[Vintage-Audio] Update On AR-4 Info

Mon Jul 7 17:05:00 2003

Not important???  What do you think puts the punch in any sound
from a bass drum to a triangle... sucking or blowing?  Think about
that for a bit before flaming.
Bob McKee

> [Original Message]
> From: AA6DX <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Date: 7/7/03 4:57:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] Update On AR-4 Info
>
> I now remember.  Yes, this is the way the AR speakers were put together.
> There were long, narrow  staples holding the grill in place.  That is
> factory, Duane.
> As you know, but I itereate, for those reading who may not know, the
> polarity is not necessarily important, as long as both speakers are the
> same, and hooked up the same, to keep them in phase. We are dealing with
> alternating current here, but they both need to putting the oooom in the
> oooom pah pah at the same time in the same direction.   In later years,
when
> replacing the components, most shops would put velcro on the grilles to
> re-mount them.  Cheers, y'all .. Mark
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 3:21 PM
> Subject: [Vintage-Audio] Update On AR-4 Info
>
>
> >
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Ok, the old blind wonder dude got into the adventurous mood and took a
> serious
> > squint at the AR-4's. The grill is held in place by six staples, three
> down each
> > side. The staple is long enough to go through the grill material, the
wood
> panel
> > behind it and still hit the main wood of the cabinet. I can not state
that
> this
> > is factory, but it certainly appears that way.
> >
> > When the cabinet is vertical, looking at it from the back, with two
> speaker
> > terminals vertical top to bottom and tweeter pot control just to their
> right,
> > the top terminal is negative and the bottom one is positive.
> >
> > Question: the suspension around the edge of the woofer speaker cone,
what
> is it?
> > Is it supposed to be somewhat soft?
> >
> > FYI: I guessed the polarity right by ear. I tested it today with a
battery
> to be
> > sure.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Duane W8DBF
>
>
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