barefoot1 Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Hello Fellow Audiophiles,Newbie here .I need some help to identify a very old AR speaker. The speaker was my dad's and he purchased it back in the sixties. I use to know the model, but as years have passed so has my memory.As shown in the picture of the nomenclature label half of it has been ripped away and so went the model. The one pic shows the connection points. With the enclosure having the two distinct connection points I thought I could find a reference pic some where to identify it, but I've had no success.So I'm hoping that someone here can help me identify this oldie, but goodie.Thanks,Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmas111 Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Looks like a AR 1 to me......looks like they go for a pretty penny.http://www.ebay.com/itm/AR-1-Speaker-1962-Altec-755A-Midrange-Very-Clean-/350509999873 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot1 Posted December 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 Thank you for your reply xmas111,I actually saw this speaker on EBay.Although there seems to be a distinct difference in the connection point where my rheostat is. The EBay AR-1 has no rheostat and has 7 connection thumbscrews in the one area. My speaker has 3 connection thumbscrews and the high frequency rheostat. So unless they made the AR-1 in these two variations I'm not sure mine is an AR-1 ?Maybe someone else has an idea of what I have. Quite possibly mine might be an AR-1, but another series of AR-1 with this variation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genek Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 Yes, there were two versions of the AR-1. The early version adjusts tweeter level by moving the jumper to different positions that put different resistors into the crossover. The later version replaces the jumpers and resistors with the level control.Both versions should also have another jumper that puts a resistor in the circuit that changes it between 4 and 8 ohms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot1 Posted December 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Genek,Thanks for the info. I thought this might be the case, but I really had no idea.There were 2 types that I've been able to look up. AR-1/1U Introduced 1954 Discontinued 1962 AR-1W Introduced 1954 Discontinued 1961So I guess my question has been answered, thanks to Genek and Xmas111 for their help.Now I will decide if I want to do a refinish and restoration on this oldie but goodie. I may even decide to sell this old fellow as is if I can bare to part with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKent Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 Take a look at Minh's post today:http://www.classicsp...?showtopic=4198 (post #36)He has a photo of an AR-1 that looks like yours but the labels are intact.Kent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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