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In Reply to: Sound/build quality of ESS transtatic I? posted by centaurus3200 on February 21, 2007 at 10:48:21:
In response to some of the posts to this thread,lets clear up
some misconceptions on the Transtatics.First if their quality
is questionable how is it that both a friend of mine and myself
have had them for 30 plus years with very minor problems ? In my
case a wire wound resistor opened up.(a one dollar item)The woofer
and mid range were transmission line loaded so there was acoustic
output in a radial/rear pattern about the speaker to help blend with
the RTR screens which do not fire back as one poster indicated but
fired to the front/side with a angled baffle that was integrated in the enclosure.Of the 3 persons I know with Transtatics,two of us tri-amped them with a electronic 3 way crossover.The amplifier used on
the woofers is important as the system required some serious power
as it was only about 82 db at 1 watt.Phase 400's and SAE's worked
well for the bottom end.(not later SAE's but the early dual mono
series built in the USA)There may have been some prototypes that were using a KEF T27 tweeter.These became a model known as the Translinear.The primary competition were the Infinity Servo-Statics
and if you want to discuss issues,ask about mid-range panel failure
on them.J.Gordon Holt actually did a article on replacements on
them in Stereophile (3/75).
For anyone who might care to check out the
staffing at ESS you might be surprised at who worked there and what
their future credentials would be.Set up,associated gear,and room
configuration all played out in how well these speakers performed
to a greater degree than a typical front firing dynamic speaker.The
primary issue was to get a woofer amp to control the bottom end and
a mid/treble amp that was sweet.(hard to do in the 70's)
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Follow Ups
- Re: Sound/build quality of ESS transtatic I? - GBadal 11:50:36 02/22/07 (1)
- great insight and help, even as I try and sell mine... - docw 17:32:34 02/22/07 (0)
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