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  7. Restoring the AR-3a

    in Acoustic Research

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    Hi guys,

    This is my first post here, but I've been reading your very knowledgable posts for a couple of weeks now and have been perusing the rest of this great site for probably a couple of years. I recently downloaded the restoration document and gotta say it's fantastic. I would've been willing to pay some money for this. Many thanks to the authors for this wealth of info and advice.

    I've had my pair of ARa's for maybe 35 years now and would like to give them a makeover. Can anyone recommend a one stop .source for for all these polypropylene caps and noninductive resistors? I see some negative comments on the Solens. Any others I should lean toward or away from?

    Through my own calelessness I managed to blow both my tweeters. I read about the AB Tech replacements. Audio Proz has another replacement and a restorer in Albany, NY has another. There's also a New Jersey guy on Ebay who says he can rebuild the voice coils. Has anyone had any experience with these.

    Hi

    I had good luck with Vintage AR from Albany recently(they live on Ebay) Larry is a good guy over there.

    What type of"a's" do you run? I have it bad:I have snapped up 2 sets of 3-a's and one set of 3's(which I think are awesome)

    Audioguy

  8. Restoring the AR-3a

    in Acoustic Research

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    I think it's time we have a pinned topic for the "Restoring the AR-3a" document developed by six of our esteemed members - Roy Champagne, Ken Kantor, Minh Luong, John O’Hanlon, Bret Thiel, and Tom Tyson. The document is available here:

    http://www.classicspeakerpages.net/library...ring_the_ar-3a/

    Per John's suggestion, I have put a counter on this page (available when I run statistics) so we can see how popular this document becomes.

    If you have feedback on the document and how it has impacted your restoration project, please reply to this thread.

    Mark

    Just want to let it be know how much I appreciate having the resoration guide It is exectionally well done

    Hope to see more on AR 3' too: I am develloping a massive crush on these orange eyed beasts.They are quite different in many ways.

    Prof' Dan Skye

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