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Hiel performance series ps6b

bill1956

bill1956

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ESS Hiel performance series ps6b

Someone has these for sale local...Im really interested to find out if anyone has any thoughts on these. I cant find any info on that model anywhere....Im not a spec guy, want opinions on this one....Will be powered by a kenwood ka 7100...THANKS
 
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Is yours the version with the aluminum cover over the tweeter, 8 in. woofer and 8 in, rear-firing passive? If so, very nice speakers. Single diaphragm smaller Heil. I've had some similar speakers. The 5's and 8's.

The Kenwood will be adequate, but more power is better.
 
Not a ribbon, a proprietary design by Heil, with folded pleats. A ribbon moves in and out, the Heil by comparison, "squeezes" the air forward at high velocity. If the woofer is indeed 10 in., the design is similar to the Heil AMT 10b, which I also owned. A heavy, so-called bookshelf design. The differences between mine and yours seems to be that 10b's had a V-shaped tweeter behind the facade, while yours have a flat version.

There seems to be a dearth of information on the exact model you mentioned. Ess had many variations of the bookshelf design, with varying sizes of the Heil tweeter.
 
I have a pair of PS4As that are very nice. My brother had a pair of model 8s that are nice also, though the mids are a little on the light side in the lower mids/midbass. I have nothing but good things to say about the Heils. They are definitely worth a listen, and really clean up a lot once the crossover is refurb'd. The before/after on the PS4As is really night and day after replacing capacitors and resistors.

IBJamon
 
bill1956 said:
Thanks...i might have to pass on these...Just not enough of info out here on them.
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If anything, that's a reason to pick them up, learn more about them, and see if you like them or not. With the Heil tweeter, you can hardly go wrong.
 
I agree- enough info here already- really hard to go wrong with the Heil. Just make sure both are working.
Given the speaker age- they may need some work, (crossover recap as mentioned- and I would add sealing the drivers and cabinet's as well) but it's well worth it. Of course it also depends on the price, but I'd say a Heil speaker with a 10" woofer in decent shape (Heils working) is easily worth $100 IMHO..
 
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