Need help for AR-12 refurbish
Picked up this pair of AR-12's the other day for a song. Almost passed them by because they have been painted brown over the original walnut veneer so that they looked like cheapies. Otherwise in excellent shape and complete except for the rotted-away foam surrounds and dispersion rings on the tweeters. Got them home only to find that one of the midranges is dead. Took them both out to measure the resistance on the one still working. It metered out at 3.6 ohms. Does this mean the midranges were
If you plan to refinish your AR-12's, note that the veneer used by AR is fairly thick and can be easily sanded if you are careful. I picked a pair of AR-15's on eBay that had been painted black and they turned out to have a beautiful veneer under the paint. Why anybody would have painted them in the first place is beyond me. The attached photo shows one speaker still painted black with the other refinished.
There have been a number of refinish options discussed in the forum. I used Watc