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Subject: Re: AR speaker info wanted - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 21-Mar-84 23:42:43 EST
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inmet!grw    Mar 20 13:21:00 1984

I have a pair of AR12 speakers.  I have had them for about 5 years and I am
generally very happy with them.  They were cheap (I bought them as demos)
and they have never had any problems with drivers blowing.  They are very
sensitive to room acoutics (as are all speakers) and I have had to play with
the high and mid cut switches on them as I've moved from one place to the next.

I recently took them to a party at which they were blasted for 5 hours by 
small amps (probably clipping a fair percentage of the time) with no apparent
damage.

SR this month has some nice things to say about the new next-to-top-of-the-line
ADS speaker (1290?).  You might check the whole new ADS line out before
deciding on ARs.  My folks recently bought a pair of AR48s.  They sound OK
though the high end (they have a cone midrange) leaves something to be
desired.