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  1. I appreciate the information, and it's good to get contact info for Msound....I could not track him down the last time I was looking for some AR3a surrounds. The owner of the AR11s has let me "borrow" them for a few weeks so that I can get sense of how they sound with my gear and in my room....they won't be at their best, due to the surrounds, but it should give me a good sense of how they compare to the AR3a's and AR2a's....one set of which will have to give up its spot if I keep the AR11s. Thanks again for all the good information.
  2. Thanks Roy. Yes, they are definitely rubber...I examined them yesterday. I will post a pic if/when I get them. The price (at $150) doesn't seem too bad....but I will need to replace the surrounds, refinish the cabinets, and put on new grill cloth (the current owner built some very nice wood frames to replace the original foam grills, but then did a pretty bad job of installing the cloth). He also put a felt "doughnut ring" around the perimeter of the tweeters. Not sure what his thinking was on this....he says that there was originally a similarly situated foam ring...I assume as some sort of dispersion management? Can you recommend a source for the best foam surround? Regarding the tweeters....do these early versions also have ferro fluid? And if not, are they basically similar to those in the AR-3a as regards power handling...or somewhere in-between the AR3a tweets and later AR11 tweets? Thanks again.
  3. I am considering a pair of of AR-11 speakers. The owner replaced the foam surrounds with a set of rubber surrounds (which he says were provided by SimplySpeakers). The work appears to have been done well, but I am concerned about the effect this change will have had on the performance of these woofers. To my ears, they seem to have less low-end output and impact. I assume that this might be an effect of the rubber surrounds being stiffer, less compliant than the originals? What would be the expected effects of the switch to rubber surrounds? If I end up getting these speakers, I will probably replace the rubber surrounds. Is there a best source for surrounds that are closest in performance to the originals? Also, I noted that there is a layer of some sort of masonite or similar material between the frame and the surround. I assume that this is original? As regards the tweeters...they appear to be original, and they sound good to me, but the dome is a cream/off-white color. In all of the AR-11 pics I've found, it is black. Are these perhaps early versions, or could they potentially be aftermarket replacements? Thanks for any advice/assistance.
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