Factory Original and untampered 1950’s. With original grills & name badges. Vintage Acoustic Research AR-1 speakers. Their whole life was spent in 1 home and was part of a mono block hi fi system powered by Mcintosh MC30 & MC60 tube amplifiers, (to be listed soon). Serial #2130 & 8401. The earlier speaker may have the western electric driver as opposed to the Altec, but can’t verify since I won’t open them to find out. They have been tested and work & sound exceptional, I can see how they earned such an excellent reputation. There are scratches and scuffs from being slid on the bookshelves they were sitting on for 50+ years and 1 corner has a chip as pictured. But beautiful specimens from the golden age of hi fi. Happy to answer any questions & thanks for looking. The item “Acoustic Research AR-1 Speakers Blonde Birch Original Grills” is in sale since Monday, November 30, 2015. This item is in the category “Consumer Electronics\Vintage Electronics\Vintage Audio & Video\Vintage Speakers”. The seller is “crazeedaze” and is located in Farmington, Michigan. This item can be shipped to United States, to United Kingdom, DK, RO, SK, BG, CZ, FI, HU, LV, LT, MT, EE, to Australia, GR, PT, CY, SI, to Japan, to China, SE, KR, ID, ZA, TH, to Belgium, to France, to Hong Kong, to Ireland, to Netherlands, PL, to Spain, to Italy, to Germany, to Austria, IL, to Mexico, to New Zealand, SG, to Switzerland, NO, SA, UA, AE, QA, BH, HR, MY, BR, PA, JM.
- Brand: Acoustic Research
- Model: ar – 1
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States