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Re: Weather at Your House?
Winter Storm Blair Update: Mid-Atlantic
It snowed here. One of the worst on record.
Bit of ice, too.
Looks like I'm trapped indoors 'til spring.
Probably be making soup from a leather belt by the weekend...
It snowed here. One of the worst on record.
Bit of ice, too.
Looks like I'm trapped indoors 'til spring.
Probably be making soup from a leather belt by the weekend...
msg
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Monitor 5 jr's.....WOW!
Allright, now I get it......this whole vintage Polk movement. 
You may have gathered from another post that I'm putting together a system for my daughter that will consist of a pair of the above mentioned speakers and a freshly snipped Rotel RX-402 receiver, circa 1974, off ebay. The speakers were acquired gratis from a very good friend. Well the receiver isn't here yet so I thought I'd put them on my secondary rig just to see what we're dealing with.
HOLY BALLS :eek: I am very impressed. These sound nothing like the current polks I own, or anything like the first set I bought that got me into HT to begin with. Now to be fair my current Polk rig was put together on the cheap by design; R20's, R15's, Monitor 6's, usually on a Pioneer receiver until winter hits and my patio speaker amp (Rotel 971) comes to live downstairs until spring and pushes the R20's. The first set was purchased around 1994 was the Monitor 6 satellite/passive sub rig with the CS200 center channel and M3 surrounds. It was great for prologic!
But these 5jr's on the Rotel 971 (70w) are a whole different animal! I'm getting resolution and dynamic range that is very close to my beloved B&W 604s3 and Rotel 991 setup. They are also very listenable. I've been down here jamming for a while and am experiencing no fatigue whatsoever. I had read here that the tweeter might be harsh. Is it the SL-2000? Not hearing it yet.
So this has got me thinking about my 'basement project'. I've gone through many phases as I approach this particular system as more of a work in progress/experiment than my main rig. I've thought about LSI's, then moved to the new Energy C line as an option, but now....what about an all polk vintage system. I'll have to start researching that.
BTW -I thought about keeping the 5's for myself and giving the girl the R20's but didn't have the heart to follow through after hyping up her 'first old-school' system so much.
You may have gathered from another post that I'm putting together a system for my daughter that will consist of a pair of the above mentioned speakers and a freshly snipped Rotel RX-402 receiver, circa 1974, off ebay. The speakers were acquired gratis from a very good friend. Well the receiver isn't here yet so I thought I'd put them on my secondary rig just to see what we're dealing with.
HOLY BALLS :eek: I am very impressed. These sound nothing like the current polks I own, or anything like the first set I bought that got me into HT to begin with. Now to be fair my current Polk rig was put together on the cheap by design; R20's, R15's, Monitor 6's, usually on a Pioneer receiver until winter hits and my patio speaker amp (Rotel 971) comes to live downstairs until spring and pushes the R20's. The first set was purchased around 1994 was the Monitor 6 satellite/passive sub rig with the CS200 center channel and M3 surrounds. It was great for prologic!
But these 5jr's on the Rotel 971 (70w) are a whole different animal! I'm getting resolution and dynamic range that is very close to my beloved B&W 604s3 and Rotel 991 setup. They are also very listenable. I've been down here jamming for a while and am experiencing no fatigue whatsoever. I had read here that the tweeter might be harsh. Is it the SL-2000? Not hearing it yet.
So this has got me thinking about my 'basement project'. I've gone through many phases as I approach this particular system as more of a work in progress/experiment than my main rig. I've thought about LSI's, then moved to the new Energy C line as an option, but now....what about an all polk vintage system. I'll have to start researching that.
BTW -I thought about keeping the 5's for myself and giving the girl the R20's but didn't have the heart to follow through after hyping up her 'first old-school' system so much.
Jonesy
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Re: Couple of Streamers for Sale
That is a no brainer price on the MXN10. I paid MSRP for mine and consider it to be worth every penny. Excellent streamer with a great sounding DAC.
Clipdat
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Re: You’re doing it wrong…
I know a couple of engineering chicks who know their way around STEM.If I recall correctly, it was a feel-good ad to get women involved in STEM
msg
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Re: How to order RD0198-1 tweeters from Australia
I received a reply. Unfortunately there isn't a way to directly purchase a tweeter from Polk to Australia. A suggestion was asking if you might have someone, here in the US, who could buy one and forward it on to you?
SeleniumFalcon
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Re: Strictly Jazz - Suggestions and a discussion about the music.
More bad than good.
Interesting was the reason I decided to try.
Interesting was the reason I decided to try.
BlueBirdMusic
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Re: Dead tweeters on one month old R700's
I just blew a pair of tweets on a new pair of R700s using a pair of newly refurbished Adcom GFA-555's. I had them running bridged and not biamped, so lack of power was not the issue. LOL when the tweeter blew I literally saw electric flashing behind the soft dome ring. Its sad because the system sounded really good. The Polk's had a three-dimensional sound, for lack of a better term.
mattyboo
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