stimmo520

Well, the new-old service speakers came in yesterday. Looked like they had been refoamed - one will need to be redone at some point as the glue and surround are on the underside of the cone. I took this opportunity to tighten the original binding posts, seal the cabinet interior, and recapped. The cap I took out was a royalistic 10 uf npe, and replaced with a 10 uf Auyden mkf. When replacing the speakers, I added new gasketing as well. This was fun and the outcome is extremely enjoyable. Ive always liked my Polk Monitor 7Cs, but the AR-8 is really enjoyable and really fills the high to low sonic spectrum. Thanks for everyone's info on this forum!

Thats very helpful. I ordered These and hope the get these cabinets closer to spec. The foam looks okay, but they definitely look different, not sure if its due to later production being a service unit. I did get one of the grilles redid.

Ordered Service Woofers that were available on Ebay for $100....will see what that yields - Theyll be installed later this week.

Thanks Gene! I will dig into the original woofers from the 2ax. I can live without badges...for now.

Anyone know where I can find original badges and woofers.....I may go the full restore....one is missing a badge, and wonder what the sonic difference could be with original foam woofers. There is little to know information on the interwebs concerning these speakers....

I just picked up a pair in fairly decent condition this week too! To my dismay, the original woofers were replaced by Radio Shack polypropylene woofers...guess I dont have to worry about foams anymore. I have a single 10uf cap in these though, same resistors. I got some KLH/Dynaco replacement grill fabric and new Audyn caps. Going to see what I get. May do a new veneer too as every corner is dented.