BigRiver

Sure were! Thanks again.

Ahh, that's a good point. I have removed the tweeters and mids from the first and they are right around 6.5 ohms, though the mid jumped around a bit before settling at 6.3, which made me nervous, though now it seems to be a pretty solid reading. Seeing that so many have used the L-pads, and given the cost difference, that just may be the way to go.

Wow JKent above and beyond! Thank you so much for these recommendations, though I might just spring for the pots, haven't totally made up my mind on those. The 72uF's will save me a small stack alone as I was looking at these: https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/505-DCP5-72-1100-10/ So I gather from the above that it is O.K. to use caps that are as close as possible to the original values but not necessarily exactly matching if it is difficult to match.

Hi,I just picked up a set of ar5's in decent shape for what I would consider an o.k price, not great and not too bad. I have three days to decide if I want to keep them, and they are going to need work, I just am not sure if this set is worth the expense.One speaker works pretty well as in sounds is coming from all three drivers, the other side as very soft/muted sound coming from the high and mid. From initial research I assume this is a pot issue ( and that I should do the soak/clean/etc. that I have seen. The other option I am seeing are to buy newly manufactured ones on that auction site made specifically for the ar's - but it's $120 for all 4 of them. It seems likely that these needs a recap since I have read that they can be pretty excellent, right now they just sound like cr@p. I am having a bit of a hard time finding the 4uF - 24uF - and 72uF all in one place. Found the 72uF at mouser but again $$$$ and the same with the 4uF from parts Xpress.Does anyone have experience with these, have any advice or things to specifically look for, ideas on better pricing on the caps, etc?Thanks,Dan