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Technisch wie optisch guter Zustand. Großartiger Klang.
This is fairly priced to slightly attractive at €150: it sits essentially on the €151 median and just below it, so it reads as a normal market buy rather than a bargain-bin score, but also not stretched against the recent local set. With only 3 comparables, I’d treat the pricing signal as useful but narrow; still, on the numbers alone, this is in the right zone.
The appeal here is straightforward: these are classic high-value parts for a serious vintage system, and a clean, functional pair can be very useful for a DIY restoration, replacement, or project build. If the diaphragms are original and intact and the seller can confirm both are working evenly, the upside is decent because good examples are not something you see every day. At this price, I’d mainly verify condition, matching, and mounting details before jumping.
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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