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Thank you DavidR, I appreciate the feedback and notes from your own experience.

Thanks FM, no relation as far as I know! I appreciate the feedback and guidance, this is a fun journey.

Awesome, thank you Aadams!

Thank you Genek and Ar_Pro, much appreciated.

Thanks Genek. I also have a Dynaco Pat-4 (assuming it still works). In theory could I use this setup: audio source (phono) + dynaco + crown poweramp = out to AR3's ? If the Dynaco is a bad idea can you recommend a decent preamp to at least get power and sound to the AR's? Thank you guys!

Thanks Sam! I appreciate the feedback and help.

I have a Pioneer vsx 453 (the first reciever I ever owned) and a Yamaha v565

After reading through some other threads I also am considering the Crown XLS 1002 (Two-channel, 350W @ 4Ω Power Amplifier). My hope is establish some means of testing this pair out to see what their condition is and upgrade to a more permanent amp setup down the road. And please forgive my ignorance but would it work for me to run my source audio into my receiver, output L/R to Crown XLS and out to AR3's? Or am I missing a preamp to run this properly? thanks

Thanks so much Sam, I appreciate it.

I recently acquired my late dad's AR3's he bought while serving in Vietnam and I'm trying to decide what to power them with. This higher level audio stuff is pretty new to me so excuse my ignorance With my initial research I'm considering these units (and hoping that they would work as stand-alones without having to also purchase a preamp etc. ) 1) Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum III Tube Integrated Amplifier 2) Rogue Audio Sphinx V3 Integrated Amplifier 3) Parasound 2125v.2 2 Channel Power Amplifier 4) Naim Audio Nait 5si Integrated Amplifier