New receiver for vintage Polk 7

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belleterre
belleterre Posts: 2
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Hello, I have a pair of vintage Polk 7s from the mid-1980s. I want to buy a new modern receiver for them. Do you have any recommendations for that new receiver?
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  • SeleniumFalcon
    SeleniumFalcon Posts: 4,342
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    Hello,
    Welcome to Polk's forum. It's helpful if you could give us a price range for the receiver?
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  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,583
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    Stereo or HT receiver? More bang for your buck if willing to go used. Do you want a tuner? Of not go integrated instead.
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  • TheMarco
    TheMarco Posts: 17
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    I'm driving mine with a Denon PMA-500v integrated amplifier. It's 80wpc and it sounds really nice with the Monitor 7s.

    Ther)y sell on eBay for around $150 for the 500v or even the 700v which is 100wpc.

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,394
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    This is an educated guess, if not just a wish ;) ... but... I would think that the current crop of 2-channel receivers or (even better) integrated amplifiers from Yamaha would be well worthy of consideration.

    https://usa.yamaha.com/products/audio_visual/hifi_components/index.html#d366099

    maybe, e.g., the A-S701
    https://usa.yamaha.com/products/audio_visual/hifi_components/a-s701/index.html

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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,120
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    belleterre wrote: »
    Hello, I have a pair of vintage Polk 7s from the mid-1980s. I want to buy a new modern receiver for them. Do you have any recommendations for that new receiver?

    Are you still around? Lots of folks here will have great suggestions…
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,872
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    Lots of the older Onkyo stereo amps are still doing fine and you can get them cheap. Older Yamaha receivers too!

    I like the ones with the 10 squares (numbers 1-10 ) on their faces. Like this...

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    Yamaha's like these;
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    I just saw a ton of nice receivers on eBay but looking local is the best way sometimes. Unless you want new.




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  • Inscrutabl0915
    Inscrutabl0915 Posts: 47
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    TheMarco wrote: »
    I'm driving mine with a Denon PMA-500v integrated amplifier. It's 80wpc and it sounds really nice with the Monitor 7s.

    Ther)y sell on eBay for around $150 for the 500v or even the 700v which is 100wpc.

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    Not sure where the OP went, but fwiw …

    I have the PMA-900v that the original owner used to drive my SDA-SRS2’s … worked pretty well although my more powerful newer amps have done better. I’m refreshing my Mon 7’s and will be using my various vintage integrateds/receivers to drive, including this one … expect them to sound great - better than modern AVRs, maybe not compared to pricier modern integrateds.

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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 6,014
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    Here's a nice receiver.

    https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649763195-mark-levinson-model-585-integrated-amplifier/?utm_source=USAudioMart+list&utm_medium=email&utm_content=email+featured+ad&utm_campaign=email-featured-ad-click&utm_term=649763195
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