Stll listen to Dynaco Speakers? Sound comparison with AR?


What is your favourite Dynaco speaker and how does it compare sonically to the higly touted and super expensive AR speakers? 
vinny55

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I loved the A25 and A35 speakers, classic sound, but only after they have been recapped and rewired.  I never had a pair of AR's to compare them to.  Similar in sound are the KLH Model 6 speakers.  I never understood the price the vintage AR speakers command in the market these days.  
Off topic here, but maybe relevant.  I forgot that I had a pair of KLH Model 5 speakers a few years back.  I had them recapped and rewired.  The beveled cabinets were beefy as hell and the five drivers in a three-way configuration were vastly better than the Dynaco A35's... not even in the same league.  I hadn't used the speakers for a while when I delivered them to devotee of vintage gear in San Francisco. I was floored when we hooked them up to his system... the bass response was incredible, truly.  It is a pair of speakers I wished I had kept, profoundly musical, with avery deep LF response that no KLH 2-way speakers could approach.  

http://www.classicspeakerpages.net/IP.Board/index.php?/topic/4148-klh-model-5-vs-ar-3a/