Acoustic Research AR90 re-edged, re-capped, pristine!

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  • MikeC78
    MikeC78 Posts: 2,315
    edited August 2008
    Here you go...

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37769

    Read and HEED the last line, thanks for your cooperation...

    Mike

    You must have a total post count of 25 (contribute to the other parts of the forum) before you can sell anything in the "For Sale (FS) Classifieds" or "Garage Sale" forums.
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  • firstfx
    firstfx Posts: 4
    edited August 2008
    Yes i read that, only replied cuz i have the same speakers, sorry if i broke the rules. Will try to get my post count up there, well this makes 3....:p
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  • MikeC78
    MikeC78 Posts: 2,315
    edited August 2008
    No problem... Now go post something informative on the rest of the forum.:p

    BTW, Welcome to CP!:)
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited August 2008
    People will eat those up here: http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/index.php

    Be sure to follow the rules and post them in the appropriate section or they'll jump on you worse than here.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • firstfx
    firstfx Posts: 4
    edited August 2008
    Many thanks for the link Face.

    Mike C78, browsing this forum you guys are wwwway over my head, dont know what half the items youre talking about are, sorry.
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  • MikeC78
    MikeC78 Posts: 2,315
    edited August 2008
    Stick around... Read and learn, I'm sure there is something you can contribute to the forum. Feel free to post a new thread on a subject of concern, there are many members here with many years of experience...
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  • ancient hippy
    ancient hippy Posts: 1
    edited November 2009
    im in toronto canada if i were in your local id be buying your speakers. i have an opportunity to pick these up locally and i was wondering what it cost you to recondition. the pair im looking at are far from pristine
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited November 2009
    Then jump in your time machine and go get them!!:rolleyes:
    "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
    Benjamin Franklin, February 17th, 1775.

    "The day that I have to give up my constitutional rights AND let some dude rub my junk...well, let's just say that it's gonna be a real bad day for the dude trying to rub my junk!!"
    messiah, November 23rd, 2010
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,985
    edited November 2009
    How many times has this one been brought back to life?
    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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  • nathanso
    nathanso Posts: 61
    edited November 2009
    AR90 Epilogue: IIrc, I settled for $300 in a local pickup sale and learned soon thereafter that the new owner didn't like how they sounded in his room and was planning on parting them out to other projects. :eek: Mine not only had all six low-end drivers professionally re-edged; they also had rebuilt/upgraded XOs. 300 bucks.

    Great sound for $300, to be sure, but such deals are commonplace in the shrinking audiophile hobby these days, particularly now that people are downsizing everything from their system to their entire home.

    My take-away.. as cool as AR90s were in 1979, they have been surpassed by more modern designs and do not warrant a costly restoration unless they are your be-all/end-all speakers.
    System: PS Audio HCA-2, PCA-2 + HCPS, Acoustat Model 2+2.
    Tweaks: Behringer DEQ2496, SRC2496, SU9920.
    Friends don't let friends drive cones
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,502
    edited November 2009
    . . . after "ancient hippy" brought it back to life . . .
    RuSsMaN wrote: »
    How many times has this one been brought back to life?

    I think the name says it all :D
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