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In Reply to: RE: First Vitntage Speaker Restore Help AR 4x posted by robbo on July 06, 2014 at 11:28:31
I was scrounging around on ebay. AR 4X speaker pairs in good condition are selling for $200 and up, higher than I had thought. Single speakers go for $100 and up. The options here are to find a single speaker that is a closer match to one of those you have or find a better-matched separate woofer and tweter, and then you should be able either to sell the entire speaker that doesn't match, or sell it parted out, and you should be able to recover most if not all of the money you spent on the stuff you buy.
$90 for your not-well-mstched pair was not a bad price given the prices I see on ebay.
I've always thought of the epi 100 and an "improved" version of the AR 4x since Winslow Burhoe designed both, and they are similar size, both two- ways with 8-inch woofers. The tweeter in the epi 100 is more sophisticated than trhe AR 4x tweeter. I think you can get a pair of decent epi 100s for less money than I am seeing for the AR speakers, largely because the supply is greater. Also, the AR name fetches a premium price.
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I have seen EPI 100s lately go for less that $100.
Very good advice from everyone here. i am 50/50 on what to do. I know i dont have a collectors item, but part of me wants to go ahead and try a restore mostly for the challenge. At minimum i would have to buy two woofers at $60/ each and two tweeters @ $25/each, not sure about cross overs. I would be out about $210. this is the quickest solution. i am not sure if i want to search for another orphan speaker and then part mine out, that seems like a long process.
Am out of my mind ?
another pictrue of my AR X4
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