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  1. You should know... I think yours have the AR-58 crossover installed if I remember correctly! Quite a legacy we inherited ...
  2. Nice, I have seen a pair of AR-10's recently for sale. Drifting off-topic here but I have a spare set of mids and tweets so I could easily restore the 58's with some woofers or used the reconed woofers from the original AR-3a's.
  3. The AR-3t's is not anything AR produced. It is an AR-3a cabinet and crossover slightly modified with AR-58 Teledyne era drivers installed. This particular set of 3a's had been abused. Only one of the tweeters was original. The woofers had been reconed and the mids had been replaced with some 8-ohmn drivers of unknown origin. RoyC provided guidance on the crossover mod. I wanted the cabs to match my AR-5 vintage look. I still have the AR-58 cabs and crossovers although it is unlikely I will ever put them back into service. I don't have the time or space for those projects these days. There are only a few of us who still enjoy these old dinosaurs anyway. The AR-3a's that I see occasionally for sale on CL don't last long. They usually disappear quickly especially if they are offered at a low start price. The later models not so much. AR-5's are even rarer to see as production was only around 50,000 units I believe. They don't command a high price though.
  4. I am still sandbagging 2-pairs of 5s although I haven't fired either up in quite awhile. I haven't posted here in a long time either but saw a CL listing today that made me drop by. One of the AR-5 resto threads on here was mine. I still have those with the original drivers. The other pair was later production with the original Sprague caps from 1974 which would have been the same as the ones I brought back from Germany in the mid-70s. These had the Hi-Vi put in. I don't think I ever got around to doing an A/B as the differences were obvious anyway. I'm listening to AR-3t's. That would be with Teledyne drivers installed.
  5. Glad you are up and running again. I have a set of fives that are all original and a set with the Hi-Vi conversion and it is obvious that I need to have Chris rebuild the dome tweeters. Love the AR-5s for sentimental reasons Here is an easy way to find more info on them here by using this search phrase: "AR-5 site:http://www.classicspeakerpages.net" Roger
  6. What differences should I be looking for here as mine are currently in progress? Roger
  7. owlsplace

    ADS L1590

    Having similar thoughts about some ADS L980's. Roger
  8. Yes, cabs came out great. Hard to believe they had been painted previously. I will be keeping an eye out for empty 3a cabs to transfer my 58s drivers into at some point though I'm not going to sweat it either way since I don't have to maintain any particular esthetic. Found your choice of caps interesting although you robbed us of the benefit of your thought process. Overall, five stars, need some matching stands now though Roger
  9. I think I'm going to have to reread this when I'm not under the influence of wine. You are not trying to make Dostoyevsky jealous are you?
  10. Superb -- thanks for the Z-poxy tip. Roger
  11. Looks like it has been eight years since this was discussed?
  12. I'm all for making them more accessible.
  13. Way to go, Glenn ... I'm inspired. Roger
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