New addition to the family... AR310HO

RuSsMaN
RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
edited January 2004 in Speakers
Made in 1997, sold for $900/pair. Cary Christie original design that was favorably reviewed in The Sensible Sound.

Small(er) floorstander with dual 5.25" drivers in an MTM array with a 1" diamond-hardened dome tweeter. Side firing 10" woof, bi wire/amp capable.

Don't have any specs, but from what I *hear*, they seem REAL solid down 30Hz and start to check out in the mid-20's. Picked em up for a franklin, and LOVING them.

Life is not suck.

Cheers,
Russ
Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited January 2004
    Full view, next to Monitor 7's on factory stands.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited January 2004
    What kind of speaker cable do you have those hooked up with? Nice and neat!

    Twin
    ***WAREMTAE***
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited January 2004
    MIT Terminator 5.

    Thanks Hbomb, you should be happy that I found these - seeing as you will get the monster RTA15tl's now.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,080
    edited January 2004
    Looking GOOD....reminds me of the AR High-Res series that AR had out a couple years ago.......

    Man, there has been some gear flowing through McKinney TX in the last few months.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • scornful
    scornful Posts: 272
    edited January 2004
    Russ,

    Where in the world do you find all these deals? lol nice speakers...

    Steve
    Denon 3802
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited January 2004
    THAT, was a deal to die for. Now I don't feel bad about not selling you the $26.50 Kef's. Give the woofers about three feet of breathing room from the nearest wall is what I'm thinking. GREAT score. Absolutely great. **** you, you stiff. During that first image you shot, were you groveling or what?

    I probably have that issue of $ensible Sound, and if you give me those speakers, I'll make a copy of it and send it to you.

    George Grand (of the Jersey Grands)
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  • hotwheelman
    hotwheelman Posts: 1,300
    edited January 2004
    Everyone around here must just be a bunch of eefin hords, finds like that just don't happen here. And if they do they always want more than what it is worth. The pawn shops are not to great either, the one that I usually go to check out has quit taking in speakers of any kind. She says that she cannot make anything on them because everyone steals the drivers out of them and I know that she is full of ****, if that were the case she could just put the damn things right in plain view in front of the counter and plus every trip that I have ever made in there I have never seen one driver missing out of the ones that she did have when she had them.
    "Its worked so far but we're not out yet."
    "Hey big man let me hold a dollar"
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited January 2004
    Thanks guys, I probably could have gotten them for less, but it was a lady friend of the family, so what the hell, a franklin it is.

    Troy, they do look like the Hi-Res series, and share a lot of the same design features.

    George, that issue number is 68 by the way. Xerox me a copy, and I'll get a shot of me shirtless in front of them for you. Send me the actual magazine, I go full nude.

    I can already tell they are a little fussy with placement - but that will work itself out in due time.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,767
    edited January 2004
    I will trade you a franklins worth of finger nail clippers for them speakers (shipped)
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited January 2004
    Super cool! How much power are you feeding them? What amp? With the side firing woofs, I bet they like a lot of juice. The woofers are passive right?

    Tell us how they sound. Mids/Highs?
    LOL! For the first time GG is jealous:D. Now you know how we feel about you:D.

    Maurice
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited January 2004
    Jealous? I'm not sure I'd use that term.

    Not quite ready to trade in a pair of 9's, with 2 x 12" side firing acoustic suspension woofers per speaker, on opposite sides of the cabinet, for a pair of 310's. It's just they are a pair of AR speakers I haven't owned......... yet. It was the DEAL friend. It's always the DEAL.

    How you feel about HIM, or how you feel about me? Doesn't matter in the big scheme of things. If YOU signed my paycheck, or shared my bed, I MIGHT be concerned. But that's not the case is it?

    George Grand (of the Jersey Grand's)
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited January 2004
    I LOVE Acoustic Research speakers. If I could turn the hands of time backwards, and pick any speaker I've ever owned....it would without hesitation be the AR9Lsi Towers I had in the mid eighties. Back in them days "towers" were "towers." 120lbs per speaker, and the sweetest tunes and the deepest, cleanest bass I've ever heard....man, those things were music.
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited January 2004
    Come listen to my SRS 2's, they've got 20lbs a speaker on those AR's. ;)

    Actually, I think these *little* 310's weigh as much as RTA15's... which are a MUCH bigger speaker.

    Solid little ****, God love em.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited January 2004
    Easy GG. That was a joke. I guess I should've used ;) instead of a :D. Everyting's cool.

    Maurice
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited January 2004
    Steveinaz,

    "I" hear you loud and clear on those AR-9LS's, but your words are wasted on this forum.

    George Grand (of the Jersey Grands)
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited January 2004
    Steve, George - got a link to the AR Steve is talking about?

    I didn't see it on the classic ar page, sounds cool.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited January 2004
    Russman,
    I've done tons of searches myself, to no avail--mostly looking for used ones for sale. I can't find anything on the 9Lsi. What a pity too, it was a fantastic speaker. It had (working from memory):

    1ea downward firing 12" woofer
    1ea 10" woofer, forward facing
    (I think) 2 midranges, 6"
    1ea 1" Tweeter
    Single set of 5-way binding post (not bi-wirable)

    They were about 52" tall with a black front, walnut sides/top
    about 14" deep, and about 14" wide. The grilles were removable. The cabinets were done in real veneer, with very good fit and finish.

    There was red writing (eye-candy) stating specs of each driver or something on the front baffles which were black in color.

    At the time I had them (I'm thinking 1985?) I was using the following:

    Soundcraftsmen A5002 stereo amplifier (250 watts/rms)
    Carver C-1 Preamp
    Carver Tuner (Can't remember the model)
    Sony CDP-1 (I think, it was an early 14bit CD Player)
    Teac X2000RBL Reel to Reel
    Yamaha Linear tracking turntable (can't recall model number)

    I'll see if I can dig up a pic and scan/post it. I'm pretty sure I have a picture of this system...
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited January 2004
    AR9LSI: Floor
    12" cone woofer
    10" cone woofer
    8" cone midbass
    1.5" dome midrange
    .75" dome tweeter
    Response: 28-32,000
    Power: 15-400W
    Imped: 4 Ohms

    http://www.arsenal.net/speakers/ar/Unclassic/arslbx.txt

    Found some other stuff too, I just didn't see it earlier. Here is a zip file with the brochure scans. I know it only mentions the AR9LS, maybe the 'i' was just a later version, with slight changes.

    http://www.arsenal.net/speakers/ar/Unclassic/AR%20LS%20and%20B%20Series%20Brochure.zip

    Crossover schematics for the standard and 'i' version here:

    http://www.arsenal.net/speakers/ar/Unclassic/Unclassic.htm

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited January 2004
    Yes, the "i" just simply had the red lettering I spoke of above--I don't think there were any spec changes.

    Cool information!
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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