Salvation Army Polk 10A find..

Toolfan66
Toolfan66 Posts: 17,240
edited July 2014 in Vintage Speakers
So I never really go into any thrift stores anymore, always just a bunch of crap anyway, well I had the day off, washed and waxed the truck, mowed the lawn etc..

Well I went to get a burger at Freddie's, after I got done eating and had nothing else to do, there is a Salvation Army across the parking lot that I have never been in, seen it a bunch of times, so I was like what the hell I will poke my head in..

As I'm walking around I find behind a couch a set of Polk speakers, they turn out to be an early set of 10A's, I do the passive push in test, everything looks to be good, no scratching sounds from the voice coils, I look at the price and it says $15.24 :-)

Hell for that price I ain't got nothing to lose, I brought them home took out the drivers and tweeters and tested them with an ohm meter, all looks good..

The only down fall is the grill covers are missing, and so are the fuses, I'm going to pick up some fuses so I can plug these in and see if they sound ok. If all is good I'm just going to bypass the fuses, I see no reason to use them as I'm not going to crank them to the point of melt down, nor am I going to not power them right..

So with tax it came to exactly $16 for the pair..

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  • Mystery
    Mystery Posts: 2,546
    edited July 2014
    Nice!
    Look to be in good condition and with peerless. icon14.png
    Just use a piece of wire as fuse for making sure they work but yes, fuse for regular use.


    If you are talking about the one on Kipling, I've never gotten anything decent there.

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    Subwoofers: Klipsch RW10, Triad ProSub Bronze.
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,081
    edited July 2014
    What a great find!!!
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,240
    edited July 2014
    Just put fuses in and all sounds good!!!
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  • teekay0007
    teekay0007 Posts: 2,289
    edited July 2014
    Sweet score Larry! Wutcha gonna do with 'em?

    Grilles for those show up, quite reasonably priced, on that auction site every now and then, too.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,240
    edited July 2014
    Mystery wrote: »
    Nice!
    Look to be in good condition and with peerless. icon14.png
    Just use a piece of wire as fuse for making sure they work but yes, fuse for regular use.


    If you are talking about the one on Kipling, I've never gotten anything decent there.

    Yep on Kipling...

    On any other day, I would have never gone in there.. Not sure if I have ever spent a better $16, funny thing is I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them.. LOL!!!
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  • Mystery
    Mystery Posts: 2,546
    edited July 2014
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    Yep on Kipling...

    On any other day, I would have never gone in there.. Not sure if I have ever spent a better $16, funny thing is I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them.. LOL!!!

    Weren't you looking for Monitor 7's at one point?
    These are almost the same.

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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited July 2014
    Jesus. You and Mystery both. I hate you guys.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    edited July 2014
    Sounds like it was your lucky day Larry, $16.00 is a bargain!
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,240
    edited July 2014
    Mystery wrote: »
    Weren't you looking for Monitor 7's at one point?
    These are almost the same.

    Yes I was, I regret selling the pair I had, I personally like the 7's better, I wanted them for a garage set up, and that just might be where these go..

    Also as good as these sound, I have never been on the peerless fan band wagon, the 194's, 198's sound much better IMO, I don't hate them just not a big fan of them..
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  • rotwood
    rotwood Posts: 12
    edited July 2014
    Congrats. Will try my luck at local vs this weekend ):
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited July 2014
    Great buy there, Larry! I'm also missing grills on mine (plan to pick some up from a fellow Polkie though, just haven't gotten around to it).

    Personally, I love the Peerless. But that's because they're so mellow.

    Enjoy!

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

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  • Mystery
    Mystery Posts: 2,546
    edited July 2014
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    Yes I was, I regret selling the pair I had, I personally like the 7's better, I wanted them for a garage set up, and that just might be where these go..

    Also as good as these sound, I have never been on the peerless fan band wagon, the 194's, 198's sound much better IMO, I don't hate them just not a big fan of them..
    Yes, I also don't prefer peerless to silver domes.
    I've had over 15 pairs with silver domes and none of them bother me.
    I'm not partial to any tweeters (SL2000, peerless, SL2500, SL3000-->like them all) but I've never heard RDO's.

    My M7's are in basement and hardly ever get used.

    nbrowser wrote: »
    Yep, I hate em both too...still waiting to hit my SDA goldmine...one day...I hope lol
    Hey come on.
    I had my share of deals but toolfan's deal is really great as well.
    It's destiny. :wink:

    Klipsch RB81, KG3.5, B&W DM602.5, Polk.
    Subwoofers: Klipsch RW10, Triad ProSub Bronze.
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  • kdblove_99
    kdblove_99 Posts: 107
    edited July 2014
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    Yep on Kipling...

