Big Master Speakers Polk Audio..

Toolfan66
Toolfan66 Posts: 17,234
in Vintage Speakers
Huh??? Ha, he is claiming they are Polk Audio..

https://denver.craigslist.org/bfs/d/longmont-big-master-speakers-collection/7413944874.html
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,234
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    Run away, and don't look back.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,636
    I mean more drivers are better
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,636
    Maybe pork audio
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    edited November 2021
    I found a picture of the crossovers
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    Or maybe it's these:
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  • maxward
    maxward Posts: 1,576
    I saw something like that in a car.
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,012
    edited November 2021
    Aw man, a couple of the dust caps are pushed in. I'm out.
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    I disabled signatures.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,407
    What are they... early Tekton?
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,786
    They're like the Wall of Sound but in miniature, and with inferior drivers ;)

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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,897
    ^^ Wall of Sound, courtesy of Stanley Owlsey sound engineer and king of LSD.
    The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

    It is imperative that we recognize that an opinion is not a fact.
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  • SeleniumFalcon
    SeleniumFalcon Posts: 3,779
    Mr. Owlsey, aka The Bear, made several recordings of his friends such as this one from The Tape Project:

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  • engie490
    engie490 Posts: 431
    I wonder if I should go listen to them...only an hour away...
    Alon Petite / Infinity 1.2S / Coda Continuum / Counterpoint SA5000 / Oppo BDP-105D / Technics SP-15 w/SAEC WE-308SX & Ortofon AS-309 arms / Ikeda 9C2 & Dynavector XX2 Mk II carts
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,407
    Please do, also see if you can fin information on them... I am intrigued..
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,234
    engie490 wrote: »
    I wonder if I should go listen to them...only an hour away...

    Where do you live at??
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  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,513
    Home brew with a bunch of car audio drivers? The "mids" definitely look like full range car speakers.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,407
    edited November 2021
    ;)
    DaveHo wrote: »
    Home brew with a bunch of car audio drivers? The "mids" definitely look like full range car speakers.

    These are not home brew... I think something quite rare and very high end for the late 80's or early 90's. :*
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,786
    I don't know what they are... the remind me of the VMPS monstrosities of... not all that long ago. They're not VMPSs though. :|

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    https://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/486vmps/index.html

    The drivers aren't car drivers -- but they're not familiar.
    There have been some pretty fine elliptical drivers (typically, but not always, woofers) over the years: KEF and EMI both had noteworthy models, e.g.
    And even some of the "car" elliptical drivers were actually pretty good drivers if used with grace and tact.
    B)

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  • engie490
    engie490 Posts: 431
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    engie490 wrote: »
    I wonder if I should go listen to them...only an hour away...

    Where do you live at??

    Just south of Denver
    Alon Petite / Infinity 1.2S / Coda Continuum / Counterpoint SA5000 / Oppo BDP-105D / Technics SP-15 w/SAEC WE-308SX & Ortofon AS-309 arms / Ikeda 9C2 & Dynavector XX2 Mk II carts
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,234
    engie490 wrote: »
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    engie490 wrote: »
    I wonder if I should go listen to them...only an hour away...

    Where do you live at??

    Just south of Denver

    I live southwest by Bowels and Kipling.

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  • engie490
    engie490 Posts: 431
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    engie490 wrote: »
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    engie490 wrote: »
    I wonder if I should go listen to them...only an hour away...

    Where do you live at??

    Just south of Denver

    I live southwest by Bowels and Kipling.

    I'm in Castle Rock on the 83 side. Work in the Springs.
    Alon Petite / Infinity 1.2S / Coda Continuum / Counterpoint SA5000 / Oppo BDP-105D / Technics SP-15 w/SAEC WE-308SX & Ortofon AS-309 arms / Ikeda 9C2 & Dynavector XX2 Mk II carts
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  • stevep
    stevep Posts: 335
    Just up the road from me. I wonder what Venue they are from. They look like they were hung somewhere. Not sure I'm interested enough to find out.
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  • yammerhammer
    yammerhammer Posts: 1
    6 woofs 24 mids and 12 tweets. Holy moly.
    these remind me of cheaper versions of line array speakers like McIntosh and others.
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,459
    ^^Got me curious. More info.

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    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
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  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,897
    Are those box speakers Zu Audio?
    Speakers: Polk Lsim, ATC SCM19 v2, NHT SuperzeroSpeaker Cables: DH Labs, Transparent, Wireworld, Canare, Monster: Beer budget, Bose ears
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,459
    Nope.

    https://dstechlabs.com/SoundLab/soundLab_Quality.html
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
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  • engie490
    engie490 Posts: 431
    edited February 2022
    Haven't had the time to wander up there to find out what they have to do with Polk.





    Post edited by engie490 on
    Alon Petite / Infinity 1.2S / Coda Continuum / Counterpoint SA5000 / Oppo BDP-105D / Technics SP-15 w/SAEC WE-308SX & Ortofon AS-309 arms / Ikeda 9C2 & Dynavector XX2 Mk II carts
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,537
    SIHAB wrote: »
    Are those box speakers Zu Audio?

    They are the Zu Audio Clean Weekday.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • ptrooper
    ptrooper Posts: 501
    how much lol
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
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  • engie490
    engie490 Posts: 431
    He wants $1200 and the ad is still up. Of course, there's no way you can listen to those in his living room, but judging by what else is in the pic, he appears to have a speaker affliction...
    Alon Petite / Infinity 1.2S / Coda Continuum / Counterpoint SA5000 / Oppo BDP-105D / Technics SP-15 w/SAEC WE-308SX & Ortofon AS-309 arms / Ikeda 9C2 & Dynavector XX2 Mk II carts
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,459
    Eyebolts (small ones) in the top suggest that they were suspended by cables at one point. https://denver.craigslist.org/bfs/d/longmont-big-master-speakers-collection/7435461506.html
    George / NJ

    Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
    Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
    Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
    Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
    Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
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