My Revamped AR-93Q's

[hammytech 51]

A work colleague and friend bestowed upon me a set of AR-93Q's. I was totally unaware of these side firing woofer speakers until I went to pick the set up. Their pillow case grills were still intact, but I dismantled them to gain access to the speakers. I'm guessing all the drivers were original, but they were beat bad. The tweeters had their dust caps poked in and all the other drivers had seen better days. I'm not big on restoring things to original, so I ordered parts from Parts Express to replace everything. I kept the stock crossovers, which had points at 350hz and 2Khz. I needed a tweeter that could handle 2Khz up to 20Khz. I found that in a Visaton dome. The mid-bass was easy, because Parts Express had them on sale. Selenium 8"ers. The woofers, 4 of them, all had to match and have some excellent bass. Dayton Audio Classic 8" woofer was my choice. I'm not going to wrap the speakers back up in the pillow case, so I got metal grills for the side firing woofers. For the fronts, I'm making custom grills to be held on with magnets. I'll post pics of them when I get that done. Those parts are still in the mail. Here's work so far:

[hammytech 51]

Maxed out my attachments, so here's the rest of "Phase One".  Enjoy.

[Ar9Jim 6,520]

Nice project you have .It will be fun to follow your progress.Thanks.

[hammytech 51]

The parts arrived from Parts Express to build my custom front grills. Here's some pics of the process and the finished mounting. This is the end of "phase 2". Next phase is probably a complete repainting or finishing of the black finish. Maybe even some cabinet texture like pro speakers have. The top plastic piece that I threw out (it held the tucked in pillow-case grill in place) I want to replace with a nice piece of real wood, say cherry or walnut. 

[peck555 366]

Any update on these?

[hammytech 51]

I haven't done anything new to them as far as appearance. Anything I do from now on will be purely cosmetic. I'm pretty much pleased with their overall sound right now. The only thing left stock in them is the cabinet (of course) and the 3 way factory crossover, which points are 350hz and 2Khz. The blending of the components I chose from Parts Express was a total act of fortune and educated guessing. Thanks for the interest.