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Are there any current production great speakers using AMT tweeters?

Back in the day, I had fallen in love with the ESS Heil AMT speakers, which were always too large and too expensive.    Now that I am looking for a new speaker, I am wondering if there are any current high end monitors that use these tweeters?  Or have good ribbons made the AMT tweeters less desirable?

My budget is in the $5k to $15k range, new or used, so don’t tell me about some of the $1k speakers that I know are out there, no matter how good they might be.

Stand mount is preferable, but a floor standing with a small footprint might be workable in my smallish room.

 

meiatflask
funnychap
32 posts
 

GoldenEar BRX
https://youtu.be/0bjhvlRMmq8

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dishman442
86 posts
 

What would a thread like this be without some numbnuts with a contrary comment?  AMT tweeters can drive nails for a side hustle. Nasty hard and (at least the ones I’ve heard) overly bright. Fatigue city. 

meiatflask OP
190 posts
 

OP here. kind of repeating what I posted a few days ago:

I appreciate all the suggestions.  Many are floor standers, which won’t really work in my smallish room.  And several are (pardon my shallowness) well, quite ugly such that I could not live with them, let alone the WAF.  
 

But this does leave me with a handful of candidates.  So I need to attempt to find dealers and/or trade shows to listen to them.  Unfortunately, this eliminates some of the International brands without a US presence, making them difficult to audition. And yes, many do offer ship to your home trials, but, when making a list, they fall below the ones I can actually hear at a store/show.

Thanks to everyone. 

lukemaximus
47 posts
 

Another vote for the Ascend Acoustics ELX Tower with the RAAL ribbon tweeter.

Small form factor for a tower. Outstanding voicing and high frequency detail.

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