Since 1990, I have enjoyed collecting and restoring antique radios and vintage audio…. All items I list will be exactly as described… Work perfectly and in great cosmetic shape! I installed new foam surrounds on all 4, 8″ woofers on 06/06/19 (the upper 8″ drivers are crossed over to perform as the midranges). As an audio purist, I installed the new surrounds exactly as the originals… With the inner lip of foam surround glued to the back side of the cone’s outer rim. Some “lazy” sellers will re-foam drivers but just attach the surrounds to the front/top side of cones, and YES it matters! Attaching surrounds on front/top (when they were originally on the back side), changes the level plane of the cone and forces it and the spider down/lower than it should be! No sloppy glue or voice-coil rubbing. The drivers look and play LIKE NEW and should perform great for another 17-20 years! Tweeters have nice rounded domes/dustcaps… Not mashed in like you will see in other AR94Si speakers. When I removed the white “acousti-stuff” dampening material from cabinets… There was quite a bit more in 1 speaker than the other. I weighed it all together, and then divided it evenly before reinstalling into cabinets to help equalize the resonance characteristics. System: 3 way-3 speaker acoustic suspension system. Drivers: Bass 2 x 8 cone type. Tweeter: 1.25 dome type. Frequency response: 44 Hz – 20 kHz. Crossover frequency: 350 Hz, 2 kHz. Cabinet volume: 50 L. Dimensions: 31″H x 14″W x 11D. Weight: 43 lbs ea. I removed the black fabric acoustic coverings (socks), and washed them so they are super clean and “fresh”. A few areas of the fabric have some small pics and tears/holes… Mostly near the bottoms. I mended imperfections by trimming off any pilling/frays and placing a small piece of black vinyl tape on the back side of any tears/holes in the fabric, to help secure from any further fraying. None of the mended tears are horrible or distracting. The black fabric coverings look much darker/black in normal indoor lighting… Taking pics outdoors with bright ambient light make them look lighter. Original AR logos in great shape! I re-painted the black pressboard cabinets so there would be no distracting light areas showing through from behind the black fabric grille coverings (socks). The solid walnut top-plates have been sanded and polished with lemon oil.. No scratches or marks! Showing the top-plates removed, one speaker shows only 1 of the 4 plastic connecting tabs… The other 3 remained attached to its top-plate. Once the top-plate was re-installed, all 4 plastic tabs were snapped back into place. The black plastic stands that isolate cabinets from the floor, were removed, cleaned, polished with Armoral and re-installed with their 4 screws. These AR94Si speakers are ready for a new owner to connect up and enjoy! NO ORDER CANCELLATIONS OR. The item “1982 Vintage Acoustic Research AR94 AR94Si Tower Speakers- Restored! PICKUP ONLY” is in sale since Monday, June 10, 2019. This item is in the category “Consumer Electronics\Vintage Electronics\Vintage Audio & Video\Vintage Speakers”. The seller is “1unc” and is located in Greensboro, North Carolina. This item can’t be shipped, the buyer must pick up the item.
- Non-Domestic Product: No
- Model: AR94Si
- Modified Item: No
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Custom Bundle: No
- Brand: Acoustic Research