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Thanks for the reply Roy. They sound nice as is so I will leave them alone.

The finish line is in sight with my LST's, but there is one last obstacle I need some guidance with... I have installed Midwest tweeters, recapped with 2uf capacitors and I've brought the 0.1mH coils, but I am a little confused exactly how to connect these coils up to the tweeters... Could someone guide me on this last task.... As far as I understand, I'll only need to hook up 2 coils per cabinet... One coil for 2 tweeters, but this is where I get confused. Do I connect to the positive of one tweeter and then connect to the negative of the other tweeter that is in parallel?? Or do I just simply connect one coil to one tweeter per pair?? Thanks in advance. Your advice is hugely appreciated.

Thanks for the reply Aadams. I'm not confident enough to attempt the shiming process so I'll be sending them off to the professionals to perform that surgery. Out of curiosity, won't the weight of the cone on the sagging spider cause the surrounds to be under alot more stress than a properly sitting spider and cone??.... And how common is this sagging spider issue with these woofers??

Advice needed. Both woofers have quite severe spider sag. One so much that when I manually raise the cone, you can feel the spider snap back to its former position. Let it go and it snaps back down towards the magnet. The other woofer is not as bad, but the cone still sits about 8mm below where the new surrounds placed on top sit....any hints of tips from members on how to remedy this?? Or, much to my stress, will I need to replace the spiders with non original AR parts.

Great score. I saw them advertised and thought they were a bargin👌👍

Its been over 4 years since the introduction of the Midwest tweeter and I'm curious as to the members opinion on them now. I have the Midwest tweeter in my AR-11s and they sound great to my old ears, but how do they sound in the earlier models and what modification's are needed to make them work. I'm going to be using them in my LST restoration and understand that I will need to drop the tweeter cap from a 6uf to a 2uf , is there any other recommended crossover tweak's I should know before I hit the order button?? Cheers!

Great job. Enjoy the results 🍻👌👍

Thanks Roy, very much appreciated. 🍻

Question time....I'm going through the LST schematic in preparation of ordering new NPE capacitors and I see that the tweeters use a single 6mfd capacitor but on my crossover it has 2 wax capacitors. One says 6mfd, the other says 4mfd and 6mfd. Can someone explain what is going on here please and let me know what value capacitors I will need to buy....Cheers!

Finding anything AR related in NZ is quite a chore, to say the least. Those stands do look dam nice though. Is there any measurements in the library of these stands?? Looks like it could be an easy build.

Update time.... Finally finished the AR-11s. Looking and sounding spectacular! They have come a long way since I first brought them last July. New caps, new surrounds, midwest tweeters, repair of smashed baffle, replacement of one mid and a spit and polish. Time for a beer then onto the LSTs. Cheers one and all who helped me along the way🍻

Kia ora from New Zealand Giorgio, Merry Christmas to you and your family also 🎼

Sad to see this pop up on my local auction site. Never heard a pair, but from what I hear, they are quite sort after...maybe not these ones though.

Beautiful!!! Inspiration for my restorations.

Bellissimo!