AR 38B Find

Irrenhaus
Irrenhaus Posts: 1,089
in Vintage Speakers
Hi,

Just pick up these at the local GW for $4.99 each. The drivers need to be refoam but for the price why not. They are heavy for their size. Will add them to the queue after the 1C are done. I need to get back to work.

Need to look for 4" surrounds for the mids and 8" for the woofers.

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Cheers


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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Very nice! :smile:
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,124
    edited June 2019
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    Great pair of Speakers, I have owned AR 38's AR 58's and currently own a pair of AR
    18's which I rehabbed quite a few years back, spend some time rehabbing those 38's you will be rewarded.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,151
    Love getting classic older speakers for cheap! B)

    I should frequent my local thrifts and pawns again...even though I have no space for any new finds. :s:'(

    I just had a quasi re-foaming party here 2 weeks ago on a friends AR410's. 3 of us had a blast on that first day. Then it was just me and the speaker's owner.

    It looks like the ferro fluid has leaked out of your tweeters.



    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,151
    gudnoyez wrote: »
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    Great pair of Speakers, I have owned AR 38's AR 58's and currently own a pair of AR
    18's which I rehabbed quite a few years back, spend some time rehabbing those 38's you will be rewarded.

    VERY NICE! <3

    I've yet to hear that series.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • Schurkey
    Schurkey Posts: 2,101
    The rotted foam looks just like what I had on a pair of give-away AR93Q I got from folks I know.

    The tweeters had also separated, no more ferrofluid.

    I glued new foams in place, and glued the diaphragm of the tweeter back on (no added ferrofluid) and they work fine for use in a secondary system.

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    I did eventually re-install the "sock" grillecloths, and also did a cheapie revamp of the crossovers.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,151
    edited June 2019
    Interesting speakers! Baby AR9's?
    I'll bet both sound GREAT. B)

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  • Irrenhaus
    Irrenhaus Posts: 1,089
    Tony M wrote: »
    Love getting classic older speakers for cheap! B)

    I should frequent my local thrifts and pawns again...even though I have no space for any new finds. :s:'(

    I just had a quasi re-foaming party here 2 weeks ago on a friends AR410's. 3 of us had a blast on that first day. Then it was just me and the speaker's owner.

    It looks like the ferro fluid has leaked out of your tweeters.



    Yes I am worry about that also on the tweeter but, it can always be fix.

    Cheers
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  • Schurkey
    Schurkey Posts: 2,101
    Tony M wrote: »
    Interesting speakers! Baby AR9's?
    I'll bet both sound GREAT. B)

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    Yep, the one with the side-firing woofers.

    My only acoustic-suspension speakers. Everything else I've ever owned was ported in some way

    Surprisingly nice considering the tweeters have known issues (no ferrofluid), the bigass midrange and both bass units have aftermarket foam, and all I did with the crossovers was install fresh electrolytics (not film caps).

    Oh, yeah...I ran the grille socks through the washing machine. Got rid of a heap of tar and nicotine.

    I have about seventy-five dollars in 'em, plus hours of labor.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,151
    I'd love to hear them. B)

    Wouldn't elevating them or tilting them back a bit improve the highs? :p
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • Schurkey
    Schurkey Posts: 2,101
    Tony M wrote: »
    I'd love to hear them. B)

    Wouldn't elevating them or tilting them back a bit improve the highs? :p
    The "new" house has a wider fireplace. These are now parked on top of the fireplace base (I'm sure there's a proper name for it...but I don't know it) so the tweeters are at ear-level when seated. If they were on the floor, they'd be tilted and on spikes.

    The situation is not perfect, but they sound pretty fair. Nicely toed-in for what I thought would be the typical listening position for SWMBO and I. As it turns out, we tend to sit to the side.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,151
    NICE.

    SWMBO... :D
    I just learned what that means.
    Most of us live with our WAF for sure.
    HWHL. ;)
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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