
                                                                    Exhibit 23.2




               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We  consent to the  reference  to our firm under the  caption  "Experts"  in the
Registration  Statement (Form S-3) and related  Prospectus of Ampex  Corporation
for  the  registration  of  720,000  shares  of  its  common  stock  and  to the
incorporation by reference therein of our reports dated July 14, 1998 and August
24, 1998,  with respect to the  consolidated  financial  statements  of MicroNet
Technology,  Inc. included in Ampex  Corporation's  Current Report on Form 8-K/A
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 16, 1998.



                                                     /s/  Ernst & Young LLP



Orange County, California
November 3, 1998

