Usher Audio Dancer CP-8571

Usher's three-way Dancer CP-8571 II is a dead-serious high-end speaker that offers innovative design, Rolex-like construction, exceptionally high-performance drivers, and most importantly sound so good that it easily competes with American and European speakers selling for thousands more.

The Dancer is highly focused, thanks largely to its Beryllium tweeter that supplies gobs of high-frequency and upper-midrange detail without a trace of edge or glare. Similarly, the speaker's 7" mid/woofer can resolve extremely fine textures and nuances, yet offers enough power to capture explosive transients and enough reach to handle upper-bass frequencies with authority. I wouldn't have thought a 7" driver could sound so agile and versatile, but this one tracks complex waveforms more faithfully than most. Finally, the Dancer's low-resonance/low-diffraction baffle plates contribute to the sense of focus by allowing listeners to hear exactly what the drive units have to say.

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The Dancer is highly focused, thanks largely to its Beryllium tweeter that supplies gobs of high-frequency and upper-midrange detail without a trace of edge or glare. Similarly, the speaker's 7" mid/woofer can resolve extremely fine textures and nuances, yet offers enough power to capture explosive transients and enough reach to handle upper-bass frequencies with authority. I wouldn't have thought a 7" driver could sound so agile and versatile, but this one tracks complex waveforms more faithfully than most. Finally, the Dancer's low-resonance/low-diffraction baffle plates contribute to the sense of focus by allowing listeners to hear exactly what the drive units have to say.