Vintage polk 10's

michelleroseis30
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When were the first Polk Audio 10 speakers made?
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,459
    I think it was 1976. Here's an early mention:

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  • Jazzhead
    Jazzhead Posts: 533
    Interesting, that ad comparing them to DQ-10's, and Spendors.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,786
    edited February 2023
    The 7 and 10 were, by all appearances, 'modeled' after the then-popular British loudspeaker/monitor sound at a far lower price. @F1nut or other old-timers with more inside info than I probably have more insight. Polk was pretty darned successful with that gambit, and the long, long life of those products (and the company) attests to that.

    Personally, I was never crazy (and am still not) about the DQ10, and my fave British loudspeakers of that era were the bigger/better/'spensiver ;) KEFs (e.g., the 104 family). Still, in terms of what I could afford in 1978, the "Monitor 7A" was unassailable.

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    note Gordon Miller Music's indirect quote of the Audioadvisor "review". :)
    also note that GMM sold the Dahlquist, too.

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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,000
    Jazzhead wrote: »
    Interesting, that ad comparing them to DQ-10's, and Spendors.

    The 10s are an acquired taste for sure. The side-by-side mids are dynamic for some, yet comb"y" for others.
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  • Jazzhead
    Jazzhead Posts: 533
    I recall the Spendors having remarkable midrange clarity/accuracy (they couldn't go low). I walked into to a friend's audio shop one day and thought someone was playing a violin in the back room. My sister was a violinist, as was my girlfriend at the time, and the Spendors (and a nice tube rig) fooled me.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,786
    edited February 2023
    The heavyness (not in the 60s-70s rock 'n' roll sense of the word) of the 10s is the bit I don't like about them. The 7s get the tonal balance quite nice(ly), to my ears and taste.

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,536
    Bingo!!!
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  • Jazzhead
    Jazzhead Posts: 533
    Not to mention the comb filtering issues (like my old 12's)
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  • odcics2
    odcics2 Posts: 331
    Funny how the speaker prices are advertised as “each”.
    So, who out there bought a single one? :D
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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,000
    Would make a mean center channel.
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