Sonnar

Yes, I listen the AR 9 very often , my next-door neighbour had it for many years, but I don't like the tonal balance and their " surgical " bass . Many years ago I had AR 10 Pi and Allison:One but I sold them quickly because I ' m not satisfied . In my opinion the AR 3 is the best speaker AR ever made . Probably the reason because I don' t understand a three-way AR speaker with one or two little woofers is that I don't like small speakers , which usually lost fundamental bass .

I have a question: why build an AR without the excellent 12" woofer? One of the most important reason to use an old speaker like AR 3 or 3a is the exceptional bass response. In 40 years I 've never heard a complete speaker ( I mean without a subwoofer ) with similar bass response . Incredibly deep, undistorted, rich, powerful, fast and clean .