arcticfox

The sides are good, it's mostly the tops and bottoms that are scuffed and scratched. The previous owner had them upright as the bottoms (with them positioned upright) are heavily scratched which would be more apparent if I were to place them on their sides. I'll look into the wax finish. I was also considering restore-a-finish for the least intrusive way to freshen the finished one up. Their value is less of a concern to me, I bought them to enjoy, not for any resale value. I know they have some historical value so I don't want to do too much.

The fix worked out! It was quiet the hassle getting it clamped in the right areas but after the glue dried it played like it should. I know I need to clean or replace the pot at some point as I have to turn it all the way for the tweeters to sound about the same as the other speaker but that's a project for later. My next project is to refinish it, I'm debating to either attempt to get the colors to match or just stain them different colors and embrace the different veneers. It looks like on the "3 sides" finished speaker, the unfinished wood is different

I might actually be able to repair the tweeter. I examined it a bit more and noticed the spider has become unglued on one side from the metal support and luckily it's still glued to the cone. If I level it out while it's playing, it comes back to life.

Bit of a moot point as I've already figured out the problem. In any case, yes they're wired correctly.

Yeah, I noticed those. They're more expensive than what I paid for the speakers heh. I'll look into it.

I'll keep a lookout for some then. Thanks

I see, I hooked them up and one of them sounded considerable quieter and thin. I'm assuming finding a replacement would be hard?

I didn't detect any vibration so decided to remove the tweeters and test them. Desoldering is not my specialty and with the way they wrapped the wires I decided to cut them as close as possible to where they intersect in the cabinet leaving enough length to resolder later. One of the tweeters tests at 3.2ohms and the other is 3.3ohms.

A picture behind the grill cloth, taken yesterday when it was brighter out. Bad quality photo. It's currently too dark to show the difference in color between the speakers.

Is there a way to test the tweeters? It's a bit hard to discern if both work as they're next to each other. What would be a good way remove the speakers? I unscrewed the rectangular plate housing the tweeters but it still won't budge.

It does have highs, when the wire connecting "2" and "T" are disconnected, the highs drop out. The highs do cut in and out when the pot is turned, and to answer your other question, even when they cut "in" at the highest tweeter setting for the pot, they still aren't as clear and high. It's hard to tell if one has gone out or not as both are next to each other.

I just acquired a couple of AR2 speakers (I knew nothing about them at the time but they looked interesting enough) and while they sound good, one of the speakers doesn't sound as clear (more muffled) than the other. Like the "tweeters" aren't tweeting enough or something. It's not as noticeable when listening to both at a distance but when up close I could tell they're different. After perusing these forums it looks like the issue is likely the potentiometer and I'm looking for suggestions/confirmation that I'm suspecting the correct issue. Strangely these speakers, while being the same model, are made a bit different and after researching a bit it looks like it's due to speakers not being sold as pairs at the time. One speaker is unfinished pine and the other is finished (on only 3 sides) but unsure of the veneer. They're clearly designed to be placed on their side, not upright. The problem speaker is the one on the right in the photo, the unfinished pine with a skinnier pot knob and two papers on the back. I've turned the pot a pit to help but it's not enough to make them sound the same. Luckily the problem speaker is also the easiest to remove the cover from as it's just a tight friction fit. The woofer foam still looks good, not cracked. I haven't looked at the other speaker as the cover is not friction fit, likely glued in place and much harder to remove. Getting into it looks like a chore, there's thick black goop surrounding the woofer, I haven't bothered unscrewing anything yet. If I'm able to get it sounding better I'll likely refinish the cabinets and "attempt" to match the colors even though it's different wood. Probably a gel stain. On a side note, are there any "tweeter only" speakers? I'm considering putting a couple tweeters on the top of the speakers. I currently have some cheap channel master speakers hooked up and music sounds better when both sets of speakers are running because the dark brown speakers fill in the gaps of higher frequencies that the AR2s don't.