AR 7 resoration

diksmuide · 1st October 2010, 06:14 PM

have a lovely pair of (AR) 7's...all except the cloth.
Q. how do you get into these things? from the back looks a definate no no.

free from my dad and owned from new, I have no reason to 'check' inside, as they sound lovely.

all I need is some advice on replacing the cloth, before I just hack off the original and can't see how to fit a replacement.

greeting from Belgium

speaker dave · 1st October 2010, 06:54 PM

Early AR speakers had the grilles stapled onto the front. You can usually find the staples and pry them out with a small screwdriver. You can find vintage looking cloth at cloth specialists. Usually there is a low thread count open linen that matched the look.

Go to classicspeaker pages.net They specialize in early AR speakers. Search around there and you will find several threads on replacing the grilles.

David S.

1st October 2010, 06:14 PM	#1
diksmuide diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2010	AR 7 resoration have a lovely pair of (AR) 7's...all except the cloth. Q. how do you get into these things? from the back looks a definate no no. free from my dad and owned from new, I have no reason to 'check' inside, as they sound lovely. all I need is some advice on replacing the cloth, before I just hack off the original and can't see how to fit a replacement. greeting from Belgium

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1st October 2010, 06:54 PM	#2
speaker dave diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto	Early AR speakers had the grilles stapled onto the front. You can usually find the staples and pry them out with a small screwdriver. You can find vintage looking cloth at cloth specialists. Usually there is a low thread count open linen that matched the look. Go to classicspeaker pages.net They specialize in early AR speakers. Search around there and you will find several threads on replacing the grilles. David S.

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