Guest SteveG Posted November 1, 2002 Report Share Posted November 1, 2002 Does anyone know what these are on EBAY?? Claim to be 3a's, and maybe they are some Europe-only version?? The obviously AR woofer doen not sit normally in the cabinet. Are these just AR drivers installed in some other cabinet??SteveGhttp://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=1393224432 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar_pro Posted November 1, 2002 Report Share Posted November 1, 2002 Wow! Most everything looks right (cabinet dimensions, front & rear connections), except the mortising for the woofer, and the lack of front-panel moulding...could they be a kit version, like the ones that Heathkit used to offer? Are they collectable?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fedeleluigi Posted November 6, 2002 Report Share Posted November 6, 2002 The 3a you have seen on EBAY is the Europian version of american 3a. Speakers, crossover and sound were exactly the same as the american version, only the cabinet had a different look. Around the end of 1974 in Europe was intoduced the "3a improved". It had the same cabinet and drivers as the former Europian 3a but it had a new crossover in order to improve hi-range performances. The 3a-improved was manufactured until about 1977-78. Luigi Fedele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SteveG Posted November 6, 2002 Report Share Posted November 6, 2002 Luigi, Thanks very much for the information!!SteveG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tysontom Posted November 7, 2002 Report Share Posted November 7, 2002 >The 3a you have seen on EBAY is the europian version of >american 3a. Speakers, crossover and sound were the same as >the american version, only the cabinet had a different look. >In 1975 in Europe the 3a manufacturing was stopped and was >intoduced the "3a improved". It had the same cabinet as the >former europian 3a but it had a new crossover and a new >tweeter in order to improve hi-range performances. >The 3a-improved was manufactured until 1977-78. >> Luigi Fedele Here's evidence above that there is a large body of knowledge about AR on this site. This is very good information. I think that what you can see from this is that, for one, European music-lovers never liked the thick "AR-1-style" cabinet molding of the AR-3, AR-3a, and thus AR revamped the cabinet to make it more like the AR-2ax, AR-5, etc. For another, AR was entering the Advanced Development Division era back in the US, and the subsequent AR-3a Improved was a sort of Euro-version of the AR-11.--Tom Tyson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 12, 2002 Report Share Posted November 12, 2002 Finally! I've been wondering why I never saw this styling anywhere. My late brother moved to Florence, Italy in 1971 and bought a pair of AR3a speakers. I've since inherited them, but they looked nothing like what I remember AR3a's looking like. Now I know why. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fedeleluigi Posted November 24, 2002 Report Share Posted November 24, 2002 >The 3a-improved was manufactured until 1977-78. > > Luigi Fedele I was wrong: it was sold untill 1977-78 (unsold stock) but I think its production was stopped before (probably in 1976). Luigi Fedele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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