monitor 4

leftwinger57

I was just cruising E-Bay and came across a Polk Monitor 4 speaker .Now I'm not at all interested in buying these but I would like to know can a comparison be made w/ my JBL-J2060 bookenders and these 4s. I know I hear a lot about the higher numbered monitors like the 7s and 10s but these look exactly like my JBLs. 6" woofer ,tweeter and a bottom port. Besides the darker cabinet which I like much better than the fake light maple that I have is there a big difference between these. Yes it can be subjective but w/ me I still haven't heard a Polk product except for a smalls h/t package and my Klipsch smalls crushed them.

TNHNDYMAN

Got a set awhile back and was pleasantly surprised. They matched well with a Pioneer SX 780 vintage integrated and sound great on fm and cd. A little large for computer speakers, but would work well in a 2nd system garage,bedroom, ect... or a surrounds for a monitor setup even though the tweets are different. Have no idea how they compare to the JBL's but I'd be all over in pair locally for $60 or less.

boston1450

Well its hard to do a side by side without having the JBL's and im sure they are good. But i like my 4's which i have hooked to a Yamaha cr240 and it does what i want from a speaker.office rig.im not a HT kind of guy but we have a Denon with a pair of sb1 Klipsch hooked to our tv and it is amazing. The little guys do a perfect job for bedroom rig..when daughter moves on we plan on HT and i cant wait.....anyways. The 4's will rock the house with big speaker sound. I have hooked a cr1040 to them and clean clear bass is perfect. It was blowing the mat around they were sitting on,from the port on them. I was amazed. To say the least. A nice little speaker for sure..ive owned jbl 2800 ? Or 2500 and these polks blow them away IMO......

mhardy6647

The original Monitor 4 used the Peerless silk dome tweeter in a small ported box (the same box as the later ones?)... I'd like to stumble across a pair of those...

leftwinger57

I should have checked before.these are already gone and sold. $49.00---$69.95---$80.00--an another at $49.
I think this was the one I was looking at

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-VINTAGE-POLK-AUDIO-Monitor-4-Hi-Fi-Audiophile-Speakers-/230993578470?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item35c84a49e6#ht_534wt_1170

PolkieMan

http://www.polkaudio.com/products/monitor4

I have two pair. One in the garage and the other mint on display in the museum of extras:cheesygrin:.
For what I paid for them $40 each pair shipped you just can't beat the sound.
Those are a little high and so is the shipping.
What is a JBL? :razz:
I don't like foam surround on any speaker or blondie fake oak :cheesygrin:
I think the build quality is better and the speaker are heaver 16 lbs each

leftwinger57

polkie dude,your right on both counts.I also do not like light fake or real oak or maple .Yes while foam rots and have had to replace 4 8'' woofers on my former Bose 601s so I do know what that's all about. These JBLs for $20 and rarely used as a bdrm rig is fine. Butyl or old style cloth doped surrounds are the best.The ADC 303ax now that's walnut and very heavy w/ those cloth doped surrounds I just spoke about . Those I can push and are a heavy speaker for their size.

PolkieMan

well for $20 you can't go wrong, but the ADC 303ax well those sound like a very nice speaker
you know even most the old radio shack realistic speakers most were real walnut wood veneer

leftwinger57 wrote: »

polkie dude,your right on both counts.I also do not like light fake or real oak or maple .Yes while foam rots and have had to replace 4 8'' woofers on my former Bose 601s so I do know what that's all about. These JBLs for $20 and rarely used as a bdrm rig is fine. Butyl or old style cloth doped surrounds are the best.The ADC 303ax now that's walnut and very heavy w/ those cloth doped surrounds I just spoke about . Those I can push and are a heavy speaker for their size.