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Acoustic Research AR-3

I have a pair of these old beauties in the closet. My father bought them second hand in the 60's. I have investigated restoring these, but I have never acted on it. I thought maybe a few of you fellows could recommend someone in the southeast, or east coast that has a decent reputation and reasonable prices. Price and location are both important. I do not want to ship these to California. Any info is appreciated. Oh yeah one other thing. At what cost is it not worth it to restore these? Or maybe, what do you think I should spend to restore them. Lets just assume all the drivers need rebuilt, and crossovers need repair or replaced. Thanks,
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nasja1984
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I have a pristine pair that my dad bought new (still have the receipt and manuals. They are wonderful, well noted for their superior sound. I have AR-1's, 3-A's....man, I have a ton of stuff from him. He was quite the audiophile. He passed in July. Anyway, you'll love them.
2chnlben
595 posts
 
@Nasja...I'm very sorry for your loss. Losing your dad is a tough thing to deal with. Keep your chin up.

_Ben
meridian23
28 posts
 
I get a pair of A&R AR 3 i paid $10 for the pair in a thrift
store in my local area WOW,what a SCORE. I will always keep them. They sound so good that i will build my system around.

Now i understand why speaker is a very important part of a system...Nothing more to said.
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truemaineiac
249 posts
 
Give Benny at Amina Audio a call, he's in the Atlanta area.
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russ69
3,501 posts
 
The AR3a was a good speaker in it's day but it is long ago obsolete. I don't think I would repair a non-working pair. They do look great and have solid cabinets but the drivers are fairly low quality compared to today's designs. I'm not sure it's even worth reworking their best speaker the AR-LST, times have moved on.
If you can do the work yourself, it would be an interesting project. Remember these speakers take a lot of power, you'll need a powerful amp.
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