Newbee needs HELP

steve rogers 19
steve rogers 19 Posts: 14
edited March 2012 in Vintage Speakers
2012-03-25. Man I'm a bad typist! Here is my set of questions corrected. Hi all, Polk monitor series 5 23375 info from rear tag. What do I have here???? Worth fixing???? One driver "woofer" has come apart where the coil cone and centering bellows are all attached, noticed scratchy sound so I stopped using both immediately. The other unit works good & sounds good.
Can I super glue it all back in place? Where can I get a replacement speaker??? From Polk? From someone from this forum? Any phone num for them & a contact name? And finally what upgrades are necessary or just optional for the crossover? Xover components all look good but I did not get a schematic & meter them. It seems that my only problem is the disattachment of the one driver "woofer?" cone from the center tube and the centering bellows. Thanks Steve.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,564
    edited March 2012
    The damaged driver cannot be fixed. Pull it out, on the back will be a part number...some version of MWxxxx. Call Polk on Monday to order a new one. Contact info is at the top of the page.

    Use the search feature to find the crossover upgrades.
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,375
    edited March 2012
    If that is all that is wrong, the Monitor 5 is certainly worth fixing. You should be able to get a replacement driver from Polk customer service. Tell them that you are a Club Polk member to receive an nice discount. From your other posts, it looks like you need an MW 6502? These show up here and on that auction site fairly often.

    By centering bellows, do you mean the spyder (a cloth covered flat spring that attaches to the basket frame and the center of the cone)? Is it detached from the cone or the metal basket?

    I had one detach from the metal basket frame and was able to glue it back with epoxy and it worked great. If it is detached from the cone, then I am not sure what you can do but replace the driver.

    Stan
    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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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,375
    edited March 2012
    Oops... double post.
    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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