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Log in or Sign up. Steve Hoffman Music Forums. Location: Surprise, AZ. I bought my first pair of AMT Heil speakers in not long after they first came out and they were revolutionary sounding for their time and had a far better top end and upper midrange than any speaker I heard until that time. Mike from NYC , Jun 20,

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• Ess speakers
• Ess Speakers for sale in Canada on Craigslist, Kijiji and eBay
• No Love for ESS Heil Speakers?
• ESS Factory Replacement Speaker, 10 Inch Woofer, 689-1012
• ESS AMT 12″ Factory Replacement Woofer
• ESS AMT 1 Tower Floorstanding Speakers
• Air Motion Transformer
• ESS speakers - good or not?
• ESS AMT Limited Edition (Pair)

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LOG IN. These models were current in I am curious if any one still owns either of the above models, or has seem them listed on any of them listed in the used audio web sites. They were incredible speakers for their time,and sounded as good as many of so-called elctrostatics of today. They used good driver elements, for example, the KEF B oval driver for the bass response.

If anyone has knowledge of either of these above vintage speakers,please leave info on this Web page. Thank you!! Edit Delete. I was the factory representative for this line in , and took these speakers around to audio dealers for demo. You are correct about the oval driver being built by KEF. This woofer was totally flat in appearance, and behind it was a long labyrinth, forming a complex transmission line network within the cabinet.

It was precisely tuned to be in near perfect phase with the front output of the KEF woofer. I remember the sound of the very deep bass, passing thorough walls of the sound room and into my office, while I was speaking to customers on the phone. This design was indeed way ahead of it's time, and delivered remarkable sound, especially considering it's relatively small size.

As far as being as good as electrostatics of today, I think that the Maggie, Quad and Soundlab all have better mid and top than the ESS.

As far as bass, my memory is probably blurred, but I would guess the ESS to be better than the Quad, but certainly not equal to the output of the Soundlabs. Wow, i bet that post brought up memories, huh Albert??? I have a good sized batch of the RTR e-stat tweeters that i'll be working with quite soon.

Your comments about the Soundlabs' bass. From what i know of these, they are an all E-stat design, correct? Maybe i'm misinformed and they are a hybrid.

If they are completely electrostatic, I will HAVE to hear these things if they've got bottom end "oomph" that can compete with dynamic drivers. Sean, you are right about the memories, it was pleasant thinking about the ESS again.

Your question about Soundlab, all the large speakers in the line have excellent bass, and are exclusively electrostatic. The mylar driver has very low excursion, but is ultra fast and phase accurate. For what it lacks in deflection, it makes up by radiating area in excess of 15 square feet.

Properly set up, you are assured to get the "oomph" you describe. Electrostatic bass still "sounds" different from a traditional piston woofer, a music session with your favorite software should determine if it has the sound you like. Very entertaining comments Albert. I know a lot of people love to knock those speakers. My father has a pair in my home no less , and it has always intrigued me to take them apart, modify them, and see what happens. While I have never really given them a lot of time in the past years, I remember some good qualities of the driver.

Thanks for your information! ESS is still in business. Their product line has not changed very much of the years. I thought the Heil was a great driver. Unfortunatly, it was not well integrated with the 12 inch woofer used in the speaker hard to do. There are 2 Swiss speakers the Oscar Aulos and Kithara the former was recently well reviewed in Soundstage e-mag.

There is also a British company called Orchid that is using the Heil. I gave them to my sister and she still has them and loves them. The woofer surrounds disintegrated about 12 years ago, but the dealer a local TV store ordered new ones for me and as far as I know, they are still functioning well.

My sister likes them, anyway. They are the highest-end speakers she has ever had. I remember the day I had these speakers delivered, I thought I had way overdone it in size and cost. However, 30 years later, I see I had many more extreme excesses to go, audio-wise.

I had a hell of a time learning all the technical materials and specification sheets required for JBL. I quoted parts and power requirements for commercial sound applications such as auditorium reinforcement and rock band equipment. It is nice though, to have owned and lived with so many technologies, it does however make me even more committed to my Soundlabs, which I consider to have the fewest compromises.

Thank you Albert. Your postings are always very well written and thought out, not to mention insightful. By the way, it's been a long time, but I have never hated those ESS speakers the way so many have.

The 12" woofers did need to be replaced, due to the surrounds rotting out. It's in the back of my mind to go through them, and see what happens. Does anyone know the crossover point of the speaker? How low the Heil AMT can be crossed over? Any other bits of wisdom? Thank you, Joe. The most recent version use HZ. While the ESS speakers had midrange problems, I'm not sure why anyone would hate these speakers.

The clarity and openess of the Heil puts a lot of high dollar speakers to sham and works wonderfully for a lot of rock and electronic music. The midrange deficiencies of the ESS designs caused by blending a large slow woofer with the ultra fast Heil just made the ESS a poor choice for jass and vocal enthusiasts.

I understand that some the recent designs that use the Heil do not have this midrange problem. Alas they are not easily avaialbe in the U. The Swiss company Precide distributes the speakers. I've twice replaced the two 10" woofers and Heil diaphrams. The mid-range is still the original. With a sub-woofer, it still sounds very good. It was my main speakers until about 5 years ago.

