For sale from a estate sale a good used set of These had a retail price back in the day of 1200. Acoustic Research Phantom Model 5.3 Speaker set Used. I took them off the wall after playing them. Had good sound the covers come off and on easy. The one speaker has a small crack on the back side. The covers are starting to come unglued but not torn. I have four of these speakers in a home theater setup, paired with a visually perfect-match Pinnacle Quantum Plasma V center channel and an Advent AV550S 15 Sub. These speakers were ahead of their time, without a doubt. You are now starting to see higer-end wall mountable speakers from Definitive, Boston Acoustics, etc. Not a very big market back then. Exotic materials, from woven carbon-fiber woofers with magnets on the OUTSIDE (to reduce mounting depth) to plasma-hardened dome tweeters and aluminum mid-ranges, these speakers are something to look at. Unfortunately, the woofers are all show, no go. I run 120w RMS to these 8 carbon-fiber under-performers, and get all the bass of a decent smaller bookshelf speaker. OK, so who builds a home theater without a sub, so this is no big deal. The item “Vintage AR Acoustic Research Phantom Model 5.3 Speaker set Used” is in sale since Friday, July 07, 2017. This item is in the category “Consumer Electronics\TV, Video & Home Audio\Home Speakers & Subwoofers”. The seller is “a1-1989″ and is located in Mesa, Arizona. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Brand: Acoustic Research
- Model: phatom
- Configuration: 8.3
- Connectivity: Wired
- Speaker Design: 3-way