Has anyone used 'Heil Air Motion' Transducer?

[goldyrathore]

Hi,

Has anyone used heil air motion transducer. Does it really sound as good as claimed by some of the sites.
Thanks in advance,
Goldy

 

[qi]

An Italian magazine had a "best sound" competition and they came in #1...

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29786&perpage=15&highlight=&pagenumber=4

They are very smooth above 2k. My personal favorites...

 

[promitheus]

I use them above 2200 Hz and they are the best tweeters I have ever used.

 

[planet10]

There is no question the Heil is an excellent tweeter...

We have used them in an AMT-1 converted to 3-way, and in a 2-way with a pr of Fostex 9" woofers (push-push)... the latter was the one i liked best. 1st order passive XO at about 2k. Biamping should be even better since finding woofers that are anywhere near as efficient as the Heils is hard (or very expensive)

dave

 

[BobEllis]

OK, I'll bite. Where can you get them other than as part of a system?

Haven't hear them in a while, but listening to them was one of the reasons I kept going back to that store in Ann Arbor 25+ years ago.

How do they compare to a Raven R-1?

 

[planet10]

OK, I'll bite. Where can you get them other than as part of a system?

I understand they are available as parts from ESS in California (real cheap too from what i hear). The 2 we used were, in the 1st case attached to the client's AMT1s, and n the 2nd bought used.

Haven't hear them in a while, but listening to them was one of the reasons I kept going back to that store in Ann Arbor 25+ years ago.

How do they compare to a Raven R-1?

Haven't heard R1s... certainly more efficient, more robust, go lower, dipoles (no cavity resonance) and if the price i heard is right, cheaper.

dave

 

[Magnetar]

An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.

 

[Al.M]

Raven R1 is much more detailed, fast and extended. Heil is still very nice and lush with lots of intensity and much better than most expensive dome tweeters.

 

[Bestspeaker]

I have listening this speaker, the best characteristics are:
really dynamic and transparent sound and detailed.
Fatigue of listening nonexistent.
Valter

http://www.omicrongroup.net/Casse/Pagina_Casse_Principale.htm

 

[BTW]

I recently compared the ESS AMT to a Cantus ESG2 honestly, my friend and I both prefered the AMT. I think the dipole radiation pattern and the ability to move more air (compared to the ESG) made the highs sound more "real"

 

[Al.M]

I had an early model ESG1 (biggest one) which sounded horrible, not extended at all, very metallic. However, other people using the latest model Aurum Cantus(sp?) units say they are as good as Ravens.

AMT is still one of my favourite tweeters - very strong, detailed, smooth and sweet and large listening image.

 

[bequerel]

I heard one of the speakers from Omicron Group as Valter refers to a few posts above at High-End in Frankfurt last year. Absolutely one of the best sounds at the show. One of the very few demos that really made me listen to the music. Bravo!

 

[simon dart]

I heard some at a the UK Heathrow show years ago, but I can't remember the manufacturer. The woofer was angled at 45 degrees to the AMT and did not do the driver justice I recall, but the treble was beautiful. Very natural.

Does anyone know where to get these in europe?

Simon

 

[qi]

ETON is in Europe...

http://216.239.39.104/translate_c?h...ev=/search?q=eton&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8