Usher Model Question

Hello Audiofeil.

I am just answering the questions initiated in this thread.
I have heard tons of speakers,i love electrostatics for what they do the best.
I have owned many speakers from different makers over the years,some wher bad, some pretty good and some where just great.
Are the ushers the best bang for the buck out there? i cannot say because i have not heard all the speakers on the market.
I do believe from extended listening to a few of the models that yes indeed they offer very good sound for the money,some models offer more than others just like the offerings of other high-end speaker manufacturers.
there is no bias here, i was answering someones question on how big a room you would need to make the BE-10 or BE-20
sound at their peak.
And my appreciation on their qualitys are based on my many hours of torough listening sessions.
My current speakers are Jm Labs micro utopia's which i have no affiliation to but i do have only high praise for.
These are the prefect match for my room size right now and just downright dig the sound they produce, i was a music lover and audiophile way before i started helping one of my long time friend in his audio business.

Nick72, greatly appreciated for the info. I got to hear the BE-10 and the BE-718 at the RMAF show. They sound pretty good.

FrankC

Thanks a lot Frank.
The pleasure is mine.I still have not heard the BE-718 but cannot wait.

I listened to the BE-718 ($2500) and BE-20 ($16000) on Saturday Oct 6, 2007 at a Bay Area dealer (Campbell, CA)

I wanted to hear what all the fuss was about.

There are only two speakers I have heard in the past that I immdiately thought, "wow I want to buy it". One was the Avalon Diamond and the other was the Revel Salon (I bought it). Now there is a third and that would be the BE-718.

For a smaller sized room this would be the speaker I get. This speaker sounds beautiful. The top end is something special. So clear and clean. The bass was also surprisingly good for such a tiny speaker. I have heard the Revel M20 (also a monitor speaker) before at a home system and liked it but did not love it like the BE-718.

I am seriously considering scalling back my system (sell Salons) and make a smaller system with the BE-718. I live in the Bay Area, CA and most houses are rather small. I am currently renting a great cottage with a massive room for my Salons. After the BE-718 demo, I spent the whole night listening to my Salons to see if I could part with them. Around 4:00 AM I realized, no way, not right now. When I buy a place and if the place cannot handle my Salons then the BE-718 are moving in.

I am not going to comment on BE-20 since the gear hooked up to it did not have enough power to drive the speakers for my music (rock, reaggae). They need a very large room.