Jas77

Hi guys so I finally found some original AR18s woofers that have been reformed and have just noticed that they have attached the foam to the rear of the cone and not the front? will this make a difference or is it ok?

Thanks for the info I’ll keep on looking but am tempted to buy those ones on eBay.us

Anyone know where I could get replacement woofers from in the UK as it seems that the ones I have are not original. Thanks

Yes managed to get the black stuff off but unfortunately nothing written under it?

Ideal thanks for the info👍🏻 will probably look at changing the spring clips like you have if I can find some replacement woofers.

Thanks for the info, do you think the speaker cabinets look correct?

Some more photos. The speaker cabinets seem to be made out of a chipboard type of material?

The resistance across the coil is about 3.2ohms

Hi the voice coil cover is indeed concave and as you say the surrounds are attached to the back of the cone but they are foam.

Thanks and will give this a go and see if there is a difference.

Thanks for the reply. There is no gasket under woofer so will give that a go but would I be better off getting the original woofers for them as no one I have asked seems to know much about the ones a I currently have??

Thanks for the reply, so I’m taking it that these are inferior and are not the correct replacements and if I manage to find the correct replacement then they would sound a lot better?? Thanks

Hi all I have just acquired a pair of Acoustic Research AR18s speakers which sound a bit flat so opened them up to find the positive and negative wired incorrectly inside the speaker. With hope that this would change the lower end sound but unfortunately although better it wasn’t as good as expected! I am now wondering if the mid/bass speaker has been replaced with an inferior speaker although all the serial numbers look like they match original parts listing but I was led to believe that most of not all the speakers had the square magnet design whereas the ones installed in the speakers I have are round? If anyone could confirm this that would be great as if the case is that the speakers are incorrect then I will try to source the originals and replace them and give the speakers another go.