I need a manual!

[MichaelHiFi]

Some months ago, I bought a pair of Usher Grand Reference speakers from my buddy who was an Usher dealer. He sold me his personel pair. There were no boxes, floor anchors and no manual for these 477lb speakers.

We had lestened to these speakers at a CES show and both my wife and I were astounded at how these speakers conveyed symphoney music beyond any other speaker we ever heard. One day we thought, we could own a pair of these amazing speakers.

Many years later that day had come and now they have a place in our living room. I call it my wife's system as she was the one who pulled the trigger on the purchase.

These speakers come in 3 sections (thank God) therefore having 3 sets of binding posts. The bottom set of posts hold the x-overs, we believe. Connecting these speakers in a logical fashion yielded no sound. It took days, many phone calls to actually get output that seemed reasonable. But, these speakers lack bass. They should have crushing bass. I even placed them close to the rear wall in an attempt to push to the bottom octaves and it helped. The amp, a BMC-S1, in comparison to the Threshold designed Usher 1.5 amplifier actually outperformed the Usher in the bass department. That was many years ago in another room. I don't believe the lack of output has to do with the amplifier.

What I need is the manual, even a screenshot showing how to connect the cabling to the speaker. I have written Usher in Taiwan and the US importer. I don't get any responses. Now I'm reaching out to the community. I know it's a longshot.

Thanks for reading this if you got this far.

 

[Zdenek]

Some months ago, I bought a pair of Usher Grand Reference speakers from my buddy who was an Usher dealer. He sold me his personel pair. There were no boxes, floor anchors and no manual for these 477lb speakers.

We had lestened to these speakers at a CES show and both my wife and I were astounded at how these speakers conveyed symphoney music beyond any other speaker we ever heard. One day we thought, we could own a pair of these amazing speakers.

Many years later that day had come and now they have a place in our living room. I call it my wife's system as she was the one who pulled the trigger on the purchase.

These speakers come in 3 sections (thank God) therefore having 3 sets of binding posts. The bottom set of posts hold the x-overs, we believe. Connecting these speakers in a logical fashion yielded no sound. It took days, many phone calls to actually get output that seemed reasonable. But, these speakers lack bass. They should have crushing bass. I even placed them close to the rear wall in an attempt to push to the bottom octaves and it helped. The amp, a BMC-S1, in comparison to the Threshold designed Usher 1.5 amplifier actually outperformed the Usher in the bass department. That was many years ago in another room. I don't believe the lack of output has to do with the amplifier.

What I need is the manual, even a screenshot showing how to connect the cabling to the speaker. I have written Usher in Taiwan and the US importer. I don't get any responses. Now I'm reaching out to the community. I know it's a longshot.

Thanks for reading this if you got this far.

Hi, what kind of amplifier do you have and what input power is this amplifier capable of delivering to the speakers? So don't worry about the speakers not having enough bass and buy a quality active subwoofer or two with a 12-inch speaker and an RMS power of 350 - 500W, set the active crossover to 80Hz and you'll have plenty of bass and you'll be happy. Zdenek

 

[Zdenek]

Some months ago, I bought a pair of Usher Grand Reference speakers from my buddy who was an Usher dealer. He sold me his personel pair. There were no boxes, floor anchors and no manual for these 477lb speakers.

We had lestened to these speakers at a CES show and both my wife and I were astounded at how these speakers conveyed symphoney music beyond any other speaker we ever heard. One day we thought, we could own a pair of these amazing speakers.

Many years later that day had come and now they have a place in our living room. I call it my wife's system as she was the one who pulled the trigger on the purchase.

These speakers come in 3 sections (thank God) therefore having 3 sets of binding posts. The bottom set of posts hold the x-overs, we believe. Connecting these speakers in a logical fashion yielded no sound. It took days, many phone calls to actually get output that seemed reasonable. But, these speakers lack bass. They should have crushing bass. I even placed them close to the rear wall in an attempt to push to the bottom octaves and it helped. The amp, a BMC-S1, in comparison to the Threshold designed Usher 1.5 amplifier actually outperformed the Usher in the bass department. That was many years ago in another room. I don't believe the lack of output has to do with the amplifier.

What I need is the manual, even a screenshot showing how to connect the cabling to the speaker. I have written Usher in Taiwan and the US importer. I don't get any responses. Now I'm reaching out to the community. I know it's a longshot.

Thanks for reading this if you got this far.

Hello, I would personally buy one more amplifier to power the bass section separately, this second amplifier must have an adjustable input signal and I recommend this amplifier https://stereo-magazine.com/review/nad-c-298-review
Zdenek

 

[Gregm]

Some months ago, I bought a pair of Usher Grand Reference speakers from my buddy who was an Usher dealer. He sold me his personel pair. There were no boxes, floor anchors and no manual for these 477lb speakers.

We had lestened to these speakers at a CES show and both my wife and I were astounded at how these speakers conveyed symphoney music beyond any other speaker we ever heard. One day we thought, we could own a pair of these amazing speakers.

Many years later that day had come and now they have a place in our living room. I call it my wife's system as she was the one who pulled the trigger on the purchase.

These speakers come in 3 sections (thank God) therefore having 3 sets of binding posts. The bottom set of posts hold the x-overs, we believe. Connecting these speakers in a logical fashion yielded no sound. It took days, many phone calls to actually get output that seemed reasonable. But, these speakers lack bass. They should have crushing bass. I even placed them close to the rear wall in an attempt to push to the bottom octaves and it helped. The amp, a BMC-S1, in comparison to the Threshold designed Usher 1.5 amplifier actually outperformed the Usher in the bass department. That was many years ago in another room. I don't believe the lack of output has to do with the amplifier.

What I need is the manual, even a screenshot showing how to connect the cabling to the speaker. I have written Usher in Taiwan and the US importer. I don't get any responses. Now I'm reaching out to the community. I know it's a longshot.

Thanks for reading this if you got this far.

Would this do ?

 

[MichaelHiFi]

Would this do ?

No, different animal. Thanks for tring to help! It turns out that there is no manual for these speakers. My buddy, from whom I had puchased the
speakers from, sent me photo's showing how the cables were attached to the binding posts. And, they have been playing for nearly a year.
Wife asked that maybe we take them downstairs where there are tile over cement floors vs the wood/laminate affair they are sitting on. Moving those speakers is NOT something one takes likely!

So, one more play regarding speaker connections. I called Sound approach, an Usher dealer who graciously reached out to the distributer regarding our dilema. Fifteen minutes later I get a call from Fred, the distributor who shared his frustration with Ushers simply not having an a manual for these speakers. But, he did know how these speakers were cabled. Now I did have a conversation with him shortly after receiving these speakers but apparently poor communication led to an incorrect connection. And, I did have photo's so all was good right? Wrong.

We went step by step on how these speakers are wired. And, as it turned out, they were wired incorrectly. That meant too that my buddy had them wired incorrectly which explained the lack of bass at his home.

Wife left her room and I turned these bad boys on. Woah! Oh, we got bass alright. These bad boys were rockin' the house! I've never seen a wider smile on her face. Now the upstairs room is competing with my dedicated basement music room.

Big thanks to Fred and Sound Approach for getting these speakers right and in a lightening fast manner.

I should be in audiophile jail.