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8 hours ago, Sergey said:
My KLH speakers, I got to Finland in the city of Cuankoski, I restored the case, I inserted new suspension, and now I'm listening with the receiver Marantz 2238 and the rotating object Lenco L78.
I've not seen ribbon tweeters in an early-ish KLH before.
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Glenn and all, if you haven't seen it, there's a Photobucket fix, in the form of a browser extension.
Search on "Photobucket hotlink fix".
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Quite likely it is a result of forum software upgrades. I'm guessing the file is actually somewhere
on the forum but not where the link points. That's a shame; I've seen 8 and 10 year old threads
that were trashed, but this is from 2014 and suggests institutional memory here has advanced
Alzheimer's. -
My current solution is to download threads a page at a time. It won't capture
images that are linked, so those have to be done manually. -
Sound Advice:
How America's Greatest Speaker Companies Turned
Down The Idea That Transformed An Industryor some such
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I don't have links yet. I have no way to determine where the images are stored.
In the meantime, here's the index sans links in a Word document.
There was earlier discussion of the drawings, and Robert_S pointed out some
mistakes. His list has been integrated. -
I'd like to post the index file. Images should already be on disc (or server) here. So, the
plan is to edit the index and point to those files (assuming admins here are okay with
this). I don't have their location ATM. -
On 3/25/2016 at 2:51 PM, owlsplace said:
May be easier to post individual pdf's in the Library. It has always been a challenge to search the archives and find what you are interested in ... then there is the Adobe Flash section ...
There was a point in time (mid 2008?) when the index of the AR drawings was an
html file (searchable), and the individual .TIFs were posted (~1.8 gig). I have all that
on disc. I was thinking about putting them up on my web site, or even posting them
here again. I don't know why Flash was used. The first iteration of the drawings here
was basically unusable.Edit 04/10/22
List and links to drawings:
http://www.aphenos.net/electronics/speakers/klh/AR_Drawings_.html
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Some of the regulars might have a better idea. The grilles on these betray
nothing identifiable to me. Maybe you could get a shot of the labels. -
Welcome!
I know squawdoosh about badging, but I know a little about early AR speakers.
My opinion: good choice! My favorite so far is the AR3a. It was such a revelation
(after 20 years of the AR2 and derivatives) that I went back through my music
library just to hear what I'd been missing (mostly that lowest octave, more or less). -
Model Thirties are supposed to have the same drivers as the Sixes, in
a shallower cabinet.
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Excellent, thanks. I thought I had read every brochure in the library :-)
Browsing the 71 general catalog, and the 1W and 3 are still offered for sale.
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I've attempted updates to AR and KLH histories. See below.
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Kent, you are quite welcome! I knew if it could light up faded auto side molding
(which nothing else but paint will do), I suspected it could help you. I hadn't
considered using it on vinyl siding, but it apparently shines up quite a few
different kinds of surfaces.
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Kent, for the knobs, there's a product called Wipe New
that might restore their look. It's basically a thin acrylic
clear coat for restoring the finish on bumpers and cladding.
I've used a similar product to restore fogged plastic
headlights.
Here's a Consumer Reports test (on a car :-))
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Ben's list puts the 12" speakers first, 10" speakers last. Models Four and Seven are also 12" models.
They are the earliest models, glued in drivers, etc, and pretty scarce. The Four does sound really good,
better than the Seventeen.
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C. Any tips for bleaching a dark water stain out of one of the veneer surfaces it if doesn't come out with sanding?
Yes, oxalic acid will remove staining. I say 'staining' because it may not remove all the discoloration. I had an AR2 cabinet with a pretty serious stain, and I was able to get most of it out.
It's available as crystals (I had to order it online), or in many deck cleaning solutions, which is likely available locally.
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I don't think the Research X speakers are considered 'classic'
I had some CB-10s, and they didn't measure up to my AR2s, AR2AXs, or KLH 17s. I didn't find much information, either, which suggests they're pretty scarce.
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Well that might be the problem then. I've got 680 fonts (681 now) on my WinXP system here and those two were not among them. I've found a copy of the ArialMT and have installed it but don't see a difference. I cannot find a copy of the TimesRomanPSMT to install. The document should have been generated with all fonts embedded, IMHO.
On another note, I have already received one request for the Heathkit AS-103 manual so I have scanned it in and attached it here for all. Enjoy!
Warren
The XP font file is times.ttf (and timesbd.ttf, timesi.ttf, and timesbi.ttf). Arial didn't help because the line that was screwy on your system called for the Times font.
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Some of the fonts used weren't embedded: ArialMT and TimesRomanPSMT.
I'm not seeing the same problem.
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>I have a pair of Research 10, CL-3 3 way speakers taking up
>room in my home office. I imagine they are from the late
>70's. Any idea what (if anything) they might fetch on eBay?
might not be much. I bought mine in similar shape to yours for ~$15. I did recone (and retweeter) mine, though. Nice sound for my purposes.
Ken
>Cabinets are in good shape, grills are in good shape, foam on
>woofers toast.
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>Thanks in advance for your insight - Stan
AR18J Restoration - information and help
in Acoustic Research
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It should yield a clearer sound, yes. Those black/red caps in particular
can be WAY out of tolerance.