Vintage Acoustic Research AR-3 Speakers. Serial numbers are pretty close- 24996 and 25205. I pulled the woofer in one speaker to clean the pots. One pot cleaned up nicely and works fine. The other pot in the same speaker will need to be repaired/replaced, but I was able to get the speaker working. It sounded very good and the woofer, mid and tweeter all worked great. As far as I know all the parts in this speaker are original including the capacitors. The other speaker was left untouched and has most likely never been opened. I’m sure the potentiometers in this one will also need some maintenance as only the woofer was playing – this is a very common problem with old AR’s, I’m assuming the tweeter and mids are fine, but they are untested. I was going to pull the woofer on this one as well, but decided to let the next owner be the first to open it up. The cabinets are in good condition but do have a few dings and scratches. Please see the pictures for the best description. If you would like additional pictures please ask, I’ll be happy to take more. The grills are as pictured, slightly discolored with a few strands and not entirely attached to the frames. I’m not sure why the emblems are not in the same place, this is how the original owner had them. One of the emblems does not look as good as the other. The extremely fragile plastic grill frames are still complete and in good condition. They both have one single crack. I can provide pictures of the frames if you would like. These will be packed extremely well. The item “Vintage Acoustic Research AR-3 Speakers” is in sale since Saturday, September 18, 2021. This item is in the category “Consumer Electronics\Vintage Electronics\Vintage Audio & Video\Vintage Speakers”. The seller is “sprinklefairydust” and is located in Waukesha, Wisconsin. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Brand: Acoustic Research
- Model: Acoustic Research AR-3