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AR 18b restore


Woofer_01

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Here is the business end record of the restore...

Refoamed surrounds and rewired with 16awg. Also installed new Parts Express Round Speaker Wire Terminal Cup 2-15/16" with Gold Spring-Loaded connection terminals.  These are prefect for use with the 2mm Pin Connectors (Last pic - They are eBay products) on the end of the speaker wires... I am slowly converting all my speaker wires over to these connectors for the ease in which they can be used to quickly swap speakers

Also added new caps (2uf and a 3uf=5uf)

Now I have to figure out fixing the cabinet damage. When I first put the sound on them... I was actually stunned... jaw dropped!

These speakers are blowing my mind!  They sound way bigger than their actual size! 

 

The cabinets are scratched up a tad and I can't stop listening to them to work on the cabinets.

I am off today to pick up a set of AR-18s speakers that also have some very minor cabinet damage... I am anxious to get them up and running just to do a comparison between the 'b and 's versions.

I have been led to believe the 18s will blow  the 18b out of the water... we will see over the two weeks...

 

 

 

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