Emerald Physics C2 or Usher BE-718

Before considering the CS2's, bear in mind that yoou need 4 channels of amplification so if you only have an integrated amp you would have to add in the cost of a pre amp and power amps. Also the add in the cost of XLR cables and possibly additional Speaker cables.

The CS2's take a very long time to break in, but once they have they disappear unlike any speaker I have heard. But they do need a minimum of 5ft from the backwall to start singing.

One thing I have noticed, they go deep, organ music makes the floor vibrate but they don't do Reggae music very well. Strange that.

Just for the record, my system is vinyl and I am hearing more from the recordings with this setup even with the analogue-digital-analogue conversion.

sideways/different

Indiesound, you're comparing a small stand mount speaker (Be-718) that goes down to 42 hz to a full range floor standing speaker (CS-2). These speakers could not be more different. But better? You'd need to hear them. The Usher only going down to about 42Hz cannot do the full range sound of the CS-2.

Different...but definitely NOT sideways.

The Emerald Physics CS2 were very hot mid-2008 to the end of the year. Over
the past few months several proponents have sold theirs.

It'd be enlightening to know why.

I agree with the others who have stated the comparison between BE-718 and
CS2 is apples to oranges due to the different frequency responses of these
two speakers (among other differences).