Just bought a pair of lovingly restored AR 3's. Should have them in a few days. The amps that I'm going to try them with include a restored Fisher 500B(love it on my KLH 5's where they are more than suitable power wise) and a Yamaha M-4(170 watts at 4ohms). I'm hoping that considering I'll be using them in a relatively small space and normally at very moderate levels, the 500B will work with them. But I'm prepared to use the Yammie.
All that said, I'd be very interested in what AR 3 owners here are, or have used, for amps. I'm wondering if this might be the time to look at some McIntosh gear. There's a 2100 on sale not far from where I live that is cosmetically a little challenged, but priced at $650 that I'm considering.
Appreciate your thoughts.
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Topic - Amp for new AR 3 owner - sberger 22:24:56 10/16/15 (41)
- RE: Amp for new AR 3 owner - rickl 07:22:48 10/20/15 (3)
- RE: Amp for new AR 3 owner - sberger 16:27:18 10/20/15 (0)
- RE: Amp for new AR 3 owner - Crazy Dave 09:13:12 10/20/15 (1)
- RE: Amp for new AR 3 owner - sberger 13:49:15 10/20/15 (0)
- RE: Amp for new AR 3 owner - hahax@verizon.net 21:03:55 10/17/15 (10)
- Freq Response - Ross 19:16:57 10/18/15 (2)
- RE: Freq Response - sberger 20:04:34 10/18/15 (1)
- RE: Freq Response - hahax@verizon.net 08:37:38 10/20/15 (0)
- RE: Amp for new AR 3 owner - sberger 12:02:27 10/18/15 (6)
- RE: Amp for new AR 3 owner - AudioSoul 14:03:01 10/18/15 (5)
- RE: Amp for new AR 3 owner - sberger 13:13:01 10/21/15 (0)
- RE: Amp for new AR 3 owner - sberger 15:49:15 10/18/15 (3)
- RE: Amp for new AR 3 owner - Crazy Dave 09:20:29 10/19/15 (2)
- RE: Amp for new AR 3 owner - sberger 12:42:48 10/19/15 (1)
- RE: Amp for new AR 3 owner - Crazy Dave 15:01:53 10/19/15 (0)
- RE: Amp for new AR 3 owner - elflow 17:39:18 10/17/15 (1)
- RE: Amp for new AR 3 owner - sberger 20:35:10 10/17/15 (0)
- AR 3 owner prepare - hifitommy 16:25:55 10/17/15 (11)
- RE: AR 3 owner prepare - sberger 20:33:31 10/17/15 (10)
- prepared - hifitommy 21:12:44 10/17/15 (9)
- RE: prepared - sberger 12:21:12 10/18/15 (8)
- adcom 5400 - hifitommy 16:56:24 10/19/15 (7)
- RE: adcom 5400 - sberger 20:18:48 10/19/15 (6)
- RE: adcom 5400 - hifitommy 07:07:42 10/20/15 (5)
- RE: adcom 5400 - Crazy Dave 09:15:13 10/20/15 (4)
- I have a 2100 - Ross 13:48:26 10/17/15 (3)
- RE: I have a 2100 - sberger 15:07:04 10/17/15 (2)
- RE: I have a 2100 - Ross 18:53:37 10/18/15 (1)
- RE: I have a 2100 - sberger 20:10:30 10/18/15 (0)
- RE: Amp for new AR 3 owner - sberger 12:20:51 10/17/15 (0)
- FWIW, I don't think much at all of the MC250/MC2100 sound - mhardy6647 06:58:33 10/17/15 (2)
- RE: FWIW, I don't think much at all of the MC250/MC2100 sound - Mr. Dick Hertz 09:30:37 10/17/15 (1)
- RE: FWIW, I don't think much at all of the MC250/MC2100 sound - AudioSoul 10:56:37 10/17/15 (0)
- RE: Amp for new AR 3 owner - Eli Duttman 22:35:32 10/16/15 (3)
- RE: Amp for new AR 3 owner - sberger 23:12:38 10/16/15 (2)
- RE: Amp for new AR 3 owner - AudioSoul 11:01:03 10/17/15 (0)
- RE: Amp for new AR 3 owner - dbphd 00:37:27 10/17/15 (0)