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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,
jdfelice
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truemaineiac
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Give Benny at Amina Audio a call, he's in the Atlanta area.
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russ69
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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.
ebm
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Ancient history!!
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