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| a 3 way design speaker with the ESS Heil type sound Back to the OP, hahah, @sputz asked for some 3-ways. These are somewhat unobtanium. Transar ATDs. Posting just for fun. How’s it work, don’t ask...LOL. Bouncing flying-saucers for midrange. Big sub too. Another I found on the net posted by... | |
| a 3 way design speaker with the ESS Heil type sound @avsjerry I’ve an older dbx 2way, a more current Behringer 2496 w/sub out, and an ESS Eclipse 2241AM which seems to be a rare bird item.... Electronics Crossovers: Why not test and try the 2241AM. I have one of those too :), but don’t use i... | |
| R2R next? Don't like ESS "@mattw73 Straight wire with gain approach doesn’t interest me as much these days." Agree. A good DAC and good preamp can sure help bring out the sound. Not sure why some folks believe no preamp or a minimalist dac is better sounding. Tried ... | |
| a 3 way design speaker with the ESS Heil type sound To @asvjerry trying again, the last shared photo link did not work. Deleted that post. Trying again, sometimes Google Photos is tricky and fails to present images on Agon. Some inspiration for your upgrade journey, its worth trying :). If you don... | |
| a 3 way design speaker with the ESS Heil type sound @sputz do you still have your 3-way AMT3s? Or, what did you have, read on if yes. ----- If you still have them and update the crossovers by simply replacing the existing parts, and selecting more sensitive/rigid and responsive woofers and midran... | |
| a 3 way design speaker with the ESS Heil type sound @toddalin I hope people realize that if one wants to build their own, on occasion ESS sells a pair of the Heils with all the mounting hardware and rubber gaskets for $250/pair brand new on their web site. Right now they are priced back at $250... | |
| 12au7 tube? @curiousjim ...A couple of weeks later I read an article saying that PSVANE had put out a batch of 12au7 Art series tubes that were bad. Again I sent emails mentioning the article to PSV and Viva and still they won’t budge! So that’s why I will n... | |
| a 3 way design speaker with the ESS Heil type sound @fatdaddy2 Look into Piega Nice. Seems Piega has a sale going on too for their smaller units. And, speaking of paring smaller/faster drivers with their AMT, and running a sub separately, here it is. A link to the Piega USA site here, and a p... | |
| a 3 way design speaker with the ESS Heil type sound Plenty of DIY dual 6.5s and AMTs in 2.5-way configurations out there for a while now across forums Gryphon had these a few years back. Heard them at shows a few times. Nice. | |
| a 3 way design speaker with the ESS Heil type sound @arion Check out Arion Audio speakers... Certainly worthy of some links to pics. Wow, those are some serious AMTs! Very interesting open-baffle designs. Others coming in April 2025 eh’. Very Cool. https://arionaudio.com/speakers/ Way mor... | |
| Cary SLP 98 vs Benchmark LA4 To @billpete for the Cary SLP-98 it also depends on how old it is, and which version of factory upgrades it does or does not have. Some of the older version caps installed are quite different sounding from newer version 98s with totally different... | |
| 12au7 tube? @curiousjim My preamp uses 12au7’s and I’ve tried PSVANE and will never buy them again and would suggest than nobody should buy from them! Share more. While I have more vintage pairs of 12au7s than I care to recall - including RCAs, GE, Tung... | |
| a 3 way design speaker with the ESS Heil type sound @tomic601 so the MTM w mid bass drivers of 7” or so with a sub makes sense…just my .02$…. That configuration is darn close to my own custom built setup: Dual 8" Nomex mid-woofer/midrange --Peerless Tymphany version ESS AMT Great Heil -... | |
| a 3 way design speaker with the ESS Heil type sound @sputz Truly like bass. I must be a bass head ? But with details. This also has a lot to do with your amplifier. Not just the speakers. Also fast mains paired with really good subwoofer(s) for lower-end duties can be a good mix too. Imo, mi... | |
| a 3 way design speaker with the ESS Heil type sound @larryi Cinnamon Audio offers a three way with the Heil tweeter, also in open baffle configuration.. Post by @larryi above worthy of a few pictures. Some of these are 97db closer to what the OP was looking for. 10ohm tube amp friendly too. ... |