Vintage Monitor and SDA Speaker Deals

1…198199201203204…257

Comments

  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,742
    Apparently the very earliest ones had Peerless (so called HF1000?) and 2 MW6600s

    https://us.v-cdn.net/5021930/uploads/editor/if/m12xmg945hv4.pdf
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,352
    Gardenstater wrote: »
    Sometimes I answer my own questions. It had 2 MW6510's. So it could be SDA'd without any driver swap outs with a CRS+ Blade-Blade crossover. Same driver compliment. Or swap out one of the MW6510's for a MW6511 (or perhaps MW6502) and use a 2B or CRS+ Pin-Blade Crossover.

    https://polksda.com/monitor11.shtml

    But of course I'd like to listen a long while first as is. :)

    Re-read Jesse's comments in the second post in this discussion;
    https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/comment/2542740#Comment_2542740

    If I had 11's I would leave them intact, no reconfiguring to CRS+, but upgrade the crossover caps and tweeters.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,742
    Jesse's comments about how it's a better speaker than the 10? Yep and I agree it must be, without having heard both. I posted something to the effect previously.

    I want to hear and experiment with SDA at this point. If I can do that with an unmodified 2B or CRS+ that would be preferred by me. But if I happened to have these speakers AND CRS+ or 2B crossovers and interconnect, I do believe that I would really like to experiment with SDA without having to damage or modify these speakers in any way. Those who have done so to the 10 have reported excellent results.....Tenneman xschop. To each his/her own! :)
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,352
    Gardenstater wrote: »
    Jesse's comments about how it's a better speaker than the 10? Yep and I agree it must be, without having heard both. I posted something to the effect previously.

    I want to hear and experiment with SDA at this point. If I can do that with an unmodified 2B or CRS+ that would be preferred by me. But if I happened to have these speakers AND CRS+ or 2B crossovers and interconnect, I do believe that I would really like to experiment with SDA without having to damage or modify these speakers in any way. Those who have done so to the 10 have reported excellent results.....Tenneman xschop. To each his/her own! :)

    No problem, I fully understand your position. We are free to modify. Many people here share their good experiences as well as their not so good. We learn from both. Being the original 11's are so rare, that's the reason I would leave them stock configured. But add new tweeter and caps. In fact I have a pair of SDA 2A's I would like to perform the TL mod on. It has the double board crossover and wouldn't be cost effective to upgrade it back to just a average performing 2A. :)
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,742
    I would leave them stock too. And would certainly enjoy listening to them for at least a month or much more and if I could afford to do so I would upgrade the factory crossover as well. If I decided to experiment with SDA I wouldn't do anything to the box except perhaps mount an extra crossover component inside the cabinet, on a brace or the back of the cabinet. Certainly nothing that couldn't be reversed without anybody knowing, and rest assured that all the original components would be lovingly tucked into zip lock bags and place in a box to be properly restored to their rightful positions in the future, should that be desired, and to appease even Matthew Polk himself :)
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,742
    edited August 2020
    Found this NOS driver on eBay but it is not a model I can currently use. MW*6*5*0*1 if anybody has been looking for one of these, jump on this. Used in the SDA 1A, 1, 2, M10, RTA 12. No affiliation. PS: Let me know if you got it and you're a Polk Forum member. Just nice to know I didn't waste my time :)

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Old-Stock-Polk-Audio-mw-6501-woofer/324262810914?hash=item4b7f91d522:g:qjkAAOSwQUdfJkmn

    wozmugv3zvq0.png
    Post edited by Gardenstater on
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,927
    Those are very hard to come by.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,927
    that is a darn good price
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,742
    I want to believe that there is something wrong with those! Or is it just another crazy Californian? :D
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,742
    Well that's great I suppose. Hopefully whoever buys them doesn't part them out to make $150 profit.
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,059
    Best looking 10's that would make it easy to part with Ulysses.
    Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • spongebobsquarepants
    spongebobsquarepants Posts: 167
    https://newjersey.craigslist.org/ele/d/bloomfield-vintage-polk-7b-monitor/7153570757.html

    bkvdqyfioanu.jpg
    Monitor 7B for $75 in NJ

    ...on the fence about getting these to use while my crossovers are getting rebuilt
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,742
    Gardenstater wrote: »
    Found this NOS driver on eBay but it is not a model I can currently use. MW*6*5*0*1 if anybody has been looking for one of these, jump on this. Used in the SDA 1A, 1, 2, M10, RTA 12. No affiliation. PS: Let me know if you got it and you're a Polk Forum member. Just nice to know I didn't waste my time :)

