Acoustic Research AR-3 (AR3) Speakers - Blu-ray Forum

phlydude · 07-20-2010, 03:55 PM

When I was 15 years old, my uncle gave me a Sherwood amplifier for my birthday. Seeing that I needed some speakers for this amp, he trolled around yard sales and such and found at a church sale, a set of AR3 speakers in excellent condition...the price, $30.

When I got them, I didn't understand the intricacies of load and resistance and for some reason, kept blowing fuses in my amplifier.
Then I figured that my amp was 8 ohm and the speakers were 4 ohm and to make them work, I had to build more resistance in the speaker wire to allow the speakers to be driven at their range while making my amp think the overall resistance was in line. So I wired in series, a set of MTX truck box speakers to the AR3s and went for years and years without blowing another fuse and continued to get complaints from my parents and neighbors about my listening habits.

Well, when time came to move out, I left those behemoth things behind...they had to weigh 40 lbs each. They didn't fit in with what I was doing in my apartment and they became a bit of a relic for me as I moved on to better speakers (NOT) in Bose direct reflex 201s and a Pro Logic surrouond set from another manufacturer I though was good.

I was thinking about new speakers when it came back to me, those AR3s are still in my parents house, possibly right where I left them (because they were too heavy to move down the steps from the 3rd floor where I made my bedroom).
If I don't wind up using them personally, I might decide to move them along to someone that would appreciate them more and be able to drive them with a proper 4 ohm amp and the 150+ Watts of power needed to drive these things...

Anyone else a AR3 fan?

07-20-2010, 03:55 PM	#1
phlydude Power Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Winter Garden, FL USA Playstation ID: phlydude Blu-ray collection:132 Trading Score:1	Acoustic Research AR-3 (AR3) Speakers When I was 15 years old, my uncle gave me a Sherwood amplifier for my birthday. Seeing that I needed some speakers for this amp, he trolled around yard sales and such and found at a church sale, a set of AR3 speakers in excellent condition...the price, $30. When I got them, I didn't understand the intricacies of load and resistance and for some reason, kept blowing fuses in my amplifier. Then I figured that my amp was 8 ohm and the speakers were 4 ohm and to make them work, I had to build more resistance in the speaker wire to allow the speakers to be driven at their range while making my amp think the overall resistance was in line. So I wired in series, a set of MTX truck box speakers to the AR3s and went for years and years without blowing another fuse and continued to get complaints from my parents and neighbors about my listening habits. Well, when time came to move out, I left those behemoth things behind...they had to weigh 40 lbs each. They didn't fit in with what I was doing in my apartment and they became a bit of a relic for me as I moved on to better speakers (NOT) in Bose direct reflex 201s and a Pro Logic surrouond set from another manufacturer I though was good. I was thinking about new speakers when it came back to me, those AR3s are still in my parents house, possibly right where I left them (because they were too heavy to move down the steps from the 3rd floor where I made my bedroom). If I don't wind up using them personally, I might decide to move them along to someone that would appreciate them more and be able to drive them with a proper 4 ohm amp and the 150+ Watts of power needed to drive these things... Anyone else a AR3 fan?

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