Vintage Polk Sub...

Tour2ma
Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
edited February 2009 in Vintage Speakers
Looks like the grandaddy of the Polk line... and not something you see everyday.

No affil...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5732325124&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:1
More later,
Tour...
Vox Copuli
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

"Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
"It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
"There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited November 2004
    Does this mean you'll be asking someone to drive to Wisconsin for you?
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited November 2004
    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited November 2004
    LOL...

    Nope... I've got Wisconsin covered... ;)
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited November 2004
    Bob McGowan has one of those and if I remember correctly, it's nothing to write home about. He has it mainly as a collectors item, not for operational use in any of his systems.

    George Grand (of the Jersey Grands)
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited November 2004
    Looks like a monitor 10 without the tweeter.
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited November 2004
    Ed Z...

    GG, I can see that. Popped up in a search and just posted as a curiosity...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited November 2004
    It's a Mon 11 / RTA 12 sans tweeter, with an 80Hz low-pass. I want to say it has a second set of posts for a 60Hz low pass.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited November 2004
    ED Z'er??? Yup, the pedestal and closeness of the MW's to the top of the cabinet should have been noted here...

    Russ, is the Mon 11 just an RTA 12 with the tweeter moved into the cabinet?
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,980
    edited November 2004
    ... if I went down da basement (as they like to say in Baltimore).

    I have an LF14 in lovely "Rosewood" vinyl that I bought new from Soundscape in... when? ... 1979? Thought it'd beef up the low end of my 7A's. Well, in a small room it did help, but it became superfluous by the time I had the 7A's in a decent-sized room.

    It is just an Monitor 12 bottom as far as I can tell, with an odd XO that permits one to use a single LF14 (one channel feeds each 6-1/2" driver) or a pair. The speakers came with a jumper and have a "high-low" sensitivity switch (which I also think changes the XO point).

    I have the manual if scans would be of benefit to anyone.

    The PR has a big ol' hunk of foam (or is it crepe rubber) on it, like the 12. I am guessing the lifetime of that is finite...
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited November 2004
    Sweet...

    I'd like to see the scanned manual. If you can pdf the scans easy post as an attachment, if not, one page at a time is fine...

    Or if you want to e-mail them to tour2ma@earthlink.net , fire away...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,980
    edited November 2004
    I'll work on scanning it tonight... it's only a few pages; hope I can actually FIND it :-)

    Will post or e-mail as logistics permit.

    Hoping to spend a hi-fi night tonight, as my wife has a meeting at church (she's financial sec'y there) tonight.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited November 2004
    Hi-fi tonite... scan tomorrow or whenever...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,980
    edited November 2004
    What I meant was: my wife's meeting, besides giving me an excuse to play hi-fi repairman in the basement, will also enhance the accessibility of the 'big' computer (and hence the scanner)... so as long as I remember to FIND the manual, it should be easy to get it scanned tonight!

    cheers!
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited November 2004
    Mark,

    Sorry we couldn't hook up on your recent southbound trip. I saw your post too late, and was previously engaged anyway. Maybe next time?

    TA
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,980
    edited November 2004
    Not a problem... it was more my way of saying "hmm... those Klipsches would just barely fit in my Focus ZX3, and, heck, I am going right by." :-)

    I think if I brought another pair of Klipsches home, my wife's patient understanding of my hobby might just reach its limit!

    I'm down that way a fair amount, and I often drive 'cause flying from the Boston area (even Manchester) is just enough of a hassle to only be worth it for a very short trip... I've been doing MD to New England for well over 20 years (since my in-laws lived in NH when we were still in MD).

    BTW, still have the way cool holiday card showing a KC-135 over the world... cool design... better than reindeer and snow-covered dachshunds or whatever Hallmark's gonna push this year.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited November 2004
    Sounds good. I'll catch you on one of those trips, and glad you liked the card. It was the last one I had.

    George Grand (of the Jersey Grands)
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited November 2004
    Man, I don't feel very special anymore.

    I thought I got the last one you had, last Christmas?

    Autographed and everything.

    Cheers,
    Russ (of the not so special feeling anymore Russ's)
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,980
    edited November 2004
    awwww, man, now I feel terrible

    How can I ever make it up to you, Russ?

    Maybe you'd like a nice set of scans of an LF14 manual?

    :-)
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,980
    edited November 2004
    ... ooh, baby, what a big... radiator... you've got...
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,980
    edited November 2004
    Mr. Tour...

    did you receive the e-mailed scans? I sent about half the pages of the manual. Let me know if you did or didn't and I'll send or resend accordingly.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited November 2004
    Lets see them here, so everyone can partake.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,980
    edited November 2004
    ... scannin' and resizin' ain't my strongest suits :-(

    Here's the second page.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited November 2004
    Mark,
    Yes, I did. Look good.

    I need to get a full blown Adobe package so I can create pdf's. Read-Only right now...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited November 2004
    Mark,
    Copied you on your e-mail I've forwarded to hoosier with the first pages you sent me.

    He's going to pdf them after you mail him the rest of manual...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,980
    edited November 2004
    cool enuff. I'll send 'em asap.

    mrh
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited November 2004
    I tried to post the PDF file, Polk won't let me.
    If anyone wants a copy of this manual in PDF form, email me at rabernathy @ aseng . com
    Dodd - Battery Preamp
    Monarchy Audio SE100 Delux - mono power amps
    Sony DVP-NS999ES - SACD player
    ADS 1230 - Polk SDA 2B
    DIY Stereo Subwoofer towers w/(4) 12 drivers each
    Crown K1 - Subwoofer amp
    Outlaw ICBM - crossover
    Beringher BFD - sub eq

    Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!

    "I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us have...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,980
    edited November 2004
    ahh, well... too many bytes, I reckon.

    Wonder if anyone in the world has TWO of these subwoofers?
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  • Polk65
    Polk65 Posts: 1,405
    edited May 2005
    I would like to say thank you for the .pdf scans of the manual by posting .jpg's so that all can easily read it here.
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    Polk65 Posts: 1,405
    edited May 2005
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    Polk65 Posts: 1,405
    edited May 2005
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