Latest Snag - Polk Monitor 5b

RuSsMaN
RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
edited February 2004 in Speakers
Found these covered in dust today, $20. Drivers in outstanding condition - a few small rubs on the cabs, but so far they cleaned up real well.

Cheers,
Russ
Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited February 2004
    Closer....

    Ok, carry on, just wanted to share.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited February 2004
    ****
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited February 2004
    WTF??? Another pair of speakers? You seem to be finding new speakers weekly. Congrats!

    Maurice
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  • woodyjacobs
    woodyjacobs Posts: 706
    edited February 2004
    Damn those look nice. A buddy of mine has that same pair. Those tweeters scream!
    system 1:
    Athena: AS-F1 mains, AS-C1 center, AS-B1 surrounds, AS-P400 sub, Yammie RXV-730, Rotel RB-976 driving front stage, Samsung BD3600 Blue Ray, Denon DVD2900 for sacd/cd , jbl n24awII on the deck, samsung 40" 1080p lcd

    system 2:
    XBox 360 Spherex 5.1 system, HK DVD38, Phillips CDC 926 CD changer, Phillips 32" LCD

    2 channel
    NAD 1600 pre, NAD 2400 THX amp, Phillips CDC 926, Linn extra speaks, crappy TT
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited February 2004
    Nice nab... Can you compare to the 7's?
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • Dr. Spec
    Dr. Spec Posts: 3,780
    edited February 2004
    Originally posted by Tour2ma
    Nice nab... Can you compare to the 7's?

    Wrong. He meant to say "can you spare the 7's".
    "What we do in life echoes in eternity"

    Ed Mullen (emullen@svsound.com)
    Director - Technology and Customer Service
    SVS
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited February 2004
    Nice Doc, I agree, you gotta watch these effers.

    Bruce - haven't spent more than a couple hrs with them so far. The tweeter is the SL2000 vs the original Peerless in my 7a's. No comparision in MY book. That being said though, they (sl2000's) don't seem AS sharp as I remember. Perhaps the thinner facia? Perhaps I just haven't listened to enough recordings?

    I will still probably do the tweet swap in the not-so-distant future, but they sound pretty good so far - what can I say - they sound like vintage Polks! (which we all know is a GOOD thing). Not bad in the low-end dept either, but it's still too early to draw any conclusions - I just don't have a lot of time in with them yet.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited February 2004
    NICE! Where do u find all these deals?? ;)
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited February 2004
    Originally posted by danger boy
    You guys that live in the south are lucky.. I haven't run into a pair of Monitor 7's that are on West side of the Mississippi on ebay. . :mad:

    Thats because Russ has them all on the west coast :)
    Life without music would♭
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  • smglbrth
    smglbrth Posts: 1,481
    edited February 2004
    You Thief!!

    Nice speakers though. Mine do a really good job in the office! If you've never had them before, which I doubt since you stated you haven't had much time with them yet, they will grow on you. As long as you keep them within their capacities....:D

    I think BANDIT would be a better user name for you!
    Remember, when you're running from something, you're running to something...-me
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited February 2004
    Capacities? Whats that?

    Right now they have moved to the outsides of the SRS 2's, toed in (if you've seen my cave), and I'm letting the 375wpc Carver have it's way with them. Well, about 5 watts of it anyway... ;)

    What a COOL speaker. Definate keepers. I think they will end up in the Master Bedroom, running off the whole-house rig.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • theinmoe
    theinmoe Posts: 25
    edited February 2004
    Russ,
    Good find, out of subject anyway, where did you get those pair of lions statue at your fire place? They look familiar to me as they can be found near pagoda from my country (Burma).
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,722
    edited February 2004
    Ah, now we know where Russ does his shopping!
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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