Vintage Acoustic Research Stand Mount / Bookshelf AR18S HiFi Speakers – 60 W. In full working order with new rubber surrounds. Same very small knocks on the cabinets – see pictures. The speaker surrounds are made of high quality rubber, pliable, anti-aging and durable. They are very close substitute for surround foams but with plenty of life in them. 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. Comes with front covers. The feedback received for these speakers will best describe them. Probably need to spend well over a grand to get a modern equivalent. Just need to get a decent DAC now. Restored & packed well. It is thought the NS10 won out in the popularity stakes because of their highly identifiable white cone woofers. The Acoustic Research AR18S evolved from the AR/6/7/18 series with an upgraded ferro-fluid cooled tweeter and what AR eventually described as their”Universal” woofer coupled with a”New Look”. But it dawned on them eventually that the female in the house wanted a speaker to be a piece of furniture as much as a purveyor of sound. They put their heads together and came up with the”S” series designed to look and sound nice. The 18S has been described as a” Nearfield Monitor”. And so over the last twenty to thirty years the 18S has achieved” cult” status as the must have of bookshelf sized. 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 Stand Mount / Bookshelf AR18S HiFi Speakers 60 W” is in sale since Saturday, December 11, 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