Vintage Monitor and SDA Speaker Deals

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  • JayMX
    JayMX Posts: 450
    It’s raining monitor 5’s in Utah! All popped up within 3 days of each other…
    And just when I list my Practically Perfect Pair too… 😖

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    Current Collection: Monitor 4a (Peerless), Monitor 5B (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 (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.
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  • VSAT88
    VSAT88 Posts: 1,282
    Sweet!
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,594
    That first one looks super early with that early method of grille attachment. Interesting that even that one has a countersunk passive radiator. Makes me think that they must've done that from the beginning with the Monitor 5. Not with the 7 though in the beginning. Things that make ya go hmmmm.
    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
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  • engie490
    engie490 Posts: 433
    Nice looking pair of M5jr+ for $140 in Denver.

    https://denver.craigslist.org/ele/d/denver-vintage-polk-audio-monitor/7467304204.html

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    KEF 207s / Coda Continuum / SST Thoebe II / Oppo BDP-105D / Technics SP-15 w/SAEC WE-308SX & Ortofon AS-309 arms / Ikeda 9C2 & Dynavector XX2 Mk II carts
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  • xsmi
    xsmi Posts: 1,801
    Affiliated! 😉
    https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/196216/polk-audio-sda-srs-s#latest
    2-channelBelles 22A Pre, Emotiva XPA-2 Gen 2, Marantz SA8005, Pro-Ject RPM-10 Turntable, Pro-Ject Phono Box DS3B, Polk Audio Legend L800's, AudioQuest Cable throughout.
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,594
    I considered but probably not going for it personally. These are Series II for $75. They don't seem to have the updated tweeters because you can see the foam ring.

    https://newjersey.craigslist.org/ele/d/montclair-polk-monitor-series/7463693035.html

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    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
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,302
    Stellar deal for 75 clams
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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 4,986
    They take the drop-in Wuhans. I believe the pole-pieces may have copper shorting rings. Would be a fun project. They look well treated to boot.
    Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists.
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,594
    edited April 2022
    I know.......groan.....decisions....

    It would give me a use for those 2 billet tweeter bezels I have and parts to make tweeter (thanks to xschop) :)
    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
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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 4,986
    edited April 2022
    You'ld be first to have billet SL2500-RDO hybrids. The alloy plates have the RDO throat profile. You may like what you hear.
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,594
    xschop wrote: »
    You'ld be first to have billet SL2500-RDO hybrids. The alloy plates have the RDO throat profile. You may like what you hear.

    These are fair game for one of us. I'll be noble rather than a hoarder o:) But I will put the $75 in a slush fund towards a nice pair of CRS+.

    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
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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 4,986
    If you lived on the opposite coast, you could pick up a pair of CRS+ for about that lol.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,369
    The price dropped to 50.00 now. :p
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,594
    edited April 2022
    Tony M wrote: »
    The price dropped to 50.00 now. :p

    This is pure evil at work, and $25 less for my slush fund. I really don't have a space for them. Don't have a 2nd system anywhere in garage, basement, or bedroom and don't really care to listen there......groan. PLUS this sort of thing never happens in NJ so it must be a trick :p
    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
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,754
    Buy them, then karma them!

    In with 23. :D
    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
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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 4,986
    I'd snatch those up for crossovers and spare 6502s
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,594
    I was thinking about you^^. If only I could teleport them to you I'd make the drive.
    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
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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 4,986
    You could make a 5B center channel lol
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,369
    I'd buy them and put them up on the shelf with my other ones because... :)

    I could "never" pass up a good deal for many years.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • VSAT88
    VSAT88 Posts: 1,282
    Buy em and if you need an old receiver or whatever to set em up with let me know.
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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 4,986
    edited April 2022
    Depending on how far trip it is, the tank of petrol may be higher than 50 bucks. "Because in Philadelphia..."

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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,594
    Thanks vsat88. Very generous. I've actually got an old receiver that I could set up a 2nd system with but I just wouldn't listen to it really if it isn't as good or better than what I have. So I guess the bottom line is I want these to get played and not just sit on a shelf. I asked my neighbor if he wants them for his bar (converted backyard workshop) but they are both into the wireless super mini mono speaker thing (uggh...groan). I would also hate to strip them down for parts, which I don't need but others might.
    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
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  • tramp59
    tramp59 Posts: 13
    Picked up a pair of 5b for $25. A few dings in the finish but they sound great.
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    Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.
    HST
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,369
    Are these your first Polk audio speakers?
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • tramp59
    tramp59 Posts: 13
    Yes.
    Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.
    HST
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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 4,986
    Nice acquisition. I always thought Peerless and SL1000 cabinets were considered 5A's.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,369
    edited April 2022
    tramp59 wrote: »
    Yes.

    Cool.

    Enjoy. :)

    Maybe you'll want to hear what other Polks sound like in the near future.

    After I bought my first Polk audio Model 10's and heard my classic Rock on them, I was hooked.

    I went on a quest to own every Polk speakers made. I would buy them second hand though because that was my budget for almost all of my life. Pawn shops, yard sales and the Goodwill and Habitat stores had them too.

    When I was given a set of POLK SDA-SRS2's, I heard what I was missing out on.

    But I KNOW what these smaller monitor 5's can produce because I own a couple of sets of this smaller series bookies. They're amazing for their sizes. These 6.5" woofers are so powerful even when one is all there is in each cabinet. B)
    Put some super glue Gel on the magnets to keep them from shifting from age. both sides of the magnet needs gluing.
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    My little collection of the smaller series. 4's, 5jr.s and I have a set of 5's on another shelf.
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    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,594
    edited April 2022
    xschop wrote: »
    Nice acquisition. I always thought Peerless and SL1000 cabinets were considered 5A's.

    I had to check. Those tweeter cutouts were definitely made for the slightly larger Peerless bezels but I'm not sure that means anything considering the way they used up older parts. I know for a fact that they sold some 7B with SL1000 and some 7C with SL1000 (crazy!). It looks like the 5B had the SL1000, based upon this from Audio Oct. 1984, but the question is did they sell some 5A that had it too?:

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    Ha ha and then in Oct 1985 the 5B and 7C had the SL2000:

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    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
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  • tramp59
    tramp59 Posts: 13
    xschop wrote: »
    Nice acquisition. I always thought Peerless and SL1000 cabinets were considered 5A's.

    I haven't a clue other than what the seller told me. No matter I like them.
    Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.
    HST
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,594
    tramp59 wrote: »
    xschop wrote: »
    Nice acquisition. I always thought Peerless and SL1000 cabinets were considered 5A's.

    I haven't a clue other than what the seller told me. No matter I like them.

    If you look at the back of your speakers, the XO/Binding Post plate should show a 5A or 5B, like this:

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    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
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