Just curious, what size is your room? What type of placement did you end up with?
Glad to hear the driver problem was a simple fix.
Glad to hear the driver problem was a simple fix.
ESP Speakers
Hi guys First of all, all the best from Austria. With great interest I followed your entries to the E.S.P. Speakers. I bought my first Concert Grand in 1997 from Peter Mecek, a very good friend of Sean McCoughen the designer, who was previously with Beveridge Audio. I was playing with VTL MB 750 tubes and it was fantastic. Warm, durchleutend, just great. Later I exchanged the VTL for ML 33h and behold, the E.S.P. could grow one more time. So the weaker part was not the speaker but the amplifier. After some time, I was able to move in my new listening room which had been acoustically pretreated. The room has a reasonable size, about 80 m2, and there the Concert Grand developed its great dominance. The possibility to install the speakers pretty much in the room, so away from the reflective walls, gave the big loudspeaker its full potential. In 2004, Peter and Sean came with the larger Sii built in Isobarik technology. A total of 9 high-quality Chasis were installed and right a Höchtöner goes sideways away. Now the Bassfundamet gained in importance and it was clear my room was not really exhausted yet. So I set up a Double Bass Aray with 4 Velodyne DD12s. 2 subs in front and 2 in the back. Incredible but just because of the low notes the spatiality increased significantly, so that one would like to reach for the interpreters. Now in 2018 I am very satisfied and believe I am allowed to hear one of the best speakers. Unfortunately, I could not hear Sean the last few years, to my knowledge, he has now developed a small set and cable. Hope he's in good health, one of the best among the elderly and Peter makes PearAudio and builds the Fletcher drives. Linn Klimax Air Forsell AirForceOne reference with TonArt control Mark Levinson 52 with phono Mark Levinson 33H 4 Velodyne DD12 E.S.P. Concert Grand Sii TonArt cable with Love from Austria Ravin |
Hi Guys. Do you have a schematics of the crossovers of the Bodhrans? After living for a few months with my speakers I came to the conclusion that something was wrong. I just couldn't get them to image properly. So a few days ago I unscrewed the bottoms and after some soldering exposed the two crossovers. To my dismay, I found out someone was fiddling with these crosses and there were some "anomalies", like changed parts and wrong phase connections. Anybody knows where I can get the schematics? Thanks. |
Email for Sean, the designer: [email protected] phone +44 1803 226 173 or Mike Verretto phone +81 3 6425 9375 Hope that will get you what you need. |
Hi Guys, First, I wanted to thank rhljazz for his help. I should have done it sooner but life took me in other directions lately. I was finally able to refurbish the ESP crossovers on my own. While at it, I changed some parts (caps, resistors) to higher quality ones, changed cabling to Belden and soldered everything point-to-point. Overall the sound improved a lot I believe and I would certainly recommend this. Not a very difficult job. I experimented with various amps: Luxman m900U, and Jadis JA80. Still, I am not altogether where I want to be. My room is quite small so I believe this sets a limit to what I can achieve. Compared to other speakers I had previously (Quads, Klipsch), the ESPs are much more neutral, and more balanced, but also very sensitive to many factors (like cables, the quality of the recording, etc). My wife does not like the sound, I must say, so perhaps something is wrong. But right now I don't see myself opting for other speakers. Cheers. Source: Doge 6 Cd Player/EMT 950 Amps: Luxman m900u/Jadis JA80 Pre: Luxman C900U/Jadis JPL Cables: MIT/XLO Music: 90% classical |