Monitor Polks

NeilGabriel
NeilGabriel Posts: 1,487
edited September 2010 in Vintage Speakers
I just picked up a second pair of 10B's yesterday and do they sound great?.....well, yes. Series II....my old one are a first run. I am also picking up a pair of 10A's today, and they look to be excellent.

There have been threads on upgrading the 10's...I recall the need to modify the tweeter "hole" to put in the new tweeters.....since I can never get the search function to work...

can one of you has done the mod help me with a link....thanks
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  • kcoc321
    kcoc321 Posts: 1,788
    edited September 2010
    you would need to enlarge the tweeter cutouts on the 10a's IF you are going to swap out the Peerless. The 10 series II should not require any modifications to use the RDO-198's.
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited September 2010
    The peerless tweeters are pretty darn good. Not sure you need to swap them on the 10A's. You may think different though.

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  • Bobsama
    Bobsama Posts: 526
    edited September 2010
    Personally, I like to keep loudspeakers sounding like they originally did. To me, keeping Peerless, SL1k, SL2k, etc. tweeters would be a priority. If you already have a pair of Monitor 10-II's, keep them as they are or upgrade the tweeter to RD0198's.
    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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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited September 2010
    Now wait... are these 10b's, or 10 Series II's? If they're the series II's, they should have the SL3000 tweeter, which I didn't think was all that bad when I had my set. Check around the dome of the tweeter and see if they have a foam ring around them.
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • Bobsama
    Bobsama Posts: 526
    edited September 2010
    nadams wrote: »
    Now wait... are these 10b's, or 10 Series II's? If they're the series II's, they should have the SL3000 tweeter, which I didn't think was all that bad when I had my set. Check around the dome of the tweeter and see if they have a foam ring around them.

    Monitor's had the SL2500 tweeter: the SL3000 and RD0198 tweeters are drop-in replacements. A picture of them without the grilles on will help us give a 100% ID on them. On a side-note, any vintage Series II speakers have a sticker on the back...

    "Polk Audio
    Monitor Series 2
    ||||||||||||||||||¹
    M__² _______³"

    ¹: Barcode
    ²: Model number (for example, M7 for Monitor 7, M10 for Monitor 10, etc.)
    ³: Serial number
    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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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited September 2010
    Wooops.... you're right, they were 2500's. Still, they sounded fine.
    Ludicrous gibs!
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