Acoustic Research AR 215PS Main 5 -1/4 2 way Bookshelf / Stereo Speaker (BLACK)

Description

Yes as DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY forced the other ACOUSTIC SUSPENSION companies to become more efficient so it was with AR= that venerable manufacturer of the AR 3a and AR 48s top-flight speaker systems! OK, I’m OPEN MINDED! I’ll bite! And when I did, I found this precious find to be a very open and natural solid performer! It would be difficult to fault the 215PS at their current price but I did critique them anyway. The less than one foot high enclosure provided some pretty good old fashioned clean distortion free sound. Though lacking somewhat in SUBTLE DETAIL, the sound is very transparent and unusually[for this price range] very good at reproducing MALE and FEMALE VOCALISTS! Piano=VERY GOOD! Transients were well-handled and spaciousness far beyond what one would expect of a forward radiator. Overall SOUND DETAIL was excellent! All of this occurred using the speakers in a basic STEREO listening situation. POP sounded just fine with JAZZ and CLASSICAL right up there also! After I got them home and setup as REAR speakers in my computer room with a DYNACO HOME THEATER ADAPTER I found them to be very effective in this role also. This is an absolute out and out “BEST BUY” in audio and with a proper sub-woofer it is quite conceiveable that one could wind up with a FIRST RATE STEREO or HOME THEATER SYSTEM. As MAIN or STEREO speakers they should be placed on relatively high shelves or pedestals. The pedastals will probably cost more than the speakers but if you’re handy enough you can contrive your own! Use the AR or MIRASONIC.COM PURE OFC WIRE that is available and connect them to a good quality AMP and you’re on your way to a WONDERFUL AUDIO EXPERIENCE that includes great soundstaging and pinpoint accuracy!! Impact is very good! The sound builds up and decays quickly with good DYNAMIC RANGE. POWER HANDLING will be fine with 10w/ch or 100w/ch as long as the listener never pushes the AMP to distortion levels.
Enclosure Bass Reflex Video Shielded Yes Tweeter Type Semi-dome
5 1/4 2 way Bookshelf loudspeakers
Power Range 20-100
Frequency Response 75-20k Hz
Tweeter Size (inches) 1 Woofer Size (inches) 5.25
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