Shacky Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 I finished replacing the pots and caps on one of my AR 3's. Fiddled with it's mate and got both mid and tweeter working - haven't openned it up yet. So thought I'd set them up with my recently recapped Sui 881 to give them an audition. First time listening to 3's for me. They are a great match with the Sui. Plan to do some mono lt - rt comparisons to see if I can hear difference from original pots/caps to new. For now we are listening to Hearts of Space new age on NPR. The AR's are great for this type music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shacky Posted June 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Well I finally finished work aeound 8 tonight - a day from hel. Looked forward to giving the 3's a listen as my kids came over yesterday and prevented serious listening session last night. SI throw some Pat Metheny Imahinary Day on. Geez - are AR 3's really that bland (bad) sounding. So I deceide to do a quick A/B of recapped versus non recapped. Boy the recapped sounds like @$$.Check pots - sure enough I had the mid turned nearly full the wrong way Turned it up as well as the non-recapped which was done a bit and viola!Now they sound like world class speakers. Lyle Mays piano - superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shacky Posted June 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Well I finally finished work aeound 8 tonight - a day from hel. Looked forward to giving the 3's a listen as my kids came over yesterday and prevented serious listening session last night. SI throw some Pat Metheny Imahinary Day on. Geez - are AR 3's really that bland (bad) sounding. So I deceide to do a quick A/B of recapped versus non recapped. Boy the recapped sounds like @$$.Check pots - sure enough I had the mid turned nearly full the wrong way Turned it up as well as the non-recapped which was done a bit and viola!Now they sound like world class speakers. Lyle Mays piano - superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shacky Posted June 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Well I finally finished work aeound 8 tonight - a day from hel. Looked forward to giving the 3's a listen as my kids came over yesterday and prevented serious listening session last night. SI throw some Pat Metheny Imahinary Day on. Geez - are AR 3's really that bland (bad) sounding. So I deceide to do a quick A/B of recapped versus non recapped. Boy the recapped sounds like @$$.Check pots - sure enough I had the mid turned nearly full the wrong way Turned it up as well as the non-recapped which was done a bit and viola!Now they sound like world class speakers. Lyle Mays piano - superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazeppa Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 How did your old cap/new cap comparo work out?Nice looking stands. Homemade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shacky Posted July 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 How did your old cap/new cap comparo work out?Nice looking stands. Homemade?Both sound like @$$ so no comparison. I'm going to clean up the surrounds and use RoyC's new treatment to see if that helps. They hold are but I have feeling they may be stiff.Stands are VTI center channel metal stands. I like the larger platform and 13" hieght seems very good for most of my speakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roundhome Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 Both sound like @$$ so no comparison. I'm going to clean up the surrounds and use RoyC's new treatment to see if that helps. They hold are but I have feeling they may be stiff.Stands are VTI center channel metal stands. I like the larger platform and 13" hieght seems very good for most of my speakers.Your Sansui can't drive these speakers I have a fully restored 9001(Thats a quad bob restore 1800.00)and it can't drive them and I have 3 pair of AR 3 four pair of AR3A's and if that is not enough about 50 other pairs of AR Speakers you need a amp that can drive them to get them to sound good they sound good with a AR amp that has also been restored these need a 2 ohm stable amp and they are just sucking your sansui dry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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