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AR 1 Mids and Tweeters at 24 ohms,?

TheHoovie918

TheHoovie918

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AR 3 Mids and Tweeters at 24 ohms,?

Had them checked by a repair shop and this is what he stated was wrong and why it took so much power to have any sound out of the pair.

Found these at a garage sale, not out much just wanting to know if finding replacement mids and tweeters are the only way to go.

I am nothing more than interested In audio, by no means anywhere close to knowledgeable so Imput is greatly appreciated.
 
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Welcome to AK, Hoovie, and posting pics is always helpful in getting the best advice.

Thread title says AR-1's, but since that model did not have a mid driver, I'll assume you're talking about AR-3's. Not sure what the entire resistance range might be for "bad" AR drivers that are 50+ years old, but it sounds very odd that all four would measure out with identical readings. If you have real AR-3's with original drivers, I'd recommend you purchase even a very basic $10 or $20 multi-meter to test these yourself before going much further.
 
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Welcome to AK, Hoovie, and posting pics is always helpful in getting the best advice.

Thread title says AR-1's, but since that model did not have a mid driver, I'll assume you're talking about AR-3's. Not sure what the entire resistance range might be for "bad" AR drivers that are 50+ years old, but it sounds very odd that all four would measure out with identical readings. If you have real AR-3's with original drivers, I'd recommend you purchase even a very basic $10 or $20 multi-meter to test these yourself before going much further.
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I will take a second set of readings, thanks and yes on the correct set is AR3
 
How are you measuring them? Disconnected from the circuit I assume. Just across the terminals of each driver.

Have the capacitors been replaced? Are the level adjustment pots clean and functioning correctly? I think those are 16 ohm pots so hopefully they are not in the circuit when the drivers are being measured.
 
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