My recently recapped Polks

cortico
cortico Posts: 587
edited July 2015 in Vintage Speakers
Hi guys, wanted to let a thank you note for the advice and help i received to recap my speakers.

On the Monitor 5B with i used clarity ESA, Mundorf resistor and new drivers (RDO-194 and MW6020). The 5JR+ received Sonicap and mills resistor.

The results are excellent, the 5B ended up sounding smoother and warmer with bigger bass. 5jr+ has more pronounced highs and mids. The sound pretty amazing when both speaker pairs play simultaneously… I am not sure is this is safe for the receiver, any thoughts?!

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,552
    Playing speakers side by side results in comb filtering issues.
    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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  • cortico
    cortico Posts: 587
    edited July 2015
    … thanks
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,020
    I like your setup.
    How's the Marantz working out for you?

    Comb filtering -
    Is this only side by side, or also stacked/any multiple speakers in front soundstage?
    I disabled signatures.
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,081
    Very nice.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    congrats on your work!
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  • soundfreak1
    soundfreak1 Posts: 3,414
    4 speakers do not IMPROVE sound quality ( think back why quad failed) it interferes with imaging and detail. If you must stack vertically.
    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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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    edited July 2015
    or use the a/b switch!
    Maybe he should flip the 5jr+ so the tweeters are together... if he stacks :p
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,552
    Stacked speakers result in lobing. It called 2 channel for a reason.
    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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  • soundfreak1
    soundfreak1 Posts: 3,414
    Thats the way we used to stack advents back in the day.
    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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  • smglbrth
    smglbrth Posts: 1,471
    soundfreak1 wrote: »
    Thats the way we used to stack advents back in the day.

    I did that once, stacked 4.5's on my 8t's. Ya, young and dumb I was back then but hell, I thought it sounded pretty good...
    Remember, when you're running from something, you're running to something...-me
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  • cortico
    cortico Posts: 587
    thanks, I will keep both speakers and used it alternately with A/B selector. Can't decide which pair sounds better.
    msg wrote: »
    I like your setup.
    How's the Marantz working out for you?

    Comb filtering -
    Is this only side by side, or also stacked/any multiple speakers in front soundstage?

    This 1974 Marantz sounds amazing. It had a channel down when i got it, I replaced the relay, electrolytic caps and some other problematic components about a year and a half ago with the help of some audio karma folks.

    here is the link to the thread:
    http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=563263

    I like to see my friends and family get blown away with the sound of an old piece of gear… I guess they don't expect it to sound as is.
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