EMPtek Impression E55Ti Floorstanding Speaker System Review

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If you want a speaker that can truly deliver a tonally accurate, dynamically lifelike reproduction of your music which also happens to look stunningly beautiful, than the EMP E55Ti's Impression Floorstanding speakers should fit the bill nicely. The E55Ti tower consists of six drivers, and is a vented 3-way design standing nearly 4ft tall. They produce a huge soundstage and can play exceedingly loud down to a modest 50 Hz, with little to no audible compression. In my opinion, these speakers look as good as they sound which is something I rarely find myself saying at this price point for a tower speaker system. The EMP E55Ti's come with a 5 year warranty and a 30 day money back return policy with free shipping both ways. This makes for a risk free trial for you to demo these speakers in the most critical and important listening room - your own home theater. Highly recommended!


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[GranteedEV]

As an owner of these I've been anticipating this review for a while now =D

[GranteedEV]

I pretty much agree with everything in the review, including that the treble sounds "different" from the average speaker especially in a very acoustically dead room like mine.

One question I've got though for Gene is: what would have been the benefit of passively bi-amping these (and in general)?

[Matt34]

I'm probably going to go with these if I can swing them after my subwoofer upgrade. Got to have your priorities straight being a basshead.

[gene]

One question I've got though for Gene is: what would have been the benefit of passively bi-amping these (and in general)?

Passive biamping can be beneficial for achieving more bass control by having a dedicated amp power the woofers and another amp driving the mid/tweet section. These speakers have a high impedance at bass frequencies and are real easy for an amp to drive. If you've got a solid amp already, its probably doubtful passive biamping would make much of a difference on these speakers anyways.

[just-some-guy]

nice. when i was looking for new speakers, a few years ago. i was looking for those. and didn't find em.

but. i really would like to test out "just" how loud they do go, cleanly.

[sholling]

Looks interesting.

[gambini]

Hi Gene,

In the photos from the first listening test at your friends home, it looks like the speakers were placed fairly close to the front wall. Did this have much of an impact on the mid-base, giving a chesty or even muddy sound? I ask because I have been considering these speakers for a while, but have placement restrictions (WAF) that would put them near the front wall and make me think this might cause an issue. Especially with a dual rear ported speaker.

[MinusTheBear]

Nice review Gene. The E55Ti look to hit the sweet spot in the $500 - $1000 floorstanding category.

[gene]

In the photos from the first listening test at your friends home, it looks like the speakers were placed fairly close to the front wall. Did this have much of an impact on the mid-base, giving a chesty or even muddy sound? I ask because I have been considering these speakers for a while, but have placement restrictions (WAF) that would put them near the front wall and make me think this might cause an issue. Especially with a dual rear ported speaker.

No in fact it may be helpful in most cases to give these speakers a little bass boost. As long as you leave at least 5-6 inches of clearance between the ports and wall you should be ok. If you get closer, you can always plug the ports. You should be using a powered sub with these speakers anyways to get a true full range sound.