Before we talk about sound, let’s talk about looks. Pulling the ESM-1S out of the crate feels like unboxing a sculpture. Rosso Fiorentino is named after a 16th-century painter, and that artistic DNA shows.
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My god, the imaging. The speakers vanished. Krall’s voice was floating exactly in the middle of my room, about six feet back. The upright bass was to the left, but the air around the strings… I could hear the wood of the bass.
The ESM-1S is a two-way, stand-mount design, but there are zero compromises:
Prices have skyrocketed due to the "vintage monitor" craze.