Monitor 4's - any mods worthwhile?

SingleMaltKing
SingleMaltKing Posts: 19
edited May 2014 in Vintage Speakers
Recent acquisition, and I am not familiar with the small-sized Polks. Are there any mods that are worth while for such a small speaker?

Also, any idea on the sub-species of these 4's?
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited April 2014
    Monitor 4A's. Polk doesn't make a replacement tweeter for those, be careful, you'll have to find used replacements if you damage them. You could probably do the crossovers for real cheap. Epoxy the magnets for insurance.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • soundfreak1
    soundfreak1 Posts: 3,414
    edited April 2014
    You could upgrade them however for what it would cost you could buy a pair of monitor 5's and get even better sound that way. Just saying.
    Main Rig:
    Krell KAV 250a biamped to mid/highs
    Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
    Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
    MIT exp 1 ic's
    Perreaux SA33 class A preamp
    AQ kingcobra ic's
    OPPO 83 CDP
    Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
    Denon DP-1200 TT. AToc9ML MC cart.
    Monster HTS 3600 power conditioner
    ADS L1590/2 Biamped
    MIT exps2 speaker cable
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,639
    edited May 2014
    The Monitor 4 series'2 speakers are a fine speaker IMO you can feel the effects of that port 2 ft away. Plenty of bass. They sound very nice too & fit anywhere nicely. ? Is there something you think its lacking ?
    ..
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  • BKphoto
    BKphoto Posts: 409
    edited May 2014
    This is a future purchase for me, or Advent baby's...will be putting a system together for my daughters bedroom this fall


    don't see why not redo everything we normally do....can't hurt...
    Marantz 1152 DC- Denon DP 1200, Soundsmith Carmen MKII- ADS L980 - Blue Jeans IC's
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  • Mystery
    Mystery Posts: 2,546
    edited May 2014
    Epoxy and cheap caps if you are keeping them for a while.
    Nothing else is worth on those.

    Klipsch RB81, KG3.5, B&W DM602.5, Polk.
    Subwoofers: Klipsch RW10, Triad ProSub Bronze.
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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    edited May 2014
    I have 2 sets they are small enough to use anywhere.
    One set is in the garage for when I wash the cars or do maintenance, prefect.
    POLK SDA 2.3 TLS BOUGHT NEW IN 1990, Gimpod/Sonic Caps/Mills RDO-198
    POLK CSI-A6 POLK MONITOR 70'S ONKYO TX NR-808 SONY CDP-333ES
    PIONEER PL-510A SONY BDP S5100
    POLK SDA 1C BOUGHT USED 2011,Gimpod/Sonic Caps/Mills RDO-194
    ONKYO HT RC-360 SONY BDP S590 TECHNICS SL BD-1
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  • SingleMaltKing
    SingleMaltKing Posts: 19
    edited May 2014
    boston1450 wrote: »
    The Monitor 4 series'2 speakers are a fine speaker IMO you can feel the effects of that port 2 ft away. Plenty of bass. They sound very nice too & fit anywhere nicely. ? Is there something you think its lacking ?

    Nothing lacking as far as I know. But the guru's here may know of mods that really kick these up a notch or 2, that make them better than I literally can imagine.
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