AR-2ax. On the Prowl. Typical Issues???

Found a pair with new linen cloth, decent walnut boxes. I replaced the capacitors, re-stuffed with polyfil, put photos here

great project..enjoy !!!

One Tweeter was burnt out,

1 level control looked great but would not pass juice

1 new capacitor from Parts Express wouldn’t pass any juice.

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New Tweeters, New Level Controls, Parts Express rushed me a free capacitor: done, they sound really good, the level controls beneficial to be sure. Wharfedales and Subwoofer in the pile of ’extra stuff’ downstairs.

My sound pressure meter came in handy measuring the output of the old tweeter against the new one, compared to the midrange. Old working tweeter was weak.

The Original Midranges have 1/2" thick fiberglass layer in front of them. The original paper cones behind that show no cracks, nothing, sound terrific,

So, $744. total. I would not have spent that much up front, but I’m glad I did,

$240. very nice walnut enclosures, excellent new linen faces, re-coned woofers, still terrific midranges, surprise blown tweeter, bad level control

-50. credit from seller

$20. Parts Express 6 new Capacitors

$260. ups pack and ship from Illinois to NJ

$260. two new tweeters and 4 new level controls, this seller

$14. polyfil from Walmart

Sounds like a fun project, thanks for the trip down memory lane. The first time I heard the same was in 1971. Before then I had only heard Sansui and Pioneer. That day I realized how much better sound could get.

They also were my first darn good sounding speaker. got em with wedding money. I got married age 19 while in College.

After they were stolen, I used to look for them in Garage Sales around here, for years.

I’m very happy to have them active in my office!