Monitor 12 speakers

cubdog
cubdog Posts: 835
edited April 2005 in Vintage Speakers
I have a chance to buy some Monitor 12's. I know they are not the series 2. However I do not know if they are the A, B, or C of the original model as I haven't seen them yet. Was there a big difference in the three? Is one more desirable than the others? I have been seaching for information but haven't come up with much. What is a fair price for these speakers in good condition? Finally, can anyone post a picture? The only picture I'm finding on Polk's site is the series 2 version. Thanks.

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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited April 2005
    All the Monitor 12's (not to be confused with the RTA Monitor12's) look roughly the same. As with other Monitors they went through driver changes. Tweeters will produce the most obvious difference.

    If they're in good shape, a pair will fetch $400 to $500 on ebay. Highest I've seen was $600. Lowest $100, but they'd been in a flood from the look of them.
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  • cubdog
    cubdog Posts: 835
    edited April 2005
    Thanks for the info. A'm I correct in assuming all Monitor 12's had the tweeter mounted on top with the crossover?

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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited April 2005
    Here we go again.
    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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  • cubdog
    cubdog Posts: 835
    edited April 2005
    So don't go along for the ride. Obviously this is a confusing issue or maybe I'm just dense. Either way I'm only asking for help not sarcasm. Sincerely,

    cubdog

    Sorry for the tone of the above post. I'm having a total crap day.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited April 2005
    From the way Steve's post sounds, I'd say yours is completely in line. (Though you can't get facial expressions and intonations with just text - so who knows...

    Sorry I can't help with the problem, but I seem to rememeber there being a pretty good thread about this sometime last year. If you do a search on it, you'd probably come up with a bunch of information.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited April 2005
    Originally posted by cubdog
    Thanks for the info. A'm I correct in assuming all Monitor 12's had the tweeter mounted on top with the crossover?

    cubdog
    Nope... those are the RTA Mon 12's.

    Mon 12's had the tweeter in the cabinet.
    More later,
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited April 2005
    Originally posted by Tour2ma
    Nope... those are the RTA Mon 12's.

    Mon 12's had the tweeter in the cabinet.

    Oh. Oops. The thread I mentioned earlier, then, was about the RTA Monitor 12s. However, you could probably still find a lot of information about the Monitor 12s by searching for them.
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    Jstas wrote: »
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