Monitor 7C's

gar
gar Posts: 2
in Vintage Speakers
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My father was wise to buy these 7C's in the mid-80s, and they came to me after his passing. This Spring I made an entertainment center, equipment stand, and what I hope are good new versions of PolkStands. Paired with a superb 1978 Kenwood amplifier from eBay, the LPs have come out of storage, are being cleaned, and it's a retro party!

(I mixed the wood stain to match the "polkaudio" badges' color)

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  • codycatalist
    codycatalist Posts: 2,662
    edited May 2016
    Welcome to the Club! Those are beautiful 7s! I dig the stands, might have to make some for my Monitor 5s. All you damn wood smiths make it seem too "easy".
    Just a dude doing dude-ly things

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  • RandyCroissant
    RandyCroissant Posts: 475
    Really nice retro rig, I bet it sounds great
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,637
    That looks very nice. Not overboard & cluttery. Sure it sounds great. Is that a A-T atpl120 TT ? Sweet table. Welcome to CPolk
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,637
    Not sure what those have for tweeters (thinking sl2000) & not sure if you knew this or not. Polk has some "drop in" replacement tweeters for around 52.00 each & the rdo194's sound much better IMO. Should you decide to buy them-tell them your a member & save some $$$
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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    Very Nice. Welcome to CP
    Home Theater/2 Channel:
    Front: SDA-2ATL forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/143984/my-2as-finally-finished-almost/p1
    Center: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/150760/my-center-channel-project/p1
    Surrounds & Rears: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/151647/my-surround-project/p1
    Sonicaps, Mills, RDO-194s-198s, Dynamat, Hurricane Nuts, Blackhole5
    Pioneer Elite VSX-72TXV, Carver PM-600, SVS PB2-Plus Subwoofer

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  • MrBuhl
    MrBuhl Posts: 2,419
    Welcome! Nice clean setup there - enjoy, the 7's have been on my list for a long while!
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  • gar
    gar Posts: 2
    Thank you all so much. That Polk hosts this forum and supports its old products are good reasons to support them right back. I WILL be ordering the RDO-194 tweeters soon to replace the SL-2000s, and having the crossovers redone after that. If you have a '57 Corvette, you maintain it, right?
    And that is indeed a new AT turntable; my plan was to use an old Dual to keep the retro theme, but even with professional help, it kept failing.
    It is such a pleasure to have the vinyl playing again (Vivaldi or Country Joe & The Fish -- it's all good).

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  • pkquat
    pkquat Posts: 748
    The RDO-194's will drop right in. Recapping the crossovers is popular and recommended. There is also the option of using the RDO-198 tweeter which is slightly better. The tweeter requires some different caps, and I think changing the small inductor on this model. I just saw the schematic, but I can't find it atm.
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  • pkquat
    pkquat Posts: 748
    Here is the schematic courtesy of @westmassguy. https://us.v-cdn.net/5021930/uploads/attachments/4/6/7/2/8/18767.pdf

    The link came from page 10 of a Monitor 10 build by willwilly in the DIY section. He is now building a pair of 7's in the same thread.
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