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Perfect, thank you Kent. This is exactly what I was lookling for! Richard

Hi - I wonder if you might be able to help a novice out! I recently recapped a set of AR15s thanks to the good folk here, and I now I wondered if you might be able to help with a pair of Tannoy Speakers I recently picked up. I popped out the crossover and the resistors are not looking in the best of health, one being cracked and has a bit of a chunk knocked out of it. Both speakers still sound great, although the one with the most damaged resistor does seem to have a slightly duller sound. Is it fair to say that I should replace both of these? If so, can anybody recommend suitable replacements for these ceramic resistors (in the UK). As I say, I am a bit of a novice (but trying to learn!) so just want to make sure I source the correct replacements. Thanks in advance, Richard

Is anybody else having issues accessing the Falcon website? I keep getting a "403 - Forbidden" error message

Ha, yes am based down in the far depths of the UK. So a 15uF Solen would be a sufficient replacement for the 16uF, that would work ok? Again, thank you all for the help. I'm sure this is fairly basic stuff, but everybody has to start somewhere!

There's an awful lot of staples securing the crossover board. I expect they a bit of a bugger to remove!

Thanks everybody, this is all reallyreally useful, and I really appreciate everybody's comments and help! Here's a couple of (marginally) better pictures.

Thanks, yes I would very much like to do this myself. As you say it's as much about bringing these back to life myself, rather than somebody else doing it for me. My soldering skills are passable, but are not going to win any awards. So happy to do this myself, and as far as soldering jobs go this is a job that even a beginner like me can do. My only issues is complete lack of electonics knowledge! So have no real clue as to what I'm ordering, it's another language to me. So you're right I need to do a bit reading up around caps and try and getting a better understanding of it all.

Thanks for the heads up on a UK supplier. I must admit though that I'm a bit of a loss with which caps I should purchase, it's certainly not an area I know anything about it. Perhaps given my complete lack of knowledge I should take to my local tech guy. Shame as it seems like a very easy job though, replacing 4 caps

Quick update on this. The tweeters are off for repair, so hopefully I'll be up and running with these AR15s soon. Coming back to the caps, if I were to replace the black and red caps, what would folk suggest a suitable replacement would be?

No, sadly not. These are Radio Shack 40-1024s. They will do for now, but also on my list to replace. Aiming to get the tweeters up and running first, then look to replace the woofers ideally with either originals if I can source them.

Thanks. Sorry, I should have mentioned I'm based in the UK where AR spares are much harder to come by. Sadly many of the US sellers either don't ship to the UK or shipping and import costs make it prohibitively expensive

This is the sorry state of the tweeters

Thanks Rick. Yes, I completely removed the Tweeters and was getting no reading at all sadly. I believe the speakers were stored for a long time in shed, and while the cabinets have held up very well I think the damp has caused the tweeters to give up the ghost. It would be great if they are fixable, although it may be beyond my limited skillset! Good to know about the caps as well. I will certainly get those looked at once I know I have some working tweeters. I must admit I'm new to Acoustic Research speakers, but really hoping I can get these up and running again and sounding as they should. I'm hoping for really good things!

Hi All. I’m a newbie to speaker restoration but have recently acquired a very cheap pair of AR15s that I’m looking to bring back to life. The woofers needed a refoam (which I have done since I took this picture), but sadly the tweeters are completely shot. I’ve tested them with a multimeter and nothing, completely flatlining. I’m in no great rush to get them up and running again, so while I play the (no doubt long) waiting game for a suitable donor with tweeters to turn up I thought I would have a bit of a tinker with the cabinets. Cosmetically these are in really good shape, with just a slight bit of wear and tear and have cleaned up nicely. Both badges however need a touch up, and I wondered if anybody had painted theirs before and had any tips on suitable paint? I’m assuming really any good suitable matt black paint would work, but I thought I would check and see if anybody had any tips on what may work better than others? Although I’m unlikely to do much more to the speakers at this stage until I eventually find some working tweeters, when/if I finally do would it be recommended to also go down the route of a recap? Thanks in advance for all your help! Richard