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elliot
12-26-2006, 04:30 PM
Usher audio D2 looks very similar to a K2 with a TAD-4001 maple driver horn about 600lbs ea. Has anyone have any info on this speaker?
Mr. Widget
12-26-2006, 06:59 PM
Yes, outwardly they are similar. Here is a link...

http://www.responseaudio.com/UsherD2Ultimate.htm

I have never seen them and I have no idea if they are great or just good... the horn is not a TAD, but according to the literature I have read they are using a TAD 4001 driver... and a lot of hyperbole. :D


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Mr. Widget
12-26-2006, 07:04 PM
Looking at the photo... it makes me wonder if they know what they are doing. It seems to me that a much tighter woofer spacing would work better... as JBL did in the original K2 and M9500.


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elliot
12-26-2006, 07:08 PM
Thanks Widget,
I found two owners very close to me kinda high end audiophiles. Only three pairs in the US as I was told. I might have a test drive tomorrow. There is one set for sell for about 9k or so in the US.
boputnam
12-26-2006, 07:20 PM
It seems to me that a much tighter woofer spacing would work better... as JBL did in the original K2 and M9500.And for good reason... :yes:

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I note the top and bottom cubes look JUST like the form of WW subs, huh...
elliot
12-26-2006, 08:10 PM
http://www.responseaudio.com/d2demo.htm
I guess they flip them around occasionaly.
Mr. Widget
12-26-2006, 11:26 PM
I guess they flip them around occasionaly.Yes... that looks better... I guess no one told the photographer who shot the studio shot I found, how they are meant to be set up.


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elliot
12-27-2006, 08:29 AM
I guess both of the sets here are incorrect.
http://aca.gr/pop_herop.htm
Guido
12-27-2006, 10:45 AM
The network looks very simple. 6dB ?
I don't think there is any HF compensation.

Oh and this NPE....
Dominic
04-09-2008, 09:21 PM
I know some people get annoyed when a thread is brought back from the dead. you shouldn't care.

Anyhoo, i had a chance to listen to these things this past weekend.
They really have that jbl-style 15" + compression driver character to the sound. To me that's a bit of a mixed bag. I think they did suffer some from being setup as in the press shots, with the ports by the horn. I felt something should be done to help the big heavies and the little Be diaphragms join up.
Could it be cone break up? I hear the same thing on my JBL 4331s.
Tanto
04-24-2008, 12:30 PM
I think the amplifiers we're just BAD. There was an ultrasonic hum or some kind of digital artefact...