cotascope Posted December 26, 2005 Report Share Posted December 26, 2005 wanted ar 4x speakers must have original linen grills and working good.state shipping to ia 51106 thanks john cotascope@cableone.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynaco_dan Posted December 26, 2005 Report Share Posted December 26, 2005 >wanted ar 4x speakers must have original linen grills and>working good.state shipping to ia 51106 thanks john >cotascope@cableone.netHi John;Have you checked out ebay?I have seen some nice looking ones and hopefully cared for and not abused listed and going for under $100.00 a pair.The water glass veneer stains and smoked grill cloths has taken it's toll over all these years.Unfortunately, I've seen more abused looking ones than not, but, with a little TLC, marks and scratches can be cleaned up.Good luck and please keep us up to date with your choices.The AR-4X's are a very personnal favourite of mine, at a very reasonable price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotascope Posted December 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 thanks vern i have been watching ebay and my id is cotascope bought 4 pair of ar's in the last month, i have 2 pair of 4x's but can't enough, still looking for that perfect pair regards john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynaco_dan Posted December 27, 2005 Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 >thanks vern i have been watching ebay and my id is cotascope>bought 4 pair of ar's in the last month, i have 2 pair of 4x's>but can't enough, still looking for that perfect pair >regards johnHi John;Are you a collector?I did pick up a pair recently and when they arrived I thought, wow, has the veneer ever deteriorated.Works out that these are pine cabinets that were stained.No problem, I have a small supply of matched walnut veneer sheets.When I see the almost visually perfect speaker sytem on ebay the bidding usually goes accordingly high.I have seen several visual variations of woofers but never noticed any difference in tweeters for the 4X's.This is with the earlier cloth surrounds.Are you working towards stacking them?Would be interesting to read your impression of this.If the 4X's have minor cabinet deterioration I can't hear it.The AR-4X's are, in my opinion, the "best bang for the buck", of all of the speakers I have heard.In the new year, I would like to try a little experiment with only capacitor changes, with the AR-4X's and like priced classic 2 way model speakers of different brands.If I hear a substantial improvement I will write it up.Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotascope Posted December 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 vern on one of the ar 4x pair they have the old box type cap. so i ordered some new dayton 20uf poypropylene caps from parts express,they were out of the solen caps. the speakers were not sounding as good as the ones with the sprague caps. i migh change out the caps on the ar 2ax since thet have the old box type caps.any sugestions from anyone would help . i hope the new ones sound better. thanks john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynaco_dan Posted December 27, 2005 Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 >vern on one of the ar 4x pair they have the old box type>cap. so i ordered some new dayton 20uf poypropylene caps from>parts express,they were out of the solen caps. the speakers>were not sounding as good as the ones with the sprague caps. i>migh change out the caps on the ar 2ax since thet have the old>box type caps.any sugestions from anyone would help . i hope>the new ones sound better. thanks johnHi John;I don't remember what the 20uf cap was for.I don't think that is the tweeter cap.I'm scratching my head but maybe about 5 - 8uf cap?Please let us know your results, John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotascope Posted December 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 vern there is 1 coil and 1 cap and the capacitor on both pairs say 20 uf regards john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynaco_dan Posted December 27, 2005 Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 >vern there is 1 coil and 1 cap and the capacitor on both>pairs say 20 uf regards johnThank you.I stand corrected.My memory isn't what it used to be.I think that maybe I was scratching my head too hard.Then it is the Dynaco A-25 that is 5 uf.Strange that they would both be 8 ohms and be so far apart in capacitance.Live and learn and keep notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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