Monitor 5 series 2's in Vancouver

michael_w
michael_w Posts: 2,813
edited February 2006 in Vintage Speakers
Not Affil - $120 cdn (about $104.50us)
Look fairly minty but I'm not interested.
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  • nesticle
    nesticle Posts: 86
    edited February 2006
    I'm meeting with him friday. Do you think its a fair price? And what do these things sound like? My only other Polk product at the moment is little R15's.
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited February 2006
    The last two auctions I remember went for 100 and 150 usd so I suppose the price is average. To put things in perspective, I paid 100cdn for my monitor 7b's....
    I've never listened to the 5's but if they're anything like the 7's you should like them a lot better than the r15's.
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  • nesticle
    nesticle Posts: 86
    edited February 2006
    I surely hope so. I know it isn't exactly a steal, but I've just been looking to get into the higher end polk stuff without breaking the bank too much.

    Do you know what series 2 means? I did a bit of research and found that there were a few variations of Monitor 5's and some had SL2000 tweeters while others had different ones. Thank you so much for the input!
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  • nesticle
    nesticle Posts: 86
    edited February 2006
    Well i bought 'em and they sound absolutely awesome!!! Really awesome guy to deal with and he even threw in an old Sansui turntable for free.

    God I love these things. What a lot of bass for such small speakers.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited February 2006
    congrats! good for you man... enjoy!

    freebies, always sweeten the deal. did you have to drive far to pick them up?
    PolkFest 2012, who's going>?
    Vancouver, Canada Sept 30th, 2012 - Madonna concert :cheesygrin:
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited February 2006
    nesticle wrote:
    Well i bought 'em and they sound absolutely awesome!!! Really awesome guy to deal with and he even threw in an old Sansui turntable for free.

    God I love these things. What a lot of bass for such small speakers.

    Yep, just a tad lesser in sound to the 7's. The 5b's were my first Polk product many many years ago. Amazing little speaker. Enjoy them they are one of the "classics", IMO.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited February 2006
    Cool. Glad you like them so much.
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