Speaker ID Please

MHAMBONE
MHAMBONE Posts: 51
edited April 2012 in Vintage Speakers
The ad just says MONITOR SERIES 2. I tried to figure this out but could'nt. Any idea what they are worth? They are asking $250. The speaker on the right.

MONITOR SERIES 2.jpg
Mike

Pioneer SC-05 Receiver
Polk SDA-2b
Polk RTA 11TL w/RDO-198's
Polk RT25i Satelite Speakers
Polk CS 400 Center Speaker
Polk PSW 350 Sub Woofer
Samsung 46" 1080p LCD TV
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited April 2012
    They look like Monitor 12's: http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/products/recent/monitor12/
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited April 2012
    Monitor 12's and no, IMO they aren't worth $250. Maybe $150 because they are rarer. They aren't that fantastic sounding. I can think of just about all other M speakers I'd rather purchase over the M12's. More of a party type speaker, not as bad as say Cerwin Vega or Bose or Infinity. Just not up to the usual wonderful sound of a "classic" Polk.

    H9
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited April 2012
    glad you didn't ask about the other two speakers in the photo :-P
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  • MHAMBONE
    MHAMBONE Posts: 51
    edited April 2012
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    glad you didn't ask about the other two speakers in the photo :-P

    Me too......I may be dumb, but not stupid
    Mike

    Pioneer SC-05 Receiver
    Polk SDA-2b
    Polk RTA 11TL w/RDO-198's
    Polk RT25i Satelite Speakers
    Polk CS 400 Center Speaker
    Polk PSW 350 Sub Woofer
    Samsung 46" 1080p LCD TV
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,603
    edited April 2012
    heiney9 wrote: »
    More of a party type speaker, not as bad as say Cerwin Vega or Bose or Infinity

    Hey now! :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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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited April 2012
    The one on the left is a cheapo Pioneer from the mid nineties, The middle one is a Cerwin Vega and the one on the right is in fact a Polk Monitor 12. All three are pretty bad house sounding speakers. If you like bump bump than any of them will do the trick.

    I wouldn't pay more than 150 for the Monitor 12's and you couldn't give me the other two.
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