that usher is a good looking amp. Dont know if thresholds ever made it to NZ but Ive never seen one.
China gained control of Hong Kong in 1997. But Hong Kong was not a country to begin with. It was a British colony before 1997.
Sorry for being off topic 🙁
Sorry for being off topic 🙁
Something that makes the Threshold/Usher thing even more interesting: http://www.threshold-audio.com/S=350eColor-v05sc.pdf
Brillant idea
So Threshold is selling cheap clones of what made them famous once...?Designed in the USA
Handbuilt in China by Threshold International Ltd.
Brillant idea

The Threshold web site only lists a post office box and not a real street address - it could be operated out of someone's garage, or in China.
At least the person using the name probably bought the rights to the designs and to market products using the Threshold name. That's what happened to lots of old audio names.
At least the person using the name probably bought the rights to the designs and to market products using the Threshold name. That's what happened to lots of old audio names.
Not China, its a Taiwan clone.
DIYzone clone project anywhere.they are going to more bad reputation.
DIYzone clone project anywhere.they are going to more bad reputation.
I filled out a feedback form on the Usher page asking why their amp offering look so much like Threshold's. I haven't heard back yet. Probably won't get an answer. 

I did almost the same thing😀 I just asked them if their poweramps are stasis designs, because they look so much like Threshold😀I filled out a feedback form on the Usher page asking why their amp offering look so much like Threshold's
Steen🙂
The Threshold and Usher are clearly not the same amplifier,
cosmetic similarities notwithstanding.
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cosmetic similarities notwithstanding.
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steenoe said:
I did almost the same thing😀 I just asked them if their poweramps are stasis designs, because they look so much like Threshold😀
Steen🙂

Steen-seems that Papa is better than you ...........he certainly didn't missed this:
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vdi_nenna said:Is that 3 stages?
ya askin' Papa?
hehe
he have weirdest approach to stage counting..........

especially in counting stages in his gadgets........

That would be 5 stages as I call it. Opinions might differ, but
I am not counting the cascoding or current mirrors.
I am not counting the cascoding or current mirrors.
MikeW said:
What kind of class D?
each chassis will house 2 UCD400AD's. they are coming along, i give them another week or so...
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
Re: Nice chassi
one of a kind, well, there are two of them. they were custom milled by a friend, then powder-coated. total DIY.
Cobra2 said:Where can I find one? DIY?
Arne K
one of a kind, well, there are two of them. they were custom milled by a friend, then powder-coated. total DIY.
cowanrg said:
each chassis will house 2 UCD400AD's. they are coming along, i give them another week or so...
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
You can put 10 of them in there. It still won't get hot.

Nice, very nice.
Just think, in 15 from now those nice X's will be made in Nepal by Llama Ltd, 5 years later sold for scratch through a US dealer.
Mr P. ,
why not take out the middleman and makes some dinero now, sell me an X for peanuts and change.

jacco vermeulen said:
Just think, in 15 from now those nice X's will be made in Nepal by Llama Ltd, 5 years later sold for scratch through a US dealer.
Mr P. ,
why not take out the middleman and makes some dinero now, sell me an X for peanuts and change.![]()
ya clever?

MikeW said:
You can put 10 of them in there. It still won't get hot.![]()
Nice, very nice.
the case was intended to be an aleph2 monoblock, but i needed more power than that (inefficient speakers and large room).
i thought about making these 4 channel amps, but i just didnt need that kinda power. even still, a 1.7kva transformer for a pair of UCD400AD's is plenty of power, and they have more than enough weight to them, so they dont float away...
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