Ess Presidents Day Deal

[Robh3606]

Anyone else see this? A great DIY deal!

Rob


https://essspeakers.store/collection...SDU4%3D.TmfZ4c

[macaroonie]

There's a bargain. I always found ESS Heil drivers hugely transparent. Good handshake with JBL bass and mid drivers esp in diy builds.

[Mr. Widget]

No I hadn't... interesting. They seem to be winding down their business. They haven't had any speakers available for a while.

I have a pair of their tweeters that I will probably never use. If anyone would like them as tweeters or to stack on their existing AMTs to get greater output and a broader vertical pattern, let me know.


Widget

[speakerdave]

I was at a Hi Fi show in San Francisco when Dr. Heil presented his idea for bass: two woofers stacked and joined with carbon fiber rods, and as I recall, its own amp.I traded at one point some antique hi fi for a pair of Heil tweeters. Many years later they went on eBay.The only place I ever heard the ESS AMT-1's was Tower Records on Columbus in San Francisco. The Heil name always made me a little uneasy. It would have been a worthwhile gesture, I think, to call them Oskar tweeters instead. That would have been emphatically on the right side of history.

[1audiohack]

I got mine and at a better deal that I thought. Apparently the price is for a pair, so, now I have four.

What a dope am I. Oh well.

Barry.

[Mr. Widget]

I got mine and at a better deal that I thought. Apparently the price is for a pair, so, now I have four.

What a dope am I. Oh well.

When you get around to trying them out, I have a pair I'll lend you if you want to get some all thread and try a stack three high.
It might be interesting.


Widget

[1audiohack]

When you get around to trying them out, I have a pair I'll lend you if you want to get some all thread and try a stack three high.
It might be interesting.
Widget

Hey then I could at long last have a line array. With that kind of vertical directivity maybe I could cut paper!

Should be fun.

Barry.

[speakerdave]

I got mine and at a better deal that I thought. Apparently the price is for a pair, so, now I have four. What a dope am I. Oh well. Barry.

My reading of the site was the same as yours.

[toddalin]

As I said, I don't have the option under Misc Options.

[toddalin]

No I hadn't... interesting. They seem to be winding down their business. They haven't had any speakers available for a while.I have a pair of their tweeters that I will probably never use. If anyone would like them as tweeters or to stack on their existing AMTs to get greater output and a broader vertical pattern, let me know.Widget

You really owe it to yourself to try them out. (I cross them over at 3kHz, but they really shine from ~5 kHz on up.) They don't go quite as high as a 2405, but they are smoother along the way. If you really want to dispose of them, I'll take them.

[macsic]

My friends who have listened to these AMTs at home have bought them in turn. Even if they can be used up to 800Hz this is not where they are at their best, I have the same opinion as Todalin on this point. Another advantage in some configurations they are isodynamic. On one of my kit I like it very much as a tweeter and not for the mids.

[grumpy]

Sale on again ... if interested (no association):

https://essspeakers.store/collection...ing-kit-bundle

AMT pair and mounting kit $250, presumably +tax etc...

[hjames]

@toddalin - I was reading other posts and just came across this post with all the details for fixing the editor and image posting issues on Lansing Forum

https://www.audioheritage.org/vbulle...l=1#post442784

[RMC]

Usually when stacking conventional drivers vertically (horns, cones) you get increased efficiency, but also a
narrower vertical dispersion pattern. Does this same rule apply to the ESS AMT in view of its different operating
principle and shape? I'm curious since i never owned/used the AMT.

[1audiohack]

I’m in this time.

Mine are on the way.

Thanks Grumpy! And thank you Rob for suggesting I give these a go.
Barry.