Thank you for your information Rurdangaray. I am most appreciative, Joe. I prefer to purchase equivalent drivers 10's and 6's rather than refoam.

Hello,my name is frank. I was looking through the net an came across your forum. I bought in a pair of ess amt 4"s and am in the proces of replacing the drivers ,I'm searching the net for the replacements, i completely re- finished the cabinets and have been very satisfied with their line of speakers.

And have just recently purchased a pair of Transtatic 1's in great shape except for one rtr electrostatic panel is blown. They are 4 ohm speakers so you need a pretty high end amp to run these babys, recommended power is 60 watt rms min stable into reactive loads and they will handle greater than watts musical peaks without distortion and they are fuse protected. They are 42x20x16 and very heavy lbs per speaker. I run them with a Dynaco st amp, watts per channel and these guys sound awesome to say the least, I would recommend that if any one comes across a pair of these rare brutes do not hesitate to purchase them.

I know for me i own the last pair of speakers i'll ever purchase. And if any one knows where i can buy a replacement rtr6 panel please e-mail me and let me know. Well thanks for listening and to all happy searching. And if anyone wants to they can e-mail me. Frank J. Had the woofers re paired in Portland, OR in ' I wouldn't give them up for nothing. The sound is rich and surounding. Great sounds for jazz, blues, panio etc.

Hellow my name is ed. I recently picked up a pair of ess tower speakers. I would guess they are early 70s. They are 42" x16" x14" and weigh over lbs each.

The name on them is ElectroStatic SoundSystems Sacrmento Calif. Trans-Linear II. I just wanted to let everybody know that ESS is still around, it was bought by a German company a few years back and they have some new exciting speakers and is just now being introduced back on the US market. Just caught this thread.. These speakers had incredible bass clarity and speed because of the styrofoam material of the woofer made a great linear piston. The enlosure was very stout and was a transmission line type.

I latter built a larger transmission line subwoofer enclosure using this same Kef driver based on a design published in a English Journal..

Ess Speakers for sale in Canada on Craigslist, Kijiji and eBay

Invented by noted physicist and scientist Dr. Oskar Heil — , it operates on a different transduction principle from other loudspeaker designs, such as moving coil , planar magnetic or electrostatically driven loudspeakers, and should not be confused with planar or true ribbon loudspeakers. In contrast to a planar ribbon loudspeaker, the diaphragm of the AMT is of pleated shape similar to a bellows. The AMT moves air laterally in a perpendicular motion using a metal-etched folded sheet made of polyethylene terephthalate PET film. The circuit path embossed on the PET membrane, acts as the voice coil unit. The diaphragm pushes back and forward from itself in a physical motion similar to that observed when an accordion is pushed in and pulled out to pump air though the reed chambers, albeit over an exceedingly smaller motion range.

No Love for ESS Heil Speakers?

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ESS Factory Replacement Speaker, 10 Inch Woofer, 689-1012

This unprecedented loudspeaker introduced the revolutionary ESS Heil air-motion transformer to high fidelity sound reproduction and achieved immediate acclaim world-wide as the major advance in loudspeaker design of the decade. By using the ESS Heil air-motion transformer for mid and high frequency reproduction, the AMT 1 broke free of past technological theory to achieve a transparency, uncompressed stereo imaging and dynamic transient impact beyond any previous high fidelity experience. Completely unlike any loudspeaker that has come before, and already a classic, the ESS AMT 1 opens new sound vistas to music listeners. All forms of distortion are gone; not only sluggish acceleration that smears the immediacy of percussive sounds, but the less immediately recognized motional errors that rob brasses of their sheen, strings of their guttiness, solo instruments of their natural ease, and turn an orchestra of individual instruments into a homogenized sonic haze.

ESS AMT 12″ Factory Replacement Woofer

LOG IN. These models were current in I am curious if any one still owns either of the above models, or has seem them listed on any of them listed in the used audio web sites. They were incredible speakers for their time,and sounded as good as many of so-called elctrostatics of today. They used good driver elements, for example, the KEF B oval driver for the bass response. If anyone has knowledge of either of these above vintage speakers,please leave info on this Web page.

ESS AMT 1 Tower Floorstanding Speakers

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Air Motion Transformer

User Name Stay logged in? ESS Speakers - replace foam surrounds , new woofers or new cabinets? I have some ESS model 8's with rotted woofer surruonds. I've never been really impressed with the mid-range to low end, but love the mid-high to high from the Heil's.

ESS speakers - good or not?

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ESS AMT Limited Edition (Pair)

All Items subject to prior sale. Hurry, some quantities limited. Stop by frequently, we are adding more merchandise daily. Frame: Cast aluminum. Voice Coil: 1. Magnet: 35 Ounce. Impedance: 4 Ohms.

Performance Series was ESS's mid-level entry offering to their highly acclaimed and still widely popular line of Hifi speakers. This model is particularly a rare find. Good luck finding another pair! All pictured in detail below The ribbon tweeters offer a beautifully detailed high frequency listening experience without any harshness whatsoever.