"Fantasy" DIY Tower Speakers

[squeegy200]

I think that was the premise behind the classic AR-9s by Acoustic Research back in the early 80s.

The one that comes to mind is the Gallo Nucleus Reference 3 speakers which incorporate your design feature.

See
http://www.roundsound.com/ref3.html

[JohnMichael]

I think that was the premise behind the classic AR-9s by Acoustic Research back in the early 80s.

The one that comes to mind is the Gallo Nucleus Reference 3 speakers which incorporate your design feature.

See
http://www.roundsound.com/ref3.html

The AR 9's were an incredible example of side firing woofers. In the days when I sold audio we carried the AR 9's and powered them with Phase Linear. The bass was incredible in those days and we always had them playing when the Bose rep stopped by for a visit. We would remind him that this is what accurate bass sounds like. Now let's play it through the 901's and of course he would have a story as to how the Bose were really more accurate. I regret not buying a pair of AR 9's and I am pleased to say I did not buy the 901's. I did not buy the spin about the 901's being more accurate either.

[squeegy200]

The AR 9's were an incredible example of side firing woofers. In the days when I sold audio we carried the AR 9's and powered them with Phase Linear. The bass was incredible in those days and we always had them playing when the Bose rep stopped by for a visit. We would remind him that this is what accurate bass sounds like. Now let's play it through the 901's and of course he would have a story as to how the Bose were really more accurate. I regret not buying a pair of AR 9's and I am pleased to say I did not buy the 901's. I did not buy the spin about the 901's being more accurate either.

I sold stereo gear when I was in college. Same experience here. People came in to hear the 901s and gloated over it as if it were some revelation. I thought they sounded a lot like a loud midrange driver in a box pointing backwards.

I did a search for the classic AR 9s and found one on eBay.
These are the speakers I remember.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Teledyne-Acousti...ayphotohosting

[JohnMichael]

I sold stereo gear when I was in college. Same experience here. People came in to hear the 901s and gloated over it as if it were some revelation. I thought they sounded a lot like a loud midrange driver in a box pointing backwards.

I did a search for the classic AR 9s and found one on eBay.
These are the speakers I remember.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Teledyne-Acousti...ayphotohosting

I suggested to the rep that we place them on subwoofers and place a ribbon tweeter on top and then we might have something. Richard Sequerra was doing something similar at the time with his Met 7's and subwoofers and ribbons. I think some folks were using Janis woofers with stacked Quads and a ribbon tweeter at about the same time. I never got around to trying it though. Yes it was good to see the AR9's again. There was a time when I thought if I heard Pat Benetar sing Hell is for Children one more time over Bose 901's I might lose my love for music.