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    What to do with that speaker cabinet...

    Certainly looks a lot better than all the white plastic ones :thumbsup:
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    Specs on Ruark Acoustics Paladins

    @ChrisbC Ruark is still around, you might try giving them a call or sending them an email at their website: http://www.ruark.co.uk/
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    My Advents Finally Sound good !!!!!!!

    Some people might call this "cheating" by putting them on the floor and using the listening space to your advantage to boost the apparent low frequency response... I say, if it sounds good, it is good! :thumbsup:
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    yamaha NS-200Ma

    @memustbefree DO NOT play speakers with deteriorated woofer surrounds!!! You are setting yourself up for disaster, that is a one-way ticket to permanently ruining the woofers. You need to replace the foam surrounds (called "refoaming") of the woofers before you listen to them again. There are...
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    tmad's computer setup

    Oops. I believe I meant to post this in the "Member's Systems" subforum. If someone could moderate this and move it to the appropriate location then that would be great, thanks in advance.
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    tmad's computer setup

    Been wanting to post this for a while. Finally got the time to take some decent photos. Speakers: JBL LSR-2325P (bought from AK's own @dew042 a few years ago) Headphones: AKG K702 (made in Austria) Headphone amp: Little Dot MkII w/ stock tubes (so far...) DAC: FiiO D03K Taishan w/ modded opamp...
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    Speaker connection

    Hey, a father-son operation! I'm "Son" and @Charles218 is "Father" in our own one of those. I like it! Sounds like it's time to open 'er up! Most likely there's just a nut+washer combo on the other side of the post that got a little too loose, OR it's just that the red plastic part of the post...
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    Speaker connection

    Ouch... The red terminal is broken off, so unless you replace it, you're not going to be hooking up a set of regular speaker wires to that. Is the other speaker in the pair in similar condition? You can still hook up a stereo (read: both channels go through one wire) 1/4-inch cable to the...
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    AR4 speakers grab

    Some of the original AR caps had a 20% tolerance! You're fine. Enjoy :thumbsup:
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    Yea new to me AR2ax speakers

    The 2 series has an interesting quality to it that I quite like. It's not the same as a 3, but IMO it performs better in some ways. Great find, will be awaiting your restoration progress posts. Sounds like you've got it covered as far as electrically restoring them, but you're free to reference...
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    AR-12 Restoration & Pics

    These are turning out great Glenn, keep up the good work on this project :lurk: I haven't ever heard any of the Teledyne-era AR's myself, but I know that they do have a lot of fans.
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    AR3a cloth surround dope

    Beautiful speakers, and a pair of original cloth surround 3a woofers too! I think you already know the answer to your own question - you want to "do it right" and have everything in matching black... so you are going to wait for the black sealant to be back in stock, right? :idea: Your...
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    Restoration newbie here with a BIG score :-)

    @Markoneswift The basket is what holds everything else in place (in a basic sense). This image should help you out.
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    My ar3a find....

    @harry398 Glad you're enjoying your "new" speakers. From your pictures I can see that they have the original capacitors - yes, those huge wax boxes that are mounted to the cabinets with huge metal brackets are capacitors! If you're up for it and don't mind bringing your speakers a little...
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    Hi! Looks like the photos are back up - the place where they're hosted had a hiccup. I'm...

    Hi! Looks like the photos are back up - the place where they're hosted had a hiccup. I'm planning on moving them to my own webserver soon anyway, but for now everything looks good.
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