The Acoustic Research AR-15's are starting to get some attention since I brought them home. I managed to find the problem with one of the tweeters, it was a broken copper lead between the terminal and the voice coil. I delicately soldered in one strand of copper speaker wire and got it working again.
I filled the router holes with a saw dust glue mix, another round will be needed. I picked up a can of high gloss black paint to paint the front baffles. I added some extra poly fill and re glued the woofers surround in areas where it was uplifting. A foam ring was also added to the back side of the woofers to create a proper seal to ensure acoustic suspension.
I will wait for the weather to get nicer before I tackle the cabinets in full. I will also replace the 16uf cap to the tweeter when the cabinets are getting overhauled.
In the mean time I have been really enjoying these speakers and they sound absolutely stunning for a pair of 40 year old speakers.These AR speakers sound really nice. these will be sticking around for a bit I think.
I filled the router holes with a saw dust glue mix, another round will be needed. I picked up a can of high gloss black paint to paint the front baffles. I added some extra poly fill and re glued the woofers surround in areas where it was uplifting. A foam ring was also added to the back side of the woofers to create a proper seal to ensure acoustic suspension.
I will wait for the weather to get nicer before I tackle the cabinets in full. I will also replace the 16uf cap to the tweeter when the cabinets are getting overhauled.
In the mean time I have been really enjoying these speakers and they sound absolutely stunning for a pair of 40 year old speakers.These AR speakers sound really nice. these will be sticking around for a bit I think.
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