ermes

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $750.00 from Florence-Italy

Summary:
I've been owning a pair of AMT 1B since 1980 and I am of the opinion it has been one of my best choices. These speakers are not the perfect one, but every time I compare them to others even very expensive, I decide to keep on listening to them. Maybe a lack of mids, but it much depends on the positioning in your room. I used a few simple tricks to improve them without changing their philosophy:
reinforcement of the internal cabinet, better connectors, bitumen-paint inside the inner walls, modified PR, insulation of the woofer magnets by using felt cloth. Just a few simple unexpensive activity which helped much in order to clear up the bass., no miracles! Of course I has to re-foam the woofers a few jears ago.
Greetings from Italy!...

Strengths:
Very clear sound, great sensibility, efficiency: just a few watts required for a midium size ambient.

Weaknesses:
Big. heavy and the lowest bass should be better considering their size, but it much depends on the positioning.

Similar Products Used:
3 way aperiodic self built speakers sistem. Couple of Canton pls subwoofer.

Jmanduca

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
3.00 of 5, 2.00 votes

Price Paid:  $1100.00 from Soundworks

Summary:
These are the speakers of the late 70's. Bose was on the market and Warfendale's, Klipsch but these AMT 1b monitors were just outstanding. I was really into the highs and with the Heil Air Motion Transformers you could really get the highs. Best speakers I ever owned and believe it or not they are in stroage. A few years ago I contacked ESS and they sent me all new covering and connecters and they are still in the package they came in.

Strengths:
Highs are crystal clear, power is awesome

Weaknesses:
Heavy and bulky

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Price Paid:  $200.00 from 600

Summary:
ess

Price Paid:  $175.00 from ebay

Summary:
in short i bought several pairs of amt1 tweeters , untill i discoverderd their sisters the amt 10b's disregarded because of shut in mounted , but for me these are the marvels , espessialy when put outside on top of a super high quality midbass like the fane studio 8m, romy the cat is right about it its a wonderfull midbass, even with the original cross-over from the amt10b's the wedding is tremendous, it beats my atc system with esotar dynaudio en the famous atc dome mid and 9 inch basses, in fact i use two 9 inch atc basses each side and on top the fane studio 8m and ess amt10B fane and amt with original amt cross suppose 1500hz, and a cerwin passif-actif at 250 hz the atc's below are powered by a transistor quad amp, the fane ess by a pushpull el84
rogers power bloc renewed where needed and singing better then my cary dbl pushpull el84, the complete set is wonderfull integrated and the fane is the only mid that can follow the light of the amt's, ps i treated the cones of the fanes with metalalu foil which highers its young modulus and sound velocity, it sounds full range like a elctrostatic but with 98db/w efficiency and dynamics unbelievable

Strengths:
amt10b cheaper and for me better then amt1 , unbeatable crystalclear midhighs
betters esotar or scan speak or ruban philips even stage accompany

Weaknesses:
only fane studio 8m that follows them,

Similar Products Used:
atc esotar

Price Paid:  $1000.00 from timmins ontario

Summary:
i remember i was just a little kid and my dad came home with these new speakers he had bought the ess front as you can see and also the rear ess towers man let me tell you i am now 38 years old and i still listen too music everyday and i have paid more then 10 thousand dollars for my system and it dont even come close to my fathers i ask him to leave them to me in his will as a joke i hope he will and the tweeter is unbeliveble it is v shape interlace aluminum man i tell you they were years ahead of there time dad i want your spekers

Strengths:
ecellent low frequincy
loud like you would not belive
no and i mean no distortion even when i max his system out on his summer trips

Weaknesses:
none

Similar Products Used:
none