Vintage Acoustic Research AR18 HiFi Speakers – First Series – 60W. In full working order and profess. A small chip on one of the cabinets – see pictures. No front covers as they were made of foam and deteriorated over time. The mid range, high range and the bass are wonderful, bass is deep, tight and controlled, although very powerful. One of the best little speaker ever. It is thought the NS10 won out in the popularity stakes because of their highly identifiable white cone woofers. Edgar Villchur, the founder of the original Acoustic Research Company invented the acoustic suspension (infinite baffle) principle in 1953, just as they invented the dome speaker. What AR had always been famous for was the neutrality of sound. A good speaker was good with everything and anything, either you play rock or classical music they deliver amazing sound. There is some grain of truth in AR’s motto” High Fidelity’. Bookshelf acoustic suspension 2 way system with drive units in a vertical array. 200 mm/ 8” acoustic suspension woofer 32 mm liquid cooled cone highrange driver. 2.83 volts produce 88 dB at 1 metre on axis. 1 watt produces 88 dB SPL at 1 metre on axis. May be used with amplifiers capable of delivering up to 100 watts continuous power per channel, being driven into clipping no more than 10% of the time on normal speech and music source material in non-commercial applications. 3 dB half power points at 62 Hz and at 20000 Hz. System Low Frequency Responce. 3 dB at 62 Hz with an effective Q at resonance of 1.0. 8 Ohms nominal /5.5 ohms minimum/. Woofer has a 12 dB/octave mechanical crossover. Tweeter has first order order electrical network plus mechanical slope to give a total of 18 dB/octave. 419 x 244 x 167 mm deep. 5.9 Kg per speaker. 48 Hz – 23 kHz. The item “Vintage Acoustic Research AR18 HiFi Speakers First Series 60W” is in sale since Sunday, January 10, 2021. This item is in the category “Sound & Vision\Home Audio & HiFi Separates\Speakers & Subwoofers”. The seller is “mastore_mastore” and is located in Dundee. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Model: 18s
- Connectivity: Wired
- Type: Bookshelf
- RMS Power: 60 W
- Brand: Acoustic Research