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| Top Ten Speakers of All Time? AR-3a's will always be in the top 100 of all time. I bought a set new in 1969, still have them and the invoice! I've just purchased a set of AR-9Ls in remarkable condition...looking for amplification recommendations now on the 9Ls. Something in th... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Interesting. I'd never heard of these Edison "tests."It'd be interesting also to find out what/who did the recording that AR used...Keep listening! And thanks for the response... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE FROM WIKIPEDIA:"In the early 1960s, AR conducted a series of over 75 live vs. recorded demonstrations throughout the U.S. in which the sound of a live string quartet was alternated with echo-free recorded music played through a pair of AR-3s. In t... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE I have a set of AR-3a's I bought in 1969 and still have the invoices. In my opinion, speakers should be "transparent." These always have been and continue to be. I have located a set of AR-9Ls in pristine condition. It will be interesting to add t... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? SebrofI lifted this from Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_Research"In the early 1960s, AR conducted a series of over 75 live vs. recorded demonstrations throughout the U.S. in which the sound of a live string quartet was alternated ... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? I have always preferred NOT to "hear the speaker." It should be as transparent as possible and just give me the music as if it were live in the room. Acoustic Research 3a's were tested just such a way with real musicians playing "against" the spea... |