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Your thoughts and opinions on these speakers. Decent match with a WOPL? Thanks in advance for the input.
 
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My bad Nick, forgot what they were. Can you audition those ESS' ?
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I think so, but they need the passive radiators replaced/ repaired. I have seen the kits for reasonable prices($35- 40) and may be worth doing for the audition. You think they would make the sweet music with da WOPL?
 
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Heard a pair 25 years ago. They still manufacture the Heil Air Motion Transformer tweeter and have replacement diaphrams for the old ones. IIRC they weren't a difficult load....
 
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Seems like replacement parts are not impossible to find and I love the the looks of them. Been considering some used Decware ERR's, but I can get the ESS locally and at a much lower price. Also heard that there may be a mod that allows for the use of two 12" woofers instead of the one with the passive radiator.
 
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FT. Dodge Chris has a pair, I'll PM his phone number, he's pretty familiar with em, and loves to talk...
 
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Nick Danger said:
Your thoughts and opinions on these speakers. Decent match with a WOPL? Thanks in advance for the input.
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I bought a pair of the AMT 1As a few months ago. I never thought I would replace my Dahlquist DQ-10s, then I heard the AMTs - I sold the DQ-10s. They are great with my WOPL 400.
 
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I do have one criticism of the AMTs, they sound great at low and medium volume, but at higher volume the heils overwhelm the mids and bass.
 
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Jimmy said:
I bought a pair of the AMT 1As a few months ago. I never thought I would replace my Dahlquist DQ-10s, then I heard the AMTs - I sold the DQ-10s. They are great with my WOPL 400.
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Thanks for the head's up, Jimmy. I am hoping for a WOPL 400(or two) and hoped they would make a good pairing if both were in my system. Sold your Dahlquist's? I have not heard a pair yet, but I know they are very well received.
 
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I do have one criticism of the AMTs, they sound great at low and medium volume, but at higher volume the heils overwhelm the mids and bass.
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Most of my listening is done at lower levels, but that is good to know. Do you think speaker placement/ room treatments could help with that issue? Lack of bass not an issue with these?
 
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Nick, James told me to scratch the DQ-10's off my bucket list after being here...
 
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Nick, James told me to scratch the DQ-10's off my bucket list after being here...
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D and I can't wait to come and have a listen. Maybe instead of shipping my WOPL ;) to me, we will come and pick her up and get our hair "done" by your rig.
 
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Thanks for the head's up, Jimmy. I am hoping for a WOPL 400(or two) and hoped they would make a good pairing if both were in my system. Sold your Dahlquist's? I have not heard a pair yet, but I know they are very well received.
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The DQ-10s are a wonderful speaker; they are open, airy, and detailed. But, they lack bass, and they sound best at high volume. I wanted something that sounded better to me at lower volume.

I'm not dissing the Dahlquists at all. I will probably always be a fan of the brand, but the AMTs do most things better.

How much are the AMTs you are looking at? I paid $200 for mine, then spent another $70 on capacitors.
 
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Most of my listening is done at lower levels, but that is good to know. Do you think speaker placement/ room treatments could help with that issue? Lack of bass not an issue with these?
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Nobody is going to confuse the AMTs with Lee's horns, but they do have a reasonable amount of bass. I found that they did better in the corners of the room.
 
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Jimmy said:
The DQ-10s are a wonderful speaker; they are open, airy, and detailed. But, they lack bass, and they sound best at high volume. I wanted something that sounded better to me at lower volume.

I'm not dissing the Dahlquists at all. I will probably always be a fan of the brand, but the AMTs do most things better.

How much are the AMTs you are looking at? I paid $200 for mine, then spent another $70 on capacitors.
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I think I can get them for under $300 with new passive radiators. Guess I should factor in caps for this one as well- I am pretty sure they have not been replaced. Oh yeah, maybe some new speaker grill cloth.
 
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