@@vintageaudioreview btw, usher sells preamp(which I personally won't recommand), that's a part of reason why au8500 can use as direct in. And usher have power amp called R1.5, this series is bascially inspired from Pass labs amp.
@@garyteng999 Thanks for the additional info. I see no more Usher Gear in my future testing, unless I test the bookshelf speakers that my friend has...
I never heard of the brand until I met a guy that had Usher loudspeakers in Tucson. They were very large and impressive looking. I bought tube amps from him and tried to get him to sell the Ushers too, but they weren’t for sale.
Thanks for the comment and I had not heard of Usher until about a year ago. THe owner of this has a pair of smaller Usher speakers and they sound ok. Did not know they made tube amps. I appreciate the comments!
@@vintageaudioreview My apologies. The tube amps were Cary audio, but he demoed them with his Usher speakers. Said he was selling because him and his wife were opening a nail salon. But he was keeping the speakers because he loved them so much. Thanks for your videos.
@@jakedavis2838 Interesting story. The owner of the Usher speakers also had Cary tube amps that he ended up selling, but he was not opening any nail salon.
There is an interesting YT video showing the construction of Usher speakers. Worth a look.
I will check it out- thanks!!!
I got usher be718 pair with au8500
and benchmark dac1, great sound system
Thanks for taking the time to comment and I am glad the system is working great for you!
@@vintageaudioreview btw, usher sells preamp(which I personally won't recommand), that's a part of reason why au8500 can use as direct in.
And usher have power amp called R1.5, this series is bascially inspired from Pass labs amp.
@@garyteng999 Thanks for the additional info. I see no more Usher Gear in my future testing, unless I test the bookshelf speakers that my friend has...
I never heard of the brand until I met a guy that had Usher loudspeakers in Tucson. They were very large and impressive looking. I bought tube amps from him and tried to get him to sell the Ushers too, but they weren’t for sale.
Thanks for the comment and I had not heard of Usher until about a year ago. THe owner of this has a pair of smaller Usher speakers and they sound ok. Did not know they made tube amps. I appreciate the comments!
@@vintageaudioreview My apologies. The tube amps were Cary audio, but he demoed them with his Usher speakers. Said he was selling because him and his wife were opening a nail salon. But he was keeping the speakers because he loved them so much. Thanks for your videos.
@@jakedavis2838 Interesting story. The owner of the Usher speakers also had Cary tube amps that he ended up selling, but he was not opening any nail salon.
@@vintageaudioreview This happened in 2021. My memory may be incorrect about the nail salon, but he planned to open a business of some sort.
Hair comment 😂
Not really sure what to make of your comment, but I will thank you!