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In Reply to: RE: AR 2ax Speakers posted by DavidLD on March 23, 2016 at 11:24:23
...but I owned a pair of 2ax's for several years. Always thought the bass was very good, but the mids and highs were muted and lacking in clarity. Now granted my source components at the time may have had something to do with it, but based on my experience, I wouldn't recommend the 2ax's. I can't believe some of the prices on eBay and even Craig's List for them.
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I owned the 2ax's, too - bought them new. I was never happy with the mids - that mid-range driver always struck me as a little rough, and that made them much less listenable than I had hoped. (I remember listening to them in a dealer's showroom compared to comparably sized/priced "Aztec" speakers. The AR's sounded like someone threw a blanket over them, similar to what you call "lacking in clarity". If I'd listened to my ears and not AR's marketing, I'd have bought the Aztecs.)
I soon sold the AR's and replaced them with large Advents, which remained my primary speakers for over 20 years.
The 5's used the same Dome mid and Tweeter used in the 3a, but had the 10 inch woofer used in the 2ax. They were also nominally 8 not 4 ohm and less power hungry than the 3a. High Fidelity loved them when they tested them, comparing them with the 3a and claiming that they sounded better in anything but a giant room.
I remember visiting AR's showroom at Grand Central Station in New York. I only had the budget for the AR-6 at the time (their next-to-the-least-expensive speaker, one step up from the AR-4x), and it was a chance to listen to it driven by AR electronics and an AR turntable playing good quality recordings. I thought it was fine, until they switched to the AR-3a, which was simply majestic in comparison. I never did buy the 6, instead stretching my budget to get the 2ax - the tweeter and woofer from the 5 plus a less expensive midrange. Alas, that was a disappointment.
All that said, I have a pair of AR-10pi's today (a derivative of the 3a design with crossover features from the LST). I absolutely love them. As I've said elsewhere, they are high on my list of speakers that are good enough that if you own a pair, you can stop looking for something better.
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