Looking to pick up these Polks tomorrow...

dane_peterson
dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
edited May 2010 in Vintage Speakers
A fair shake at $75? They're very local. I haven't found many of these with black cabinets, either...
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  • vstarkwell
    vstarkwell Posts: 328
    edited May 2010
    They look like Monitor 5's, if so I have a pair and they sound great. I don't know what the market bears for them my thinking is for $75 you can't go wrong.
    Monitor 7C's With Tubes
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  • dane_peterson
    dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
    edited May 2010
    I thought they looked like Monitor 7s? SL3000 tweeters? I dunno... they seem unusual to me for someone who's had a few pairs of 7s and 10s. But I've been out of the Polk scene for a bit... time to get back into it.
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  • wayne3burk
    wayne3burk Posts: 939
    edited May 2010
    i was thinking monitor 7s too... seems like a fair price to me also.
    Yamaha RX-V2700, EMI 711As (front), RCA K-16 (rear), Magnavox Console (Center & TV Stand), Sony SMP-N200 media streamer, Dual 1249 TT =--- Sharp Aquas 60" LCD tellie
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  • Bobsama
    Bobsama Posts: 526
    edited May 2010
    Jump on them. They definitely look like M7-II's. The passive radiator is definitely bigger than the M5-II's on my desk and there's a lot more space between the sides of the cabinet and the woofer.
    polkaudio Monitor 5 Series II
    polkaudio SDA-1 (with the SL1000)
    TEAC AG-H300 MK III stereo receiver
    beyerdynamic DT-880 Premium (600 Ω) headphones
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  • daboyz
    daboyz Posts: 5,207
    edited May 2010
    $75 for Monitor 7's is not a bad deal at all. Can't tell which tweeter is in them but I'd change them to Peerless and upgrade the crossovers and you'll have a nice pair of speaks.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited May 2010
    Monitor 7 Series II Studio's with SL2500 tweeters. I don't believe the Monitor series ever came with the SL3000's...someone correct me if I'm wrong on that though.


    At $75, it's a no brainer. Go for it!!
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  • dane_peterson
    dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
    edited May 2010
    Curt, finally getting back to 7's per your suggestion MONTHS ago. I had almost snagged some "minty" 10s last winter, only to discover they were far from that. Time to compile some gear again, much to my wife's chagrin. I'm also excited try a tweeter other than the 2000 or RDs! Hopefully all drivers are functional.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited May 2010
    The SL2500 uses the RDO tweeter replacement. Simple drop in.
    Ben
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • dane_peterson
    dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
    edited May 2010
    And it begins... now I get to go hunting for a source and amp. To think I had beaten this addiction for a while there!
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited May 2010
    Buy them.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited May 2010
    dane_peterson wrote: »
    Curt, finally getting back to 7's per your suggestion MONTHS ago. I had almost snagged some "minty" 10s last winter, only to discover they were far from that. Time to compile some gear again, much to my wife's chagrin. I'm also excited try a tweeter other than the 2000 or RDs! Hopefully all drivers are functional.

    Good to hear I've had some good influence! The 7's really are some great sounding speakers. I've currently got a case of failing polyswitches in my SDA's, so I've had the 7A's back in my rig for a while now, and I'm still loving them.
    ben62670 wrote: »
    The SL2500 uses the RDO tweeter replacement. Simple drop in.
    Ben

    Do the 2500 equipped speakers use the 194 or 198? I seem to recall that the 194 is the direct drop in, but they can be modded to use the 198's...
    The nirvana inducer-
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    Parasound Halo P5 preamp
    Parasound HCA-1200II power amp
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    Audioquest Speaker Cables and IC's
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,393
    edited May 2010
    daboyz wrote: »
    $75 for Monitor 7's is not a bad deal at all. Can't tell which tweeter is in them but I'd change them to Peerless and upgrade the crossovers and you'll have a nice pair of speaks.

