AR 2 xi speakers


Hi everyone, I've just recieved a pair of AR2 xi speakers. They seemt to be in good conditions. I've never actually heard of these speakers. I was wondering if anyone has and if so are they known for a certian part to fail or require any special maintenance?
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My hunch is, no. Do it if it sounds like fun to do, but as far as I know, Athena made some pretty nice-sounding speakers. The chances seem low to me that you'll prefer a pair of AR-2ax.
Great answer from Rich. You can get a lot more info where he says.

I bought a recone kit for my AR2ax woofers from Simply Speakers on eBay. I was going to do the job this weekend... maybe I can still get to it.

Once that's done, if I did a reasonable job I'll be able to tell what else needs attention. (The tweeter level pots are almost sure to need replacing.) You'll find one gent's description of his AR2ax project at the link Rich supplied.

These speakers like muscle IMHO--lots of solid-state grunt. I'm planning to drive mine with a HK930 receiver, but the 45 watts may be a tad low.