usher x-719 vsmeadowlark kestrel 1vswharfedale 9.6

forgot that i started a thread about this. I bought a wharfedale 9.1. It had help from a adire audio sealed box tempest 15 sub. I used an hk 130 to drive the speakers. Great sound for the price and should have just stayed with it if I wanted to save money for revels.

sold my whole ht system after 2 months though and bought an usher x-719 driven by a classic sansui au-d 707f. Now I have great sound and drop dead gorgeous speakers. However, when listening to my Susan Wong cds, I noticed that her voice was kinda sibilant. MAybe my old speakers didnt resolve that detail, I hope.

My old sansui got busted and I dont have any amplifier now. lol. Instead of buying an amplifier (I was eyeing a behringer reference A500 studio amplifier for about $260) , I bought a behringer ms40 nearfield monitor for use with my computer in the office. This is because I found the behringer amp to high a price in the phil. $260 as compared to $180 in us (US MSRP $230). I loved the behringer speakers. great desktop sound with superb imaging for a low price($146)

I have no amp for months now but still I bought an energy c3. So, I have 2 speakers- usher x-719 and energy c3 with no amp. The reason I didnt get an amp yet is cause I was saving for an hk receiver. Now I have to save again. lol. what a journey. I didnt think at first when i got into audio that it would be like this. Constant upgrades!!!

hehehe. Now I want a revel performa m22. I should control myself. I guess I should stay with my speakers until I can afford a revel ultima 2 or maybe its series 3 or 4 by that time. Or I could get revel gems used. :P

Thanks for the reply. I would like to add additional information regarding the prices I could get them for.

1.Usher x-719- MSRP- $ 1000- could get this brand new for $ 709.1
Matching Stand-MSRP- $ 400- could get this brand new for $272.7
Usher Total- MSRP- $ 1400 – could get this brand new for $981.8 which is just 70% of MSRP. A 30% discount

2. Wharfedale 9.6- MSRP- $800- could get this brand new for $303.6 dollars which is just 37.95% of MSRP. A 62% discount.

I removed the meadowlark out of my choices. OR should I consider other speakers? Prices are different here cause I live in the Philippines. My budget is about $1000 but if I could get something for much less then so much the better. I also listened to the Revel F12 and I kinda liked how it sounded. But I found them too unattractive for the price cause I would be getting them for about $1545 while the $ MSRP is just 1300.

It looks like you are asking quite a bit from your speaker selection. I would advise you to listen to each but also with the appropriate power. I have the Usher RW 728 which is suppose to be the step up from the X 719. The speakers are beautiful and built very well. I purchased them for my bedroom system which is an Arcam AVR100 and a DV88 combo. I found that the Ushers need more power or current to sound good.