    They should be the SL2500 tweeter. The replacement would be the RDO. The Peerless would require mods to the cabinet and to the XO values.
    Stan

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    HT:
    Marantz SR7010, Polk: RTA11TL (RDO198-1, XO and Damping Upgrades), S4, CS250, PSW110 , Marantz UD5005, Pioneer PL-530, Panasonic TC-P42S60

    Other stuff:
    Denon: DRA-835R, AVR-888, DCD-660, DRM-700A, DRR-780; Polk: S8, Monitor 5A, 5B, TSi100, RM7, PSW10 (DXi104 upgrade); Pioneer: CT-6R; Onkyo CP-1046F; Ortofon OM5E, Marantz: PM5004, CD5004, CDR-615; Parasound C/PT-600, HCA-800ii, Sony CDP-650ESD, Technics SA 5070, B&W DM601
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  • smcgov34
    smcgov34 Posts: 46
    edited May 2010
    I'm dying to hear some M7's...still haven't heard any after all these years
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  • dane_peterson
    dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
    edited May 2010
    It appears these speakers have SL3000s... very metallic look. I'll follow-up with closer photos later. Would this denote the tweeters aren't stock? The guy I bought them from purchased them new in 1994.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited May 2010
    The RDO-198 is a direct replacement for the SL2500. No need to mod the XO.
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited May 2010
    dane_peterson wrote: »
    And it begins... now I get to go hunting for a source and amp. To think I had beaten this addiction for a while there!

    hmmm...the quote from little steven on the sopranoes applies here...can't find it @ work tho
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  • Bobsama
    Bobsama Posts: 526
    edited May 2010
    They look like Polk tweeters at least. The SL2500 & SL3000 are electrically compatible with the RDO-198-1 replacement tweeters (the RDO-194-1 was for SL1000 & SL2000).
    polkaudio Monitor 5 Series II
    polkaudio SDA-1 (with the SL1000)
    TEAC AG-H300 MK III stereo receiver
    beyerdynamic DT-880 Premium (600 Ω) headphones
    SENNHEISER HD-555 headphones
    Little Dot MK IV tube headphone amp
    Little Dot DAC_I balanced D/A converter
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited May 2010
    dane_peterson wrote: »
    It appears these speakers have SL3000s... very metallic look. I'll follow-up with closer photos later. Would this denote the tweeters aren't stock? The guy I bought them from purchased them new in 1994.


    Are you sure they're 3000's? As far as I know, none of the Monitor series speakers came with the SL-3000's. I'm pretty sure they used the SL-2500 tweeters in all of the Series II Monitors.

    I believe the 2500's and the 3000's are essentially the same visually.

    Congrats on the new speakers!:D
    The nirvana inducer-
    APC H10 Power Conditioner
    Marantz UD5005 universal player
    Parasound Halo P5 preamp
    Parasound HCA-1200II power amp
    PolkAudio LSi9's/PolkAudio SDA 2A's/PolkAudio Monitor 7A's
    Audioquest Speaker Cables and IC's
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  • Bobsama
    Bobsama Posts: 526
    edited May 2010
    Monitors used SL2500.
    SDA's used SL3000.
    The SL2500 is essential a low-priced SL3000; it takes some of the tech used in that tweet and makes it less expensive.
    They are NOT the same visually. The SL2500 has a dull black dome surrounded in black foam. The SL3000 has a shiny black dome surrounded in black felt.
    They're both electrically compatible; you CAN put an SL3000 in a Monitor Series 2 loudspeaker. The OO may have ordered them, from the factory, with the higher-end tweeter. While I've never seen the manual first-hand, I have heard that at least 1985 & 1991 SDA models were quite customizable, albeit expensive to customize, but they were available that way. Of course, basic models and veneers were much more popular.
    polkaudio Monitor 5 Series II
    polkaudio SDA-1 (with the SL1000)
    TEAC AG-H300 MK III stereo receiver
    beyerdynamic DT-880 Premium (600 Ω) headphones
    SENNHEISER HD-555 headphones
    Little Dot MK IV tube headphone amp
    Little Dot DAC_I balanced D/A converter
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  • dane_peterson
    dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
    edited May 2010
    No more pictures yet, but they do have the 2500s... once I took them out of the trunk (days later) I saw the foam surrounding.

    Have since windexed the drivers and cleaned off the cabinets (in very good shape!) and Mortite around the drivers. Next will be the usual... RD0s and SoniCaps, but I have to get an amp and source too. Another budget system... hope to have it completed for under $400 for everything.
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