help w/ speaker ID

hugeroost
hugeroost Posts: 8
edited January 2012 in Speakers
hey guys, I just picked up a set of Polks at an estate sale, they are pretty big and heavy though so I thought I better get em. It says monitor series 2 #m12 0003913 and 0003641, they have what looks like a 12 in woof and 4 five or six in subs and 1 tweet. Are these any good ? worth anything ? what were they retail ? about how old are they ? and what kind of power can they take ? I realize they wont stack up to my Klipsch"s but surely they should be o.k. I havnt had the chance to hook them up yet but they are in perfect condition, thanks fella"s, Roost
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,606
    edited January 2012
    Monitor 12's! That 12" is actually a passive radiator. What makes you think they won't stack up against the Klipsch? And yeah, they are worthless. Where do you live, just out of curiosity. :cheesygrin:



    EDIT: Unrelated...I hope. But first it was Bose and now Klipsch today. Both First time poster's. What a coincidence ehh? lol
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,336
    edited January 2012
    Like these?

    http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/products/recent/monitor12/
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  • hugeroost
    hugeroost Posts: 8
    edited January 2012
    Halo, didnt mean nothin by Klipsch comment man, they just dont look like much next to my Khorns, of coarse they shouldnt as I have 9 grand in the K"s. I an putting together a system for my daughters room and will hook them up to an old pioneer sx 1050 ( 120 wpc ) I gave 100 bucks so it looks like I got a smokin deal. Never had a set of Polks, excited to get em goin

    Tool, thats them man, thanks bro, from reading that link looks like they should sound fantastic. Hugeroost resides in Beaumont Texas and is a University of Miami Hurricane class of 84
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,606
    edited January 2012
    I was just messing with ya! I'd love to get a hold of some Monitor 12's. Some say they are boomy and not as refined as Monitor 10's. But I'd still like a pair. I id'ed those first btw!:cheesygrin: lol
    --Gary--
    Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out.
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,393
    edited January 2012
    It looks like his are the Series 2 which would have the SL-2500 tweeter vs the SL-2000. They should sound pretty nice and should rock with that Pioneer receiver. Nice vintage system you got there.

    BTW, they are form around 1991. I see from the schematic that it may have a poly-switch. These can be problematic but not much trouble to remove.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2012
    Mon 12's on that old Pioneer in a daughter's room... I'd hope the polyswitches are still fully functional.

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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited January 2012
    Cool speaker, always wanted to hear a pair.
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  • hugeroost
    hugeroost Posts: 8
    edited January 2012
    DSkip, I dont even pretend to know anything about the inside of any speaker, never actually took one apart before. I heard a pair of Khorns at our local high end stereo store when I was 20 years old and swore that one day I would own a pair. I couldnt tell you much about them in technical sense though, other than they sound better than anything i"ve ever heard. Had a hard time deciding between them and the la Scala"s once I could finally afford them, the latter looks to commercial for a living room though. Thanks for the info guys.....Roost
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