ESS AMT4: Worth repairing?


I have a pair of these which need refoaming. Does anyone have experience with this speaker such that they might offer advice as to whether these 10" drivers are worth the repair cost, or is it smarter to just buy new units and install them? The ribbon drivers seem ok as far as I can tell. From the looks of it, the locals here want about $110 to refoam the drivers for me.

Or, if repair makes sense, does anyone have tips on a good shop to use other than our locals here in Portland (well thought of, Fred's Sound of Music btw).

What might these sell for in good shape?

thanks all,

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Showing 1 response by jusbehonest

You have probably repaired your AMT 4's by now.You have to take into consideration that the AMT 4's are rare to find, and worth every penny you can muster to have them repaired. There are very few of them. They are almost as good as the ESS AMT 3 Rock Monitors. The only difference being the AMT 3's uses 2 10" woofers. In spite of the new technology of everything getting smaller,the AMT 4's still sound great;whether playing analogue,or digitized sources. My synopsis: Look in the yellow pages of your city to find more sources. Don't give up on these rare puppies.