Usher Tiny Dancer 2 - opinion


Hi all,

Seriously considering these. Anyone have any experience positively or negatively?

Cheers,

simao
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I'm glad you corrected me. I feel much better about my place in the audio world. Now, do you actually have an opinion about them?
Didn't realize that you had corrected yourself. Thought it was somebody else being smart. Actually I briefly owned a pair. If you search YouTube for usher and jaxwired you will see the video of them in my listening room. My impression is that for the money they are superb speakers. They offer a level of detail, clarity and resolution rarely seen in a $5k speaker. For me that were just a bit too lean sounding I felt like the bass was not as prominent as it should be. Yes they had deep bass, but it wasn't proportionate in output to the mids and the highs. Balance was off. However, I didn't let them run in fully so they might have improved in that area. I also had electronics that were lean and detailed at the time. Had I tried a NAD M2 with them I probably would have been in heaven. Or a nice CJ preamp with their classic warmth. I will say they look like a million bucks. I've owned a lot of speakers in that price range and fit and finish on the usher mini twos sets the bar for quality. They are great speaker. They will work in mid sized rooms best IMO. Hopefully this response will help.
Based on what you say In your other thread, I highly recommend the dynaudio focus 340s that are for sale right now in your price range. I've owned them also along with the dyn confidence line and IMO the focus 340 is really nipping at the heals of the dyn confidence c1s, but with better bass. Check out my YouTube video of the 340s.

There's also a very good speaker for sale right now by PMC. The EB1is are superb speakers and are truly full range with mids to die for. Just amazingly good speakers. You'd have to stretch your budget just a bit but it would be worth it. The only concern would be are they too big for your room.
Thanks, Jax. I was considering the Contour 3.4s as well. They pop up on audiogon every now and then. And thanks for the youtube ideas, too.