CES 2012 – Usher


Usher had one of the larger rooms this year, as we make our way to the end of the 300 wing on floor 29.

These speakers are quite large. I may be able to fit inside one, and I am quite confident that Neli could fit inside one of these monsters.

Sorry I didn’t snapshot the electronics. This was the last room I covered on the first day, and I was running much later than expected [so I subsequently just changed my expectations to more accurately fit the observed amount of time it was taking me to do one of these wings]. The electronics no doubt were Usher’s own.

The sound here – a bigger and fuller version of Usher’s already big and full ‘house sound’. Usher always provides quite high price/performance sound: big, open, decent harmonics and a little loosy goosy. They are firmly in the ‘Enjoyable’ camp.


The Usher Be-20 Diamond loudspeakers


The Usher Be-20 Diamond loudspeaker


The Usher Be-20 Diamond loudspeaker side view


The Usher Be-20 Diamond loudspeaker plate at the bottom of the speaker. Do not see many speakers that can be filled with lead shot…


On static display, at least while I was here, the Usher Dancer Mini Two Diamond loudspeakers


The Usher Reference 1.5 amplifier


Usher loudspeakers and drivers on static display.