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Old-Stock-Polk-Audio-mw-6501-woofer/324262810914?hash=item4b7f91d522:g:qjkAAOSwQUdfJkmn

    wozmugv3zvq0.png

    Well this went already for $55. I knew it wouldn't last long. Hope somebody here got it???
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • JayMX
    JayMX Posts: 455
    No affiliation, seen on Facebook Marketplace... what are they?!? Monitor 11’s with SL2000's?

    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/779425502828087/
    o15xishsrba2.jpeg
    7549o0bupizx.jpeg
    Current Collection: Monitor 4a (Peerless), Modified Monitor 7b (Peerless), RTA15TL (SL3000), SDA CRS+ (194’s), SDA SRS 2.3TL, R100's, R200’s, R300 🤩
    Pairs that have passed through: Monitor 4b (Peerless), Monitor 5a (Peerless), Monitor 5B (Peerless), Monitor 5b (SL1000), Monitor 5b (SL2000) (4x pair), Monitor 7b (Peerless), Modified Monitor 7c’s (194’s), Monitor 10a (Peerless), Monitor 10b (5x pair), RTA8, RTA8TL, RTA 11T, RTA12c (194's), SDA1(mod to “a” & SL1000 Wuhan mod), SDA CRS, SDA 2 (2x pair), SDA 2a, SDA 2b, SDA 1b, SDA 1c, SDA SRS 2 (2x pair), SDA SRS 3.1TL (198’s) (2x pair)...and more to come, it’s a sickness.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,595
    I just flinched seeing that jug on the speakers! WTF!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,871
    At least it's empty
    Gustard X26 Pro DAC
    Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
    Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
    Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)

    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,742
    Oh my gosh! How come there's no deals like this ever in NJ? Never mind I know the answer.
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • VSAT88
    VSAT88 Posts: 1,297
    edited September 2020
    JayMX wrote: »
    No affiliation, seen on Facebook Marketplace... what are they?!? Monitor 11’s with SL2000's?

    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/779425502828087/
    o15xishsrba2.jpeg
    7549o0bupizx.jpeg

    Yes, those are indeed Monitor 11's with SL 2000 tweeters. I had a set. gt422a022a1h.jpg
    I probably should have kept them. I will never find another set.
    Post edited by VSAT88 on
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • VSAT88
    VSAT88 Posts: 1,297
    spongebobsquarepants wrote: »
    https://newjersey.craigslist.org/ele/d/bloomfield-vintage-polk-7b-monitor/7153570757.html

    bkvdqyfioanu.jpg
    Monitor 7B for $75 in NJ

    ...on the fence about getting these to use while my crossovers are getting rebuilt

    When you find those there is no fence.... You may wanna keep them instead of fixing your others they will sound sooooo nice.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • JayMX
    JayMX Posts: 455
    VSAT88 wrote: »
    spongebobsquarepants wrote: »
    https://newjersey.craigslist.org/ele/d/bloomfield-vintage-polk-7b-monitor/7153570757.html

    bkvdqyfioanu.jpg
    Monitor 7B for $75 in NJ

    ...on the fence about getting these to use while my crossovers are getting rebuilt

    When you find those there is no fence.... You may wanna keep them instead of fixing your others they will sound sooooo nice.

    I lucked into another pair of near perfect 7B’s this last Sunday for $50. Couldn't pass them up! Still my favorites out of all I’ve owned!
    1u9s77z2ymb5.jpeg
    k88shy1fodte.jpeg


