Holy CRAP!

Spawndn72
Spawndn72 Posts: 453
edited April 2005 in Speakers
Sorry for the sorta misleading title there, but that is exactly the words that came out of my mouth not once, but twice today in regards to my new Monitor seven speakers that UPS delivered today.

The first time those words came out of my mouth was when I picked up the box they were in and realized I had to carry them up a flight of stairs. Man those things are heavy.

The second time those words eminated from my mouth was when I finished hooking them up and put a cd into the player and hit the play button. Man these things sound great.

This is my frst foray into the world of Hi-Fi. I started this journey by looking on ebay for the best set of speakers I could find for the best price. I looked at everything from Bose to Def Tech to Klipsch to Polk. For whatever reason these monitor sevens spoke to me. I got them for $165 including shipping. I could not be happier. I am currently playing them with a pioneer vsx-452 reciever and a pioneer DV-578A dvd/cd player. Hopefully pretty soon I will be upgrading to a better amp/cd/phono. But for now I am more than pleased.
Setup:
Adcom GFA-545 amp
Nad 1600 pre
Dual 704 TT
Pioneer 707 R2R
Pioneer DV-578A Multi-format
Polk SDA-2 Mains
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited March 2005
    Congrats! New speakers are almost always fun@!
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  • Polkapops
    Polkapops Posts: 267
    edited March 2005
    And they'll sound even better after they've had a chance to break in!!:cool:
    HT & Music System:
    Receiver - Denon AVR-3805
    DVD/SACD Player - Denon DVD-2900
    Outlaw 770 amp
    Polk LSi 15's up front
    Polk LSiC center
    Polk LSi F/X surrounds
    SVS 16-46 PC+ Subwoofer
    Sony Wega KDF-50WE655
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited March 2005
    If after 20 years they're not already broken in....

    Congrats S-72, which 7's/ tweeter?

    Get 'em on some low stands/ bases that angle them back 15 degrees or so and they'll sparkle even more...
    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
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  • Spawndn72
    Spawndn72 Posts: 453
    edited April 2005
    I work for a steel fab shop so I am having the guys in the shop make me some stands. When you say low, apprx. how tall would you make them?

    As for which tweeter and which 7's, I will have to look a little closer tonight. I was to busy listening to notice last night :)
    Setup:
    Adcom GFA-545 amp
    Nad 1600 pre
    Dual 704 TT
    Pioneer 707 R2R
    Pioneer DV-578A Multi-format
    Polk SDA-2 Mains
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited April 2005
    Here's a thread doro posted with the info for stands for Monitors 5, 7, and 10...

    http://clubpolk.polkaudio.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=24335&highlight=monitor+AND+stands
    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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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited April 2005
    congrats on your new to you monitor 7's. they do sound really good huh? :D
    PolkFest 2012, who's going>?
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  • Spawndn72
    Spawndn72 Posts: 453
    edited April 2005
    Thanks very much for the link. I guess I will go tell the shop to shorten up mine some. I had them 2'-0 tall. I designed them before I actually got the speaker. The speaker is much bigger than I imagined that it would be. I was thinking that 2'-0 was to tall, now you have confirmed it.

    Thanks,
    Todd
    Setup:
    Adcom GFA-545 amp
    Nad 1600 pre
    Dual 704 TT
    Pioneer 707 R2R
    Pioneer DV-578A Multi-format
    Polk SDA-2 Mains
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