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Starting a website...need AR Turtable info

Hi everyone,
A friend and I have as one of our summer goals to get a website up and running that is dedicated to the AR Turntables. I envision it, down the line in a couple of years, to be a resource for AR owners much the same that User510's site is to Thorens owners. (A lofty goal, I know.) At the start, focus will be on the AR XA.

Right now, I am searching for brochures for AR Turntables. Does anyone have some they would be willing to scan?? Any models?

Also, would someone know of a definitive timeline for the order in which the AR turntables were produced and released? I have searched the archives, and I have tidbits, but no definitive timeline.

Eventually, part of the website will be a gallery of tables, modded and not. Of course, a good deal of the site will be devoted to repairing/restoring/maintianing these tables.

Thanks for your help.

Dave
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I bought my AR-ES1 in Brooklyn around 1981 from a young man Named Eliot (sp?) in a second story walk-up across the street from Baskin-Robbins. He used a small business loan to start Esoteric Audio (now next to Bloomingdales). He is the biggest Linn dealer in the world. He sold me on the AR with a Linn Basik arm by banging the plinth with a hammer whilst spinning a record. He should be a good source. He did a blind test for me comparing the then $1800 Denon direct drive aginst me AR. I picked the AR 10/10 in trials. I know that I am already wandering in the weeds, but there you go.
Next, there is a cat in Memphis who upgrades these tables. I have not heard from him in ten years. I was thinking of doing it at my dozen year mark with this table.
So best wishes for your web site, and I will be there!
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