Is this a good deal on a pair of AR-9?

gtu2004
gtu2004 Posts: 620
edited October 2009 in The Clubhouse
http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/ele/1418902176.html

$600

Can anyone please advise? I'm tempted. TIA
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  • Big Dawg
    Big Dawg Posts: 2,005
    edited October 2009
    I saw those too. Ask George Grand, he has a very nice pair....

    Of AR9s. :eek: What were you thinking?
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited October 2009
    get a pic!!!


    I am looking at what the driver compliment is on that link. it says 2 5.25" mids......that might be another speaker than what I consider the real AR9's from the 70's. I know they made a speaker called the AR9 not too long ago.

    what most consider the "AR9" of legend has a dome tweet, a dome mid, an 8" midbass and 2 sidefiring 12 inchers. the listing does not have that driver compliment.

    got a feeling you might want to avoid this one. if yo get a picture, let me see it

    as a note.....the real AR9's in good shape for 600 is a pretty good deal, not a great deal but a good deal. I paid more than that.....worth every penny
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  • Pycroft
    Pycroft Posts: 1,960
    edited October 2009
    I have no idea if it's a good deal or not, but I've heard George's AR 9's, and they are a sweet sounding speaker. If you PM him, I'm sure he'll be able to answer any questions you have.

    I'd also say they are bigger than they look in the picture. The pictures don't do them justice.

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  • gtu2004
    gtu2004 Posts: 620
    edited October 2009
    Actually I was thinking the same as everyone here. I think this probably is a different version of AR-9, and not the legendary one. This one looks much slimmer and it does not have the woofers on the both sides. The front looks very different as well.

    On a side note, isn't the "real" AR-9 better than AR-90?
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  • John30_30
    John30_30 Posts: 1,024
    edited October 2009
    Those don't look like the classic AR9's I saw. The one set I saw, and thought about getting to fixiup, had 2 front woofers plus the side-firing iirc, maybe 5' tall, and heavy, like 120 lbs or more.
    Didn't listen to them. The woofer surrounds were shot, and maybe the mids too, can't recall that.

    Edit- however, like many manufacturers, there were slews of variations on certain flagship models. As for a good deal, that's a subjective thing for you to answer.
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  • dee1949
    dee1949 Posts: 1,425
    edited October 2009
    ...these are the original ar9's
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited October 2009
    AR9LS pair for sale locally here:

    http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/ele/1409301068.html

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