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    AR XA Arm Replacement Sourcing?

    Hi! Long story short, I have an AR XA at home that I restored. After seeing it, my mom wanted the same one to play her old records on, so I found a broken one on Craigslist and fixed it up for her. The issue is that the guy who owned the thing somehow stripped his headshell. I used the...
  2. Eunomians

    AR-XA RCA wiring

    I've had my XA for a very long time, and it runs great. I recently made a large batch of custom Mogami interconnects for my stuff at home. As it turns out, I have some cable left. My AR-XA still has the original RCA cables, so I thought that I'd make a custom set to replace it. I don't want...
    • Eunomians
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    • 9090 ar-xa mogami 2549 sansui turntable
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    • Forum: Turntables
  3. strangedunn

    Possible AR XA, but what's the tone arm?

    What do you make of this? Besides the plinth looking like an AR, I don't know what I'm looking at. Is that tonearm familiar to anyone?
  4. James Cox

    Ar-Xa tonearm rebuild

    Since I've gotten caught up on most of my projects I decided to finally look into rebuilding the neglected Ar-Xa turntable ive had on my bench for a little over a year. Does anyone here know if there's anybody currently rebuilding the tonearms like Marc Morin used to? I'd love to have my pivot...
    • James Cox
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    • acoustic research ar-xa tonearm rewire tonearm upgrade turntable
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Turntables
  5. Zack Sainz

    Stanton 681eee Upgrade from D400

    Hey all! I have upgrade fever! Currently I have an AR XA with a Stanton 681eee playing through an amazing Scott 299B and recapped KLH 5s. I’ve modified the AR XA’s arm, SL1200 wand and silver wire (I still need to change the springs and add weight to the t-bar). Right now it sounds pretty...
    • Zack Sainz
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    • 681eee ar-xa cartidge replacememt sl-1200 stanton 681eee
    • Replies: 55
    • Forum: Turntables
  6. S

    V15II help, on a AR XA

    Help my Shure V15II stylus just broke I don't know what to do... I bought an AR XA a few years ago with a v15improved that had a bent but still working original stylus. I got tired of the channel imbalance due to the bent stylus and tried a Pfanstihl replacement and have been pretty dissatisfied...
  7. S

    AR XA skipping at start of records after new cartridge

    Hello! Just to get this outta the way, this is a first post, apologies if its not in the right place. I've been using an older friends AR XA for a while now, as an upgrade to a pioneer pl7 I found used at a thrift store. Following the instructions, I got it more or less dialled in..it sounded...
  8. Darrell Keim

    AR-XA Upgrade Pulley Question: Haydon Motor

    I just bought an AR-XA. Looks to be from 1972. Amost all original. I'm planning to do some tweaks, and am planning an upgrade path. The first I had hoped to do was the mass loaded pulley from Vinyl Nirvana. I see its only for Hurst motors. Mine is a Haydon. Am I out of luck? The...
  9. J

    Cuing Levers

    Pls help me find (an aftermarket) damped cuing lever for use on an AR XA Turntable (Circa 1968-9). Thx.
  10. S

    Another AR-XA Upgrade Question

    Hello Audio Karma, I'm trying to fix an AR-XA that's having tonearm-related issues. There are 2 problems I'm working with. First, I don't have the original headshell and second, the plastic tip of the tonearm is damaged, so it couldn't hold the headship if I did. I'd love to hear...
    • swcampbell
    • Thread
    • ar-xa headshell technics tonearm upgrade
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Turntables
  11. Tommarc

    AR-XA grounding problem?

    I restored (cosmetically, anyway) my old AR-XA from college. I relied on Vinyl Nirvana's DIY section for guidance, which was a great help. I decided not to attempt to rewire anything, at least this time around. I did replace the cartridge with a Shure m97x (I think that's the model). When I...
  12. Swallner

    AR-XA rummage sale find

    My son picked this up at a rummage sale. He called me and said he found an AR-XA turntable at a rummage sale and he is asking $25 for it, what do you think? How can you go wrong! He ended up talking the guy down to $15 for it. He brought it to me to restore and my plan is to give it to him...
  13. Singlecinch

    AR-XA tonearm conversion to Technics??

    Has anyone done or is aware of the AR-XA tonearm conversion? Will this one off a TECHNICS SL 230 work for the conversion?
  14. Eunomians

    AR-XA motor question

    Hello all, Old member here who just did a nice tune-up on my AR-XA. Every few years I clean it up... I wanted to oil the motor with sewing machine oil. And to my surprise, I had forgotten what motor was there under the plinth. And guess what? I don't know what it is. Does anybody know what...
  15. AR-XA

    AR-XA

    If you can't tell what this is, then you are reading this text. Oh yeah, that is indeed a DIY cork mat.
    • Eunomians
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  16. AR-XA Turntable.

    AR-XA Turntable.

    My AR-XA still being worked on. Shure M97xe Cart.
    • jleon92f
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