Are these Monitor 10s ?

gudnoyez
gudnoyez Posts: 8,124
edited December 2015 in Vintage Speakers
It's been easy finding vintage Polks around here lately is it safe to assume these are monitor 10s? Apparently the seller hasn't a clue if these are 10s how do they rate in the vintage monitor series? The price seems right and they appear to be in good shape.

https://quadcities.craigslist.org/ele/5379885467.html
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,124
    Yeah I kind of thought they were 5s with peerless tweeters the large bookshelves in his description kind of threw me off just left him a message Thanks.
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    Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable

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    Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+

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    JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365

    Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    edited December 2015
    a pair of 7s and 10s (very early versions) for comparison. The 5 is smaller than either (and came along a few years after the 7 and 10).

    9606201717_d3fb6c6688_z.jpgearlypolkfamilyportrait by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    EDIT: oh, here's a later 5 -- this is one of a pair I have, thanks to a kind soul at AK. Earlier 5s had the Peerless silk dome tweeter like the 7 and 10 above.

    11208624684_1b0900317e_b.jpgMonitor5 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,124
    [img]http://cd8ba0b44a15c10065fd-24461f391e20b7336331d5789078af53.r23.cf1.r ackcdn.com/polkaudio.vanillaforums.com/editor/mb/tsobb2hzxwnm.jpg[/img]

    Decided not to pursue these to many speakers already, if someone close by is looking for some monitor 5s these look like they are in great shape.
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    2 Channel
    Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+

    Stuff for the Head
    JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365

    Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,020
    edited December 2015
    yeah, those look like M5's, as noted above.
    I think those would be nice in a smaller space.

    I picked up a set of Monitor 5 JR+ last summer. I think they're supposed to be a bit better with a crossover upgrade, but as they sit, I find them almost uselessly thin sounding. I don't regret buying them, as it was a good experience, but I can't see using them without a sub, or without upgrading, or using in a really small space where I could optimize their position. I wonder how much fatter the regular Monitor 5 sounds by comparison.

    regarding how Monitor 10's rate, as I understand it, the side-by-side driver messes up imaging, and some say that the Monitor 7 is the sweet spot with these speakers. I've never really had a profound imaging experience aside from the phantom center, so I can't comment. I like the Monitor 10 though, and I would recommend them if you've never tried them and can get them for a good price. I enjoy mine, and they're all stock except for 194 tweeters.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    I like the 7 best of the lot, but I am profoundly biased because I couldn't afford the 10 way back when, so I bought a pair of 7As in 1978... and I've stuck with 'em.

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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,020
    I love that story :)
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