Help identifying Polk speakers

Nbiz71
Nbiz71 Posts: 2
edited September 2010 in Speakers
Hi,

I purchased these new in the early 90s and can't remember what the specs are. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
Nelson.

first post, so I hope I attached the pictures right.
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited September 2010
    Looks like the Monitor 5
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited September 2010
    look like 5's,,does the tag in the upper right (rear) have any data? Nice looking BTW
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited September 2010
    WELCOME TO CLUB POLK!

    +1, looks like you have a near mint set of Monitor 5s. Your specs:

    http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/specs/recent/monitor5/

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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,395
    edited September 2010
    They look like Monitor 5B with the Sliver Coil Dome tweeter but I don't ever recall seeing them in black.
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  • HB27
    HB27 Posts: 1,518
    edited September 2010
    skrol wrote: »
    They look like Monitor 5B with the Sliver Coil Dome tweeter but I don't ever recall seeing them in black.

    I've had a couple of pairs in black but I haven't seen any pre '87 models with SL-2000s in them. I'm sure not the Polk expert though.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,199
    edited September 2010
    Nbiz71 wrote: »
    Hi,

    I purchased these new in the early 90s and can't remember what the specs are. Any help would be appreciated.

    Thanks
    Nelson.

    first post, so I hope I attached the pictures right.

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  • Nbiz71
    Nbiz71 Posts: 2
    edited September 2010
    Hi everyone,

    Thank you for the help so far. Guess I should have checked the back of the speaker. Clearly identifies them as Monitor 5s.:o

    The speakers suffered a bit of water damage and the bottom of the speaker box is separating a bit. Any suggestions on what I should do? Would you leave them alone or try to correct it somehow?

    To be fair, I may end up selling the pair. Don't want you to be giving me a bunch of help only to turn around and find out I've sold them off.

    Thanks,
    Nelson.
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited September 2010
    Well you can't sell them here, but good luck!
    "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
    Benjamin Franklin, February 17th, 1775.

    "The day that I have to give up my constitutional rights AND let some dude rub my junk...well, let's just say that it's gonna be a real bad day for the dude trying to rub my junk!!"
    messiah, November 23rd, 2010
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