Monitor 5jr refinish
_mo_
Posts: 53
Just finished my latest speaker recycle project: My daughter wanted a stereo for her birthday, and specifically asked for a pair of vintage speaker...I couldn't deny her 
A neighbor was selling a pair of Monitor 5jr that sounded great, but the vinyl was pretty scratched up and the cabinets had a couple issues. There was one corner that was pretty banged up, and another where the seam had separated a bit.
Long story short after peeling off the old vinyl I used some wood filler to fill the cracks and dent, sanded and then applied some new vinyl. This is my first attempt at a vinyl project like this, and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
In this next picture, I learned the hard way that the vinyl on these older MDF speakers does not come off as easily as on newer speakers (I had previously applied new vinyl to the front of my RT55i) I took off a little of the outer layer of MDF when I first started peeling away from this corner, and had to use some extra wood filler to even things out.
A neighbor was selling a pair of Monitor 5jr that sounded great, but the vinyl was pretty scratched up and the cabinets had a couple issues. There was one corner that was pretty banged up, and another where the seam had separated a bit.
Long story short after peeling off the old vinyl I used some wood filler to fill the cracks and dent, sanded and then applied some new vinyl. This is my first attempt at a vinyl project like this, and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
In this next picture, I learned the hard way that the vinyl on these older MDF speakers does not come off as easily as on newer speakers (I had previously applied new vinyl to the front of my RT55i) I took off a little of the outer layer of MDF when I first started peeling away from this corner, and had to use some extra wood filler to even things out.
Family Room 7.2.4: S35, S60, S10, MM2104 endtables, TL1
Basement 5.1.2: CS400i, RT55i, RT25, PSW450, MC60
Living Room Stereo: SDA 2a
Basement 5.1.2: CS400i, RT55i, RT25, PSW450, MC60
Living Room Stereo: SDA 2a
Comments
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Looks great! Nice job.
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The 5jr+ is a very underrated speaker. Mine needed some new poly switches but my son pilfered them for TV. They are never pushed enough to trip the switch in TV mode 😆
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Very nice. Happy birthday to your daughter. She should love them.Stan
Main 2ch:
Polk LSi15 (DB840 upgrade), Parasound: P/LD-1100, HCA-1000A; Denon: DVD-2910, DRM-800A; Benchmark DAC1, Monster HTS3600-MKII, Grado SR-225i; Technics SL-J2, Parasound PPH-100.
HT:
Marantz SR7010, Polk: RTA11TL (RDO198-1, XO and Damping Upgrades), S4, CS250, PSW110 , Marantz UD5005, Pioneer PL-530, Panasonic TC-P42S60
Other stuff:
Denon: DRA-835R, AVR-888, DCD-660, DRM-700A, DRR-780; Polk: S8, Monitor 5A, 5B, TSi100, RM7, PSW10 (DXi104 upgrade); Pioneer: CT-6R; Onkyo CP-1046F; Ortofon OM5E, Marantz: PM5004, CD5004, CDR-615; Parasound C/PT-600, HCA-800ii, Sony CDP-650ESD, Technics SA 5070, B&W DM601 -
Nice job. My first Polks were Monitor 5jr+ (Series 2)--they're still in great shape and I gave them to my in-laws. I'm a fan.Jay
SDA 2BTL * Musical Fidelity A5cr amp * Oppo BDP-93 * Modded Adcom GDA-600 DAC * Rythmik F8 (x2)
Micro Seiki DQ-50 * Hagerman Cornet 2 Phono * A hodgepodge of cabling * Belkin PF60
Preamp rotation: Krell KSL (SCompRacer recapped) * Manley Shrimp * PS Audio 5.0 -
Thanks all! Now I just need to get my daughter to turn them down
Family Room 7.2.4: S35, S60, S10, MM2104 endtables, TL1
Basement 5.1.2: CS400i, RT55i, RT25, PSW450, MC60
Living Room Stereo: SDA 2a
