Acoustic Research AR9 - Speaker Icons - SOLD

The large and commanding presence of the Acoustic Research AR9 loudspeaker in any room lets people know that something special is about to grace their ears.  The AR9 is a floor-standing, vertically-oriented, 4-way loudspeaker.  Developed under the early "Teledyne" years for Acoustic Research, the speaker was one of the first to use more sophisticated computerized calculations for the driver orientation and crossover design. The speaker are ominous, weighing in at over 130 lbs each, and standing 54 inches tall.  But, a departure for AR and many speaker companies in the late 70s, they were more of an upright design than most hi-fi listeners would have been used to.  Each speaker is comprised of twin, 12" paper pulp long throw woofers, derived from the late-model AR3a, in an acoustic suspension enclosure - The type that made AR famous in the early 1960s.  On the front of the cabinet, an 8" mid-bass woofer, 2" coated dome midrange" and 3/4" cloth dome tweeter face the listener. The crossov