Amphion Xenon vs Usher 6381

I have previously owned the Amphion and now I am an Usher dealer. The Usher's offer far deeper bass and a wider soundstage. The Usher's also cost less and play louder.

The Amphion is a very nice speaker but it is not as magical and the price is $5,000 vs $3,400.00 for the Ushers.

The Usher salesman will be here shortly.

Amphion Xenons - No doubt about it.

They have a super wide sound-stage with lots of 'air'. Deep solid bass and sweet, tangable mids. This is one of the great floorstanders in my view. I did a A/B comparison with them up against Zingali Overture 4's. The Amphions really measure up and has that foot-tapping 'swing' to them. At home with a wide variety of music genres. One of those rare 'musical' speakers.

(Test conducted with a Mimitism Int Amp & CD player, also a Tron 7 phono stage & a Scheu Reference III with Mørch 10" tone-arm & Benz Micro LP cartridge. Lavardin speaker cables, Harmonic Tech Interconn & Oyaide Power Cables)

Best regards,
Dewald Visser

I have a pair of Xenon's for sale, so take my opinion with a grain if salt.

The Xenons have very little personality of their own. Their strengths are that they are very room friendly, detailed, have great base, and get the leading edges of notes correct. On the down side, they are not the best at reproducing subtle tonal color and their soundstage depth is only average for the price range.

I have enjoyed the Xenons, but ended up replacing them with more expensive Sonus Fabers.

Hope this helps,

Briang