Vintage speakers

JesusLord5354

New here. I've owned numerous vintage polks over the years but never saw these. Picked up at Goodwill for $8/pr. No tag, 5"plastic woofers foam surround. SL1500 tweets.No labels. Sound amazing. What are they? Thanks.

Toolfan66

Polk Audio Monitor M6 Series


Can't go wrong for what you paid..

pitdogg2

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JesusLord5354

Thanks Toolfan66. That's them.

shirl_the_girl

Hi folks! I have my original mint-condition rosewood Polk Audio 9 speakers purchased new in 1981 in Charlottesville, VA. I was working 2 jobs then to afford the Yamaha tuner, cassette player, and turntable plus these ahmazing speakers (still use the turntable) The 9’s have been in conditioned storage in their original boxes since 1984. Any ideas what these are worth today?

Clipdat

Why do you want to sell them? You should keep them and use them.

Toolfan66

shirl_the_girl wrote: »

Hi folks! I have my original mint-condition rosewood Polk Audio 9 speakers purchased new in 1981 in Charlottesville, VA. I was working 2 jobs then to afford the Yamaha tuner, cassette player, and turntable plus these ahmazing speakers (still use the turntable) The 9’s have been in conditioned storage in their original boxes since 1984. Any ideas what these are worth today?

Why would you post this in this in Jesus’s thread?
Matthew might be looking for a set..

audioluvr

shirl_the_girl wrote: »

Hi folks! I have my original mint-condition rosewood Polk Audio 9 speakers purchased new in 1981 in Charlottesville, VA. I was working 2 jobs then to afford the Yamaha tuner, cassette player, and turntable plus these ahmazing speakers (still use the turntable) The 9’s have been in conditioned storage in their original boxes since 1984. Any ideas what these are worth today?

$50

shirl_the_girl

Hi Clipdat: you replied: “Why do you want to sell them? You should keep them and use them.”
That’s a good question. The answer is: when we built our house in the early 1990’s, the area in our built-in cabinets was too small for the 9’s. We ended up buying Polk Audio 4.5’s that fit perfectly..it’s a really nice space acoustically. So: I have these nice Polk Audio Rosewood 9’s that I bought when I was single, had a great time using them from 1981-84 in an attic apt in downtown Charlottesville, they are perfect for sound & also work well as end tables, but I don’t need them. I’d like to sell them to someone who would appreciate them. I thought this forum would be a good place to ask, since you folks appear to be quite knowledgeable. I’m age 65 now, still love my music, but those 9’s are taking up a lot of space in a closet in my home. They should be taken out of those boxes and used by someone who would appreciate them. If anyone wants any photos, I’d be happy to share. I’m new here. Thx!

Clipdat

Thanks for sharing that response and welcome to the forum.

Too bad you don't have an empty spare bedroom, basement rec room, or somewhere else to set up a second system. Then you'd be able to really hear what they could do, and we could help you spend your money building a killer stereo system! Definitely a turntable and maybe a nice streamer as well.

You could even upgrade the crossovers and other components of the speakers and make them sound better than they did when they left the factory floor!

Anyway, just something to think about. Music is such a powerful and inspiring art form, that I get excited when I hear about other people's systems and how they listen. That's cool that you are still using the Polk 4.5 speakers today.

You can definitely post up some photos of the speakers if you'd like, but you can't actually list them for sale here until you have 100 posts. However, once we know the exact model that they are, we can check HiFi Shark for sold listings on other platforms like eBay, Audiogon, USAM, etc. and get an idea of what you might be able to sell them for locally, or on eBay, etc.