Are Monitor 70's worth rebuilding?

gdphoto

I stumbled across a very nice pair of Monitor 70's in my local thrift shop. They were asking $100.00 for them. I happened to have a 25% off coupon with me they had emailed me and got then for $75.00. They look and sound very good. I use them in my little work room where I clean LP's and tinker with fixing things. At best they sound as good as my Monitor 5B's, which I am waiting for parts to rebuild the XO's. Doing my homework on the 5B's rebuild I started wondering if the M70's are worth rebuilding. How old do you think they are?
Any suggestions on rebuilding their XO's, or any other mods worth doing? By the way,I will use them with my Hafler DH220 power amp which pumps out 115 watts per channel. I am also wondering if the M5B's sound so good in their original form, will they blow away the M70's after they are rebuilt?

K_M

The Lsi line can be found for great Prices sometimes.

It is simply better as is, than either of the above you mention.
Once you hear them, you can not go back....

tonyb

gdphoto wrote: »

I stumbled across a very nice pair of Monitor 70's in my local thrift shop. They were asking $100.00 for them. I happened to have a 25% off coupon with me they had emailed me and got then for $75.00. They look and sound very good. I use them in my little work room where I clean LP's and tinker with fixing things. At best they sound as good as my Monitor 5B's, which I am waiting for parts to rebuild the XO's. Doing my homework on the 5B's rebuild I started wondering if the M70's are worth rebuilding. How old do you think they are?
Any suggestions on rebuilding their XO's, or any other mods worth doing? By the way,I will use them with my Hafler DH220 power amp which pumps out 115 watts per channel. I am also wondering if the M5B's sound so good in their original form, will they blow away the M70's after they are rebuilt?

Since this is your work area your using these for, my preference would be for the rebuilt 5b's for music. The 70's are good too but I think they are better suited for a Home theatre environment. Just my opinion.

Others will chime in on the crossovers as we have a few here who rebuild them often enough.