Towers
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Hi, I have a pair of Polk towers serial # 42 924 model 9, does anyone know the wattage and or ohms? Thanks
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I had no idea such a speaker existed.
Are these the speakers you have?
https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/41305/polk-monitor-9s
https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/polk-model-9-vintage-speakers-video-review.692878/
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D1o5j1jJNXQ I disabled signatures.
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That's a pretty surprisingly high serial#. Which one do you have; the later one with the Audax soft dome tweeter or the earlier piezoelectric tweeter? Here's the manual for the piezo one. "Nominal" 8 ohms and 5W to 100W:
https://polksda.com/pdfs/ModelNineManual.pdfGeorge / NJ
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Interesting design, though seems unusual to me to have so many drivers facing backward. For low frequency performance room/corner loading?
Have you hooked them up yet?
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What is real interesting Scott is I believe the drivers were the same type Bose used....let that marinate 😉.
First speaker Polk let out of the barn I believe. -
The Model 9's are so rare, I'd actually refrain from doing any mods if I acquired a set.Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists.
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Not a speaker worth owning.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 -
No argument re: the original Model Nine -- but --
I will, as I often do, just mention kinda, sorta obliquely, that the 9A with a proper tweeter ain't half bad.
Those little CTS 4-1/2" "fullrange" drivers (yes, as used in early Bose 901s) are actually rather nice, too.
Y'all do know the Polk "Bozo" story, yes? I know @F1nut does...
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Mark isn't referring to my Bozo list.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 -
Mark isn't referring to my Bozo list.
Indeed. Sorry, I didn't think of that ambiguity when I posted before. Whoops!
For completeness (well... sort of), though -- the original Model Nine.
from Audio magazine, April 1975.
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Nothing to be sorry about. That was meant for the general population. 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 -
For completeness, a couple of contextual references vis-a-vis the Model 9 (Nine).
https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/123228/the-polk-audio-monitor-series-model-9-and-model-9a
https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/polk-lawsuit-speakers.892830/#post-13260959
https://hifihaven.org/index.php?threads/the-long-shadow-cast-by-the-bose-901-direct-reflecting-technology-or.3768/#post-71468
I am fascinated by origins stories.
https://www.polkaudio.com/en-us/polklore/brand/polk-at-50-conversation-with-matthew-polk.html
Oh, and from that AK thread, a photo of the original Model 9 in all its crossoverless glory. They should've used a few drivers with whizzers, shouldn't they?