    Current Collection: Monitor 4a (Peerless), Modified Monitor 7b (Peerless), RTA15TL (SL3000), SDA CRS+ (194’s), SDA SRS 2.3TL, R100's, R200’s, R300 🤩
    Pairs that have passed through: Monitor 4b (Peerless), Monitor 5a (Peerless), Monitor 5B (Peerless), Monitor 5b (SL1000), Monitor 5b (SL2000) (4x pair), Monitor 7b (Peerless), Modified Monitor 7c’s (194’s), Monitor 10a (Peerless), Monitor 10b (5x pair), RTA8, RTA8TL, RTA 11T, RTA12c (194's), SDA1(mod to “a” & SL1000 Wuhan mod), SDA CRS, SDA 2 (2x pair), SDA 2a, SDA 2b, SDA 1b, SDA 1c, SDA SRS 2 (2x pair), SDA SRS 3.1TL (198’s) (2x pair)...and more to come, it’s a sickness.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,742
    $50 is absolutely nuts! Congratulations. What are people thinking out there?
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • xjghost
    xjghost Posts: 1,115
    I never see deals like that around me. Took me forever to find my 7's for a price I'd pay. 11's are the last ones on the list to get....
    HT/2Channel: Emotiva MMC-1, Adcom GFA-555II, Polk SDA 3.1's, Teac TN-300 TT, Polk Center and Sub.

    Bedroom system: Carver CT-24, Parasound HCA-800II, Monitor 10's

    Additional projects: RTA 12c's
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,059
    edited September 2020

    xjghost wrote: »
    I never see deals like that around me. Took me forever to find my 7's for a price I'd pay. 11's are the last ones on the list to get....

    https://tulsa.craigslist.org/ele/d/broken-arrow-polk-audio-monitor-series/7186953446.html

    I'd like to phase-plug the MWs and billet tweets of course.... Mad Max 11's?
    Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • subkron
    subkron Posts: 81
    edited September 2020
    Monitor 10s for $140. It is in Southampton nj in a closed fb group. If anyone has interest I can contact seller and see what he wants to do.

    Also crossposted in CL (not sure how I missed that) here you go:
    https://southjersey.craigslist.org/ele/d/shamong-polk-vintage-monitor-10-speakers/7186980937.html

    7ac9celheyrz.jpg


    t5bot70azu27.jpg
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • engie490
    engie490 Posts: 438
    https://denver.craigslist.org/ele/d/denver-polk-audio-rta-12s/7184450349.html

    Polk RTA-12s in Denver.

    wipx1s60r3w3.jpg


    Hales System Two Signatures / Bryston 7B STs / McCormack RLD-1 / Innersound Phono / Bluesound Node 130 /Oppo BDP-105D / Technics SP-15 w/SAEC WE-308SX & Ortofon AS-309 arms / Audio-Technica ART-1 & Dynavector XX2 Mk II carts
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • engie490
    engie490 Posts: 438
    Might need an intervention here....at least they are cheap!

    https://denver.craigslist.org/ele/d/frederick-polk-audio-model-11t-speakers/7172877260.html

    zclacvltxo1b.png
    Hales System Two Signatures / Bryston 7B STs / McCormack RLD-1 / Innersound Phono / Bluesound Node 130 /Oppo BDP-105D / Technics SP-15 w/SAEC WE-308SX & Ortofon AS-309 arms / Audio-Technica ART-1 & Dynavector XX2 Mk II carts
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • indyhawg
    indyhawg Posts: 1,668
    Some big boys in central Indiana on Facebook marketplace. No affiliation.

    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3391576160924806/
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • krazypolk
    krazypolk Posts: 745
    engie490 wrote: »
    Might need an intervention here....at least they are cheap!

    https://denver.craigslist.org/ele/d/frederick-polk-audio-model-11t-speakers/7172877260.html

    zclacvltxo1b.png

    These are already gone. How much were they?
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • engie490
    engie490 Posts: 438
    krazypolk wrote: »
    engie490 wrote: »
    Might need an intervention here....at least they are cheap!

    https://denver.craigslist.org/ele/d/frederick-polk-audio-model-11t-speakers/7172877260.html

    zclacvltxo1b.png

    These are already gone. How much were they?

    $80. However, they had damage to the cabinets and the OP stated both midranges were damaged as well.
    Hales System Two Signatures / Bryston 7B STs / McCormack RLD-1 / Innersound Phono / Bluesound Node 130 /Oppo BDP-105D / Technics SP-15 w/SAEC WE-308SX & Ortofon AS-309 arms / Audio-Technica ART-1 & Dynavector XX2 Mk II carts
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • krazypolk
    krazypolk Posts: 745
    Got it.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter