To Invictus
Scanspeak drivers are used by several manufacturers They are sold by the company, so Usher did not have to steal any. You should not make claims you can't support with factual evidence. In addition several manufacturers have designed and sold speakers of similar design to the BE-718, like the Reference 3A De Capo which has gone through several iterations, and I think now use a beryllium type tweeter in their newest model.
To kalali: Correction, the pair of Mani 2 advertised showed a retail price of $2999, not $2700 as I speculated. Seems like a lot of money at the time of issue for a small monitor. .