A very nice pair of AR3a’s that have a very rare OEM grill cloth that is only slightly used. I had been saving this grill cloth for a long time to use it with a rarer pair of AR3a’s. I left the old wax block capacitors but rewired newer OEM Spraques and Industrial Royalitic capacitors in these great speakers. The potentiometers were cleaned and dialectric grease added. There is a few dead spots on them but can find spots where they play fine. Tweeters were upgraded to a slightly newer version of OEM’s. Woofers are in great shape and when pushed gently in, return nice and slow so the cabinet seal is there. They sound just incredible and would keep them if I didn’t have a pair of AR LST’s in my set-up. The cabinets were gently refinished and have three coats of poly sprayed for years of carefree use. If you look at the veneer in the pictures, you can see the incredible veneer graining. I have seen many pairs of AR3a’s and never noticed graining like this. Hard to capture that almost burl look on the one pair but in real life, it looks like you could sink you hand into the veneer. These great speakers are over forty years old so some history will be there so don’t expect brand new but the pictures show they are beautiful. The serial numbers are 28148 and 28638. All in all, an incredible rarer nice pair of AR3a’s! My feedback shows I know how to pack. Please contact me with any questions and good luck! The item “ACOUSTIC RESEARCH AR3a SPEAKERS. Alnico woofers, refinished, OEM grill cloth” is in sale since Monday, August 14, 2017. This item is in the category “Consumer Electronics\Vintage Electronics\Vintage Audio & Video\Vintage Speakers”. The seller is “centscity” and is located in Akron, Ohio. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion.
- Brand: Acoustic Research
- Model: AR3a
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States