Over the years, we've been contacted by a number of individuals who were in love with ESS Heil drivers. We've done a few custom speakers with this driver and one of the nicest designs to date couples the dipole Heils with the very competent 8" Visiton AL200 woofer. The result is a speaker that is about 88db efficient.
The customer we built these for wanted a unique veneer and chose Australian Cyprus. Never having worked with it before, we were intrigued. We were able to book-match the sheets to create some very unique grain patterns.
When the cabinets were complete, we emailed the customer to wrap things up. No response. We tried emailing him a number of times over the next six months or so and still no response. Since these great cabinets were taking up space in the shop, we decided it was a shame to let them go to waste. So we decided to finish them up and make them available here.
Here is a photo...
Here's one with the woofer grills attached...
And a side view of one of the cabinets...
The tops of the Heil drivers are not all that attractive. So we created a custom "cap" to help top things off in style. You can also see the Madrone hardwood we used for trim. Here are two views...
This is a one-of-a-kind pair with veneer we are probably unlikely to be able to obtain down the line. They are priced at $2995 for the pair (plus shipping if required).
- Jim
