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Spännande högtalare utrustade med den legendariska Oskar Heil AMT-diskanten. Mycket fint begagnat skick! Medföljer nya Norstone Stylum S golvstativ. Nyligen renoverade där följande utfördes: Utbyte internkablage till Van den Hul the Snowline, nya guldpläterade polskruvar, rengjorda potentiometrar, nya polypropylenkondensatorer från Mundorf, nya skumkanter på baselementen. Avhämtning. Fler bilder i länken. -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Is this one of those rare used listings that lands below the real market line? At kr 5,990, it sits under the kr 6,319 25th percentile and well below the kr 6,649 median, so this reads as a strong deal rather than a merely fair price.
That makes it especially interesting if the pair is complete and cosmetically honest, because this model is respected for its lively, detailed presentation and the AMT-style speed that can make vocals and transients feel unusually immediate. For a buyer, the upside is getting an enthusiast-grade speaker at bargain money; just confirm basic ownership history, driver condition, and that both cabinets are matched and functioning cleanly.
Independent perspective — not a price guarantee. Always verify condition, accessories and provenance before purchase.
ESS is best known as ESS Technology, a U.S. semiconductor company founded by Forrest Mozer in 1983 as Electronic Speech Systems. It began in California and grew from speech and multimedia chips into a specialist in audio conversion silicon, with its later identity strongly tied to digital audio technology rather than finished consumer hi-fi products.
The company’s core focus is audio DACs and ADCs—especially the SABRE family—used by manufacturers in audio, mobile, automotive, and professional equipment. In hi-fi terms, ESS is not primarily a maker of amplifiers, speakers, turntables, or headphones; instead, it supplies the conversion chips that sit inside many third-party components.
In the market, ESS has a technical, high-performance, component-supplier reputation rather than a consumer brand identity. Among informed audiophiles it is often associated with high-end and upper-mid-tier digital playback, while also being somewhat niche because its name usually appears inside other brands’ products rather than on the front panel. It is a respected engineering brand, but not a vintage collector name in the usual sense.
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