    On any other day, I would have never gone in there.. Not sure if I have ever spent a better $16, funny thing is I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them.. LOL!!!

    Your In Colorado also? I didnt know that. I'll take them off your hand:)
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited July 2014
    kdblove_99 wrote: »
    Your In Colorado also? I didnt know that. I'll take them off your hand:)
    $125 :lol:
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • codyc1ark
    codyc1ark Posts: 2,532
    edited July 2014
    Nightfall wrote: »
    Jesus. You and Mystery both. I hate you guys.

    I'll jump on that bandwagon. :mrgreen:
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited July 2014
    Congratualtions Larry!
    Relayer-Big-O-Poster.jpg
    Taken from a recent Audioholics reply regarding "Club Polk" and Polk speakers:
    "I'm yet to hear a Polk speaker that merits more than a sentence and 60 seconds discussion." :\
    My response is: If you need 60 seconds to respond in one sentence, you probably should't be evaluating Polk speakers.....

    "Green leaves reveal the heart spoken Khatru"- Jon Anderson

    "Have A Little Faith! And Everything You'll Face, Will Jump From Out Right On Into Place! Yeah! Take A Little Time! And Everything You'll Find, Will Move From Gloom Right On Into Shine!"- Arthur Lee
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,639
    edited July 2014
    Very nice find. Well worth the stop. If i see some grills kicking around i will pm you & pick them up if your wanting them-maybe someone here has some
    ..
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  • helipilotdoug
    helipilotdoug Posts: 1,229
    edited July 2014
    Great find Larry!!!! Just a thought here. You might just want to go back to that Salvation Army store and ask if they might have the grills hiding in the back somewhere. Could be they needed to be recovered or just got separated, and they just did not put them back on the speakers. Could be hiding there somewhere :)
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  • xjghost
    xjghost Posts: 1,101
    edited July 2014
    headrott wrote: »
    Congratualtions Larry!

    Yes BUT!
    Nightfall wrote: »
    Jesus. You and Mystery both. I hate you guys.

    x3!
    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

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  • leftwinger57
    leftwinger57 Posts: 2,917
    edited July 2014
    Good to hear you went the route of using the fuses. No matter how old and responsible you are wacky things happen to electronics and if a dollar fuse fuse can protect what has become a fantastic find I would not jump them out. About the grills always a personal taste thing most of my grills are off except of course my Time Frame 350s which are sock dressed.
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    edited July 2014
    Now I know why Danny is talking about moving to Colorado LOL :)
    2 ch- Polk CRS+ * Vincent SA-31MK Preamp * Vincent Sp-331 Amp * Marantz SA8005 SACD * Project Xperience Classic TT * Sumiko Blue Point #2 MC cartridge

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  • outlander
    outlander Posts: 218
    edited July 2014
    Nice score Larry! The funny thing is you could spend over $1.5K on a pair of new speakers and not have a speaker that sounds as nice as the monitor 10. When I was using my 10B’s in my 2 channel setup and thought I would upgrade to a pair of Revel F12’s I was so disappointed that I moved the Revel’s out in short order and went back to the 10B’s. The F12’s were nice speakers but just didn’t have the magic of the 10B’s. I’ve since moved up to a pair of Harbeth’s but I had to put out some good money to top the 10B’s. I still have the 10B’s in my surround setup, just couldn’t part with them.
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  • Sci-fi Polk Guy
    Sci-fi Polk Guy Posts: 194
    edited July 2014
    Reading all these threads has brought back memories. It was in 1981 at the Audiokrafters store in Washington, D.C. that I first heard a pair of Monitor 10's.
    Paradigm 11seMkIII mains, w/ Zu Audio jumpers
    Paradigm CC 450 center, w/ Zu Audio jumpers
    Polk Audio RTi6 surrounds
    Paradigm SE sub
    Sony BDP S5100 blu-ray player
    Panasonic 50" plasma
    Yamaha RX A1000 receiver
    Parasound HCA 1205A amp
    Audioquest Evergreen IC's
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited July 2014
    atta'boy Larry!
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
    edited July 2014
    Nice find indeed!
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  • Simplyrandom
    Simplyrandom Posts: 119
    edited July 2014
    You find any deals at SA around here. I think they have a crew that searches the bay for pricing on their donations and they lean towards the high side regardless of condition.
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  • Mystery
    Mystery Posts: 2,546
    So what you ended up doing with the 10's Larry?

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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    So since you got such a good deal I'm sure that you will give generously to the man ringing the bell this Christmas, for our vets :D
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  • TNTsTunes
    TNTsTunes Posts: 751
    I have some grills from a some M10's that might fit if you need them. Not sure of the differences between models, if any.
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    a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

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