Luxman

I actually wanted to share the progress in my restoration and maybe someone who is reading it can help on some difficulties. For example if there is a possibility to clean the white paint out of the cabinet (I would like to keep the original brown colour) and I also would like to know if the original tweeters can be repaired. I have already found companies who can repair the tweeters but I really would like to do it myself to learn something fromit

Unfortunately after removing the white paint a lot of white remains in the wood grain. I don't think I can easily remove this so I think I will paint the cabinets black. Opened the pots and they can still be saved

Good morning, Since I am new here I'd like to introduce myself. I am from holland and I am a collector of classic audio from the seventies. Through the past decades a lot of different brands have come across my collection. At the moment I use a Luxman L505V Amp with different loudspeaker sets like the Elipson 1303, Translator Impact 5 AND Kef Cadenza. Last summer at a yard sale I came across a set of Acoustic Research AR4xa speakers. Thought I'd restore them and sell them on. I refoamed the woofers and placed a new cap. Original it came with a 6uf cap but because a 5.6uf was easier to come by I placed this one. When they were finished I was impressed of the sound quality of this speakers and now they took place next to my other systems. Several years ago I already bought a set of AR5 speakers witch are in a poor state, the cabinets were painted white and one of the tweeters do not work. after my experience with the AR4's I now am very curious about the AR5's so I decided to restore them. I stripped the white paint of the cabinets and removed the Fiberglass. Ordered new foam for the woofers and looked at the crossovers. Somebody had already switched out the pots but luckily they are still there.