Anyone Familar With ESS Speakers?


I was thinking about buying a used pair of ESS HEIL AMT 1B
Speakers (1970'S). Is Anyone Familar With These Speakers?
Do They Offer Audiophile Sound Quality? Due to the age of
these Speakers, will anything nedd to be replaced or upgraded? THANKS.........Rick
lpsforever

Showing 1 response by sunnyjim

I have to agree with the other guys. The AMT 1 was somewhat overated when it came out.Also, that Heil transformer was in my opinion was a step backward and hurt this company.Before Dr. Heil took over, ESS made a line of speakers which used standard drivers, that is, KEF drivers from England and I think Vifa tweeters from Denmark. They produced about 5 models. I owned the ESS 7 which to this day was the most exciting speaker I've owned. I am sure some of this is just nostalgia. But they were clean,fast with outstanding bass response. I would look around for these models, someone may have a mint pair to sell. If you can't find them, spend you money on PBS, Paradigm, or even the new Tannoy Revolution 2 speaker reviewed this month in The Absolute Sound. Good Hunting!!!