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  1. I just finished my ar3 restoration. All new capacitors and midrange drivers rebuilt. I also replaced all the pots with good originals. All components and midrange repair provided by Roy C. These speakers sounded vary nice before the restoration however the midrange speakers where not play at the same level the white goo was rock hard on one for sure. Now after Roy's handy work these speakers sound great they have more sparkle and the stage is much more 3 dimensional and voices are smoother and more natural. These speakers are going to be my mains for as long as my ears work. Are there better modern speakers definitely, however how many of them can draw you in and keep you enthralled all day. A3 is a charming speeker no wonder why it was #1. If you run across a set of unmolested Ar3s definitely send the mids out to Roy C worth every penny. Anyway thats my 2 cents on Ar3 speakers.
  2. I have done some soldering on the front terminals for the midrange and tweeter. The pots need to come apart and be cleaned. I'm able to set them the way I like a so i haven't opened the cabinet yet. I just run them as they are they play amazing. Someday I'll pull the woofer and clean, recap the crossover. They sound amazing just as they are.
  3. Im running them with a Mc 7270 power amp plenty of power. Clean power is the key.
  4. I'm smitten with My Ar3 speekers. I upped my streeming to Qobuz and it has been worth it. The more detail I put in the more these speakers impress. Classical, jazz, rock. Country. Nothing seems beyond there scope they even put Slayer in perspective. The vocal details are fantastic. I run them at a fairly loud volume and they just sing. I will not be parting with these speakers.
  5. Massive save i was about to pull my midrange and tweeter and just for the heck of it I resolderd all the little connections on the front of the cabinet a Bingo!!! Fixxed!!! Now I don't have to sweet shipping the hard to find midrange. My advice do some soldering irrespective of how things look first. These babies are singing.
  6. The woofer surround Masonite ring was partially loose from the basket. I removed the entire ring from the basket and reattached it with house hold goop. Both surrounds were dry and covered with dried dope particulates. I took a soft paint brush and a vacuum and gently cleaned the surrounds and drivers and then gave them a coat of vintage Ar dope I got on ebay woofers pass the three finger test and sound much better they would just pop out when pushed in. So woofers are good. One speeker has intermittent midrange cut out. I think maybe a bad connection. Maybe a driver issue 🤔. It pops on when I turn the volume up. I don't think its the pot. I'm going to crack it open and see if it's a bad connection or the driver.
  7. I got the 3s as for is the 3a better hard to say.I personally wanted Villchur's design. I also wanted a cloth surround alinco woofer.
  8. The speekers on to are Ar4x. I see in every brochure they show Ar3 Horizontal and my record cabinets put the speakers at ear level when sitting on the couch. I would have liked to meet Villchur and thank him for his acustic suspension invention.
  9. First these are not restored near as I can tell the grills have not been completly off and the pots are the pitts. After a bit of exercising the pots they came back enough to set mids and tweeters. The sound is pretty amazing there is a lot of subtle details that my Ar2ax pre1970 miss. And the deep bass is welcome no sub woofer necessary. I'm pleased with the sound and thankfull the midrange domesare working good. I'm going to look for a fabric stretcher and see if I can straighten out the grills. And clean or replace the pots. For now I'm just enjoying them. Unfortunately someone removed all the rear labels so who knows what vintage these are. When I pull the woofer ill at least know the year.
  10. 3s are expensive no doubt. Japanese are tripping over each other for classic Americana. My great uncle had a pair and they had this sound. He ran them with 60rms mono block amps.
  11. Sweet, I listen to jazz, rock, classical, I like some of the space age Batchelor pad stuff too. Opra should sound fantastic My 2ax speekers deliver voice like few others I've heard.
  12. I will be driving them with a MC7270. I have been running my Pioneer SX1980 lately and really like the phone stage so probably run them with the pioneer for a while it has plenty of power to run the 3s.
  13. Vary much looking forward to adding AR3 to my collection i have AR4X, AR2AX as well. I'm listening to the AR2AX at the moment thinking about the 3s. These present well in the photos grills are fair compared to some I've seen. Hopefully the seller will be available today I'd like to collect my new toys.
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