passport Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 I've just uploaded some AR speaker reviews from High Fidelity magazine to my server. You can access them here:https://archive.mgm51.com/library/AcousticResearch/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankmarsi Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 I've just uploaded some AR speaker reviews from High Fidelity magazine to my server. You can access them here:http://archive.mgm51.com/library/AcousticResearch/Dear passport, this is quite appreciated by me as I was unable to source this information except to buy it, and even then is was only model specific.Now I have the info on my AR-LST that I've been trying to locate for a long time in addition for all of my other AR's.Thank you very much! You will be thanked by many other members before the day is through.FM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
passport Posted August 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 I also just found a review for the AR8 speaker. I've added that to the server as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmas111 Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 Passport, Thank you very much for posting that info! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthropologo Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 thanks for the post - I think - now I want a pair of LSTs but don't want to sell my AR1s/Janzen130s to fund them.....sigh..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjr513 Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 Thanks, Passport for posting this information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
passport Posted August 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Here are the stats for the number of downloads of reviews per speaker as of about midnight eastern time:23 AR622 ARLST21 AR3a18 AR915 AR2ax11 AR4x11 AR5 7 AR7 6 AR8The popularity of the AR6 review surprised me. That was my first AR speaker (I'm currently using AR9's as my main listening speakers), and I was impressed / surprised by the quality of the sound eminating from those AR6's. I guess I wasn't the only one.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djcheung Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 Thanks passport,I have a pair of AR6. I agree with you that they do sound surprising good considering the size of them.Unfortunately I have put them next to the AR93 and AR9 !!!!It is funny that I use the AR93 more for music at the moment ( just refoamed and recapped ) than the AR9.I use the AR9 for HT.David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Passport,There is an error in the description of your reviews:AR2ax Loudspeaker Review (2 pages, 6MB, February 1966) - High Fidelity Magazine / CBS Laboratories review of the Acoustic Research AR2ax loudspeaker.This 2ax review is a review of the "new" 2ax. I think the actual date of that review was Nov 1970 in High Fidelity Magazine. I'll have to check it later when I get home, since I still have all these reviews. The "Feb 1966" date that is listed would be a review of the original "old" 2ax. There are many important differences between the old and new 2ax and those differences have been chronicled on these Forum pages many times before, by myself and others.I know some may regard this as nit-picking, but it is an historically-accurate point and it's important to those who seek to preserve a precise record of past events. It's up to us to keep the record straight.Thanks for posting these.Steve F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pstrisik Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Downloaded the 2ax review, thanks for providing it. Mine is the newer model with foam surrounds and black/gray tweeter. 1973 is stamped on the woofers. They don't indicate sensitivity numbers, but say 20watts continuous as a minimum, so we'll see how the 12 watt single ended tuber I have coming does with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
passport Posted December 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Passport,There is an error in the description of your reviews:AR2ax Loudspeaker Review (2 pages, 6MB, February 1966) - High Fidelity Magazine / CBS Laboratories review of the Acoustic Research AR2ax loudspeaker.This 2ax review is a review of the "new" 2ax. I think the actual date of that review was Nov 1970 in High Fidelity Magazine. I'll have to check it later when I get home, since I still have all these reviews. The "Feb 1966" date that is listed would be a review of the original "old" 2ax....I don't consider it nitpicking at all.Please let me kow what you find out, as I do want to have the correct info on the site.Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
passport Posted December 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Downloaded the 2ax review, thanks for providing it. Mine is the newer model with foam surrounds and black/gray tweeter. 1973 is stamped on the woofers. They don't indicate sensitivity numbers, but say 20watts continuous as a minimum, so we'll see how the 12 watt single ended tuber I have coming does with it.I don't know if you saw the main AR page on my site, but here's a link to it. There are other items on it.http://archive.mgm51.com/library/AcousticResearch/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
passport Posted December 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 Passport,There is an error in the description of your reviews:...Hi Steve...I changed the wording of the description.Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted December 9, 2013 Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 Excellent. I know it's a small point, but this is a hobby and a website that's based on 'small points.'We've struck another blow for historical accuracy.Steve F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
passport Posted September 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 For the security-conscious out there, I added a security certificate to the site. You can also access it at the URL:https://archive.mgm51.com/library/AcousticResearch/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlsplace Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 Just curious what the current download stats are on those reviews ... surprised the AR-8 had as many as it did previously.Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
passport Posted September 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Just curious what the current download stats are on those reviews ... surprised the AR-8 had as many as it did previously.RogerThe AR-8 has tapered off. The AR-3, AR-6, AR-9 and AR-LST lead the pack. But, by far, the ~Fusing AR Speakers~ pamphlet is the clear leader, it is downloaded three or four times as much as the nearest runner-up. People seem to find that one via google from all around the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
passport Posted October 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 Due to a couple of requests I've received, I just excerpted the two pages about fusing from the AR9 Owner's Reference Manual and posted those two pages separately from the full manual (6MB vs. 100MB download) https://archive.mgm51.com/library/AcousticResearch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
passport Posted July 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 I found an old (1984) AR spare parts price list, so I added a PDF of it to my website. You can access it here: https://archive.mgm51.com/library/AcousticResearch/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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