Dad probably bought this turntable about 1967 if the number stamped underneath is a date code. It contains 67 which sounds about right. It was in our living rooms until 1986 or so. The motor still works and the belts are intact! Guess it was designed to survive anything. Remarkably, the foam in the shock mounts still appears to be good also. The oiled walnut chassis has a few minor dents but is free of scrapes or gouges. I did not test the audio: the wires from the cartridge to the terminal block underneath are enameled magnet wire (unshielded) which cant be original. They were run randomly which is exactly how Dad would have repaired it. Shouldnt there be shielded twisted pairs, at least, through the tone arm? I cut them for shipping so youll need to rewire the tone arm for sure now. I believe the Pickering cartridge to be original and I cannot believe the stylus is still good after all our (ab)use. Youll note that someone rebalanced the tone arm by gluing a penny in the cartridge holder sometime in or after 1973. ???? You can spin the platter backwards with the power off, and then turn it on to run it backwards. (Thats how I listened to the backwards message in ELOs Fire on High). I always wanted to work out the physics of why that worked: if its not spinning quite fast enough when you throw the switch it reverses to the correct clockwise direction. This turntable runs at both 33 & 45 RPM: you move the belt on the pulley underneath the platter to select speeds. The tone arm holder also remarkably survived although as you can see in the photos it has been repaired.NO plastic cover is included: it broke in the 70s as I recall.Theres also a pretty good layer of dust caked on this turntable now; there was an AR logo on the front which also fell off at some point.The bottom cover is intact but missing three its screws.Im including a foam record mat which is also NOT original. Please understand that I am not offering returns on this item. Thanks.

Vintage Acoustic Research AR model XA turntable for sale. For parts or repair. Sold As Is condition (see photos). Powers on, motor spins turntable.

Vintage Acoustic Research AR-4XA Quality Speakers in fair condition for age, please see pictures for condition, a mark on one corner and where the wood joins at the top, one of the tweeters is pushed in and one of the rear switches is stiff but works, these speakers were bought new by my late father in the 70, please study the pictures, Ive wired them and they do work, they use to run of a quad amp.

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Acoustic Research AR4XA Vintage Loudspeakers In good condition for their age and working order. Fully tested, and working very well. They sound effortless and very musical, they have a much tighter bass end than I first imagined and they are very pleasant to listen to. They will be packaged so they cant get damaged in transit.