Model 10 versus Monitor 10?

polksda
polksda Posts: 716
edited November 2005 in Vintage Speakers
Collecting some Ebay data and stumbled across this auction:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Polk-Audio-Model-10-Loudspeakers-Speakers_W0QQitemZ5824875604QQcategoryZ71571QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Are those original? I've never seen Polks with horns.

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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited November 2005
    God, not those again...

    They are not original speakers. They are the monitor 10's, but with a horn added sometime after. I'm sure they sound just great!

    Ugh...

    FrankenPolks at their best.
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • polksda
    polksda Posts: 716
    edited November 2005
    Thanks, I'll omit this from the data then. Looking at the auction questions and answers, the seller was insisting that the horns were original.

    There's also a set of 3.1s with the passive radiators replaced with woofers.

    Ick.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited November 2005
    True speaker abuse, a shame, maybe you should put a Frankenpolk Hall of Shame up SDA! Show folks what NOT to do.

    RT1
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited November 2005
    Probably done by some Klipsch lover. And ruined what looks to be a really decent pair, too.
    "SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited November 2005
    Went pretty high for having questions. The real shame would be if the old Peerless tweeters are dead. If they're still working, at least the horns could be undone.
    polksda wrote:
    Looking at the auction questions and answers, the seller was insisting that the horns were original.

    There's also a set of 3.1s with the passive radiators replaced with woofers.
    Of course the seller also called the PR a woofer...

    Not seeing the 3.1's... Got a link? Since they have conical PR's (ala the Mon 10's) rather than flat ones they might look like woofers, but be PR's.
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • polksda
    polksda Posts: 716
    edited November 2005
    My Bad. I thought the 2.3TL and 3.1TL had flat passive radiators like the SRS and 1.2.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/POLK-Audio-SDA-Speakers-Signature-Reference-System_W0QQitemZ5823158920QQcategoryZ71571QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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