AR highend equipment by Cello

AR=Acoustic Research
ARC-Audio Research Corporation

At least, that's how they used to do it back in the 80's and 90's in the Sunday New York Times classified. That was before the internet and Audiogon and Audioreview.

Also, it the intervening years the status of Acoustic Research has descended to big box store marketing product.

i believe the original design was by roy allison for ar.

Maybe this equipment was so obscure that no one remembers it. I remember ads in Audio inside the covers announcing this line. There were some pretty sexy shots of the faceplates in the ad. There was to be a preamp with tone control setup simular to and designed by Cello.And no, it wasn't their April issue! I think the relationship between Cello and AR is simular to that of Pass and Adcom. It is possible the equipment was prototyped but never sold. I heard a pair of ESS Transars in the early 80's which I'm not sure were ever marketed.

the cello variation of the ar would be akin to audio note's re-imagining of snell. the originals lacked nothing except a very high price tag.

If I recall clearly, this was the AR Limited line. The products were quite impressive in sound and appearance. I remember a demo of the entire ensemble at Sound by Singer.

Here's a link to some of it: http://www.classicspeakerpages.net/library/acoustic_research/classic_limited_series/classic_limited_series_ads/ar_limited_ad/ar_limited_ad.html

Kal