to those with monitor 5's

canadianicon25
canadianicon25 Posts: 200
edited March 2012 in Vintage Speakers
i need assistance. i am trying to track down original mid range driver for my monitor 5's. can you guys help me out by examining your monitor 5's?

if yours have the following:

peerless tweeter
single fuse on back of crossover
slight overlap between mid range and passive radiator
sealed box
crossover has 6.2ohm and 2.7ohm resistors and 33uF cap (plus another one but i can't read it)

please tell me what your mid range driver is. its probably either a MW6500 or MW6502. there seems to be some debate about it on the forum.

thanks
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited March 2012
    Don't know the cap/resistor values. But, I have the 5As with the Peerless and the correct drivers for my speakers are the 6500s. I had a 6502 and a 6500 so I had to replace the 6502 with a 6500 (improved everything...I always thought something was a bit off there).
    Hopefully others will chime in. I guess specifying the values above will help "identify" the particular configuration of your speakers, because we all know that there is some variation in what drivers Polk used here and there (transitional models in any series, that is).

    cnh
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  • fro98665
    fro98665 Posts: 14
    edited March 2012
    I happen to have an extra 6500 if you want to buy it, $20 plus shipping. Fro
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,375
    edited March 2012
    My 5A's with the same tweeter and XO components have the MW6500.
    Stan

    Main 2ch:
    Polk LSi15 (DB840 upgrade), Parasound: P/LD-1100, HCA-1000A; Denon: DVD-2910, DRM-800A; Benchmark DAC1, Monster HTS3600-MKII, Grado SR-225i; Technics SL-J2, Parasound PPH-100.

    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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  • steve rogers 19
    steve rogers 19 Posts: 14
    edited March 2012
    Hi I'm new here. I need a 6502 driver but will the one you offer for $20.00 sound the same in order to match the other speaker? And will it fit the poening without modifing the cabinet? Thanks Steve. I'm in CT.
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