Replace my Usher be718 ?


May want to replace my Usher be718 Beryllium bookshelfs, what would you look at in the $3 thousand range. In that price range the Usher is best I've heard... but always looking to improve..not enough room for floor models. Speakers not in a shelf, but close to corners of the room...
keslerd
If you are looking for 2nd hand speakers then you should have quite a few options:

Focal: Micro Utopia, Micro Utopia Be and Electra 1007/1008 Be
Dynaudio: Confidence C1 mk1, Contour S1.4, Confidence C3
Wilson Cub, Sonus Faber Cremona M, B&W 805

On the other, if you prefer to buy new then you do not have that many choices (if any).

Regards,
Paul
Audiofeil are u referring to the many many Taiwan direct import specimens floating around or the ones with the better crossover aka the non-gray market imports?
I have listened to both and they sound completely different from each other.
I bet the ushers are power hogs simply because the cheapie inductors used for the woofers are quite lossy.
I've found a pair of Harbeth 7es-3... most likely will make an offer... thanks for the response....