birch? I need something darker like Walnut, to match my furniture and decor.

This article highlights the quality that goes into Usher speakers. I'm not shilling for them but I'm actually considering Usher speakers for myself and have been doing some research on them...

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:6uyB8J84pJMJ:www.soundstageav.com/onhifi/20051115.htm+usher+dancer+loudspeaker&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=11

Well so far I still cannot find anyone in the NY/CT area that can audition these for me. The one guy suggested above won't be getting any new ones in until May.

Usher is a chaply made in china product China is no way at the head of technology. They are sweat shop chap parts capitiol of the world