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

audiothesis Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 168 posts 01-12-2019 at 05:53am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Imitation, yes. Theft? No. the amp is a threshold design and the changes they made were positive. Nothing of the speakers were stolen. I don't care much for the Be tweeter. If you find a pair with the diamonds they are far superior.
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.