michiganpat Posted April 8, 2019 Report Share Posted April 8, 2019 On 3/27/2019 at 12:16 PM, Pete B said: I've been wondering lately if this EPI/Genesis woofer replacement would work well as a replacement for the AR 8" woofer: http://www.humanspeakers.com/e/parts/001.htm I also wonder how close they are to the original woofers from EPI. if I were buying new, that's the one I'd gravitate towards.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKent Posted April 8, 2019 Report Share Posted April 8, 2019 2 hours ago, michiganpat said: if I were buying new, that's the one I'd gravitate towards.... I seem to remember Huw Powell being pretty helpful. Maybe ask his advice. http://www.humanspeakers.com/contact.htm -Kent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michiganpat Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 On 4/8/2019 at 6:17 PM, JKent said: I seem to remember Huw Powell being pretty helpful. Maybe ask his advice. http://www.humanspeakers.com/contact.htm -Kent my biggest reason for leaning towards this route is these woofers are designed very similar to the AR woofer: acoustic suspension mounting and natural rolloff w/o any sort of crossover....looking through 8" woofers at parts express, a lot of the higher ones, the T-S parameters lend themselves much more towards vented designs, or the Qts is so high (>1) that you'll end up with a sharp bump in response and fast fall off on the low end, and a lot of them have a response peak at 3-4khz instead of a smooth roll off at 2khz that will require at least a coil to tame... the Oaktron by MISCO are intreguing (and I believe made in the USA), but their T-S parameter lend more towards vented designs, I feel... https://store.miscospeakers.com/products/find-oaktron-high-quality-speakers?size=94 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AR55 Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 The 8" lower midrange (200045/210045) for the AR-9Ls, 9Lsi, 98Ls & 98Lsi may also be worth considering as a substitution for the 200001. The spec for the 200001 calls for a measured DC resistance of 5.0 ohms +/- 10%. I measured the resistance of spares I have of both 200045 and the 210045 and they all fell between 4.6 ohms and 4.8 ohms, which falls within the 200001 spec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottie munoz Posted September 12, 2021 Report Share Posted September 12, 2021 On 3/27/2019 at 9:57 AM, 338(h)(10) said: And how about these? Said to be "AR" woofers good for AR17 (so AR15 should be in the same ballpark). https://www.simplyspeakers.com/advent-acoustic-research-replacement-woofer-1210132.html Any other experiences w/ this woofer in a ar-15 system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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