[Mark Korda]

According to Absolute Sound,Sony has released a braced,maplewood speaker system for 27K,called the AR-1.Could Acoustic Research who started the acoustic suspension era in the early 50's sue for using the same name as the AR-1?I looked and their still in business.Absolute Sound also reported that they grow their own maples for this speaker.It takes about 60 years for a maple to be big enough to be sawed into the widths they showed in the picture.I wonder if they were working on this speaker before launching the little transistor radios that came to the U.S. shores before we were listening to the Beach Boys...I think not....Mark Korda

[Tyson]

Oh look, Scan-Speak drivers in a box!  Yes, that's certainly worth $27,000.

[Pez]

Better than the next step down I'm sure.



Do they come with a remote control too?

[satfrat]

According to Absolute Sound,Sony has released a braced,maplewood speaker system for 27K,called the AR-1.Could Acoustic Research who started the acoustic suspension era in the early 50's sue for using the same name as the AR-1?I looked and their still in business.Absolute Sound also reported that they grow their own maples for this speaker.It takes about 60 years for a maple to be big enough to be sawed into the widths they showed in the picture.I wonder if they were working on this speaker before launching the little transistor radios that came to the U.S. shores before we were listening to the Beach Boys...I think not....Mark Korda

Actually their name is SS-AR1 and here's a picture,,, fwiw.
 

 
Cheers,
Robin
 

[Bob in St. Louis]

SS-AR1

Maybe Chevrolet could sue them for the "SS", Acoustic Research for the letters "AR" and Charlie Sheen for the number "1".

Bob

[richidoo]

http://www.ultimateavmag.com/content/sony-ss-ar1-speaker

Someone on TAS forum said it is already 3-4 years old, only new to the US.

Allen Taffel (from TAS) likes it:
http://www.avguide.com/blog/ces-high-end-speaker-sony-believe-it

[Tyson]

This should probably be moved to the "Enclosures" circle, it's definitely not a review.

[2gumby2]

I heard these speakers at RMAF and they sounded VERY good.

[mr_bill]

No smart remarks about Sony speakers.

Ray Kimber owns these SS-AR1 speakers and they are outstanding - I've emailed him.

I own the Sony SS M9ED speakers and they are reference level.  This was Sony's previous statement product. 
Would love to hear the SS-AR1s.