Picked up some Monitor 7B's!

telemike

Worked out a trade and got some nice 7B's with peerless tweeter. Much smoother than my 7C's. I just love the M7's. Polk really nailed it on these budget hi-fi speakers. Sure, it would have been nice to have thicker cabinets and real wood veneer.

Nightfall

Congrats! I almost pulled the trigger on some SL2000 7C's a couple weeks ago for only $85 but I don't need anymore speakers. Posted them on the vintage deals thread some somebody here picked them up a day or two later.

There are 10 Peerless tweeters in my apartment right now. I like 'em too.

cnh

Congrats. The 7s are a KEEPER!

I always keep a set of 7s in the "permanent" collection which also includes 5As, 10As and SDA-2Bs.

westmassguy

Congrats, the 7s are the sweet spot in the Monitor line.
The 7s are easy to veneer.

[Deleted User]

Good move. Congrats! Always seem to find room for my 7's.

VSAT88

Cool deal, I have 5's and I love them w the Peerless tweeters. I could not believe how good they sound when I hooked them up to this old Sansui G9000DB. Positioned right these things amazed me. I cant even dream of how good some 7's would sound. I currently have my "ear to the ground", I will have some...

boston1450

^^^^ agree. Awhile back i had - i think it was a Sansui G2000 small little receiver on a pair of 5 w/peerless tweets & on tilt stands & wow it was unbelievable how good it sounded you can spend lots of money & still not get the sounds as the 5's or 7's give ya

VSAT88

boston1450 wrote: »

^^^^ agree. Awhile back i had - i think it was a Sansui G2000 small little receiver on a pair of 5 w/peerless tweets & on tilt stands & wow it was unbelievable how good it sounded you can spend lots of money & still not get the sounds as the 5's or 7's give ya

We better not tell too many folks...you know...may make it harder to find the deals!

leftwinger57

I have early 7As w/ the perrless tweeters. The only complaint about these speakers are not the speakers themselves but the cabinets. I'm a real wood guy and would rather have have seen them in walnut and not vinyl wrapped in faux rosewood that peels over time. Otherwise M7s as Dave said are the sweet spot because of being perfect size , living room presentable (condition pending), powerful enough and room filling w/ tunes o'plenty.

VSAT88

leftwinger57 wrote: »

I have early 7As w/ the perrless tweeters. The only complaint about these speakers are not the speakers themselves but the cabinets. I'm a real wood guy and would rather have have seen them in walnut and not vinyl wrapped in faux rosewood that peels over time. Otherwise M7s as Dave said are the sweet spot because of being perfect size , living room presentable (condition pending), powerful enough and room filling w/ tunes o'plenty.

Veneer?? I have read it is not too hard to put on the 7's. I want to try it one day however I have never been so hot at working with wood and I am way too cheap to pay someone to put it on. If I do try one day when the bug hits (and it will) I will take pictures and mount them up here on C.P..

telemike

Yup, the 7's are really nice sounding. I know someone who could build me some baltic birch plywood cabinets to replace the particle board Polk cabs. I'm not sure how much that would cost.

telemike

I don't feel the need to upgrade from my 7B's. I just love how they sound.

dhart86

My 7B's had Dave do the crossover upgrades and sound better than a pair of speakers costing a couple thousand. The sound is great, wish I could do something with the cabinets