Can anyone tell me what model speakers these are?

jldude
jldude Posts: 17
edited June 2006 in Vintage Speakers
Does anyone recognize these speakers? I'm trying to slowly build my HT system.

I'd appreciate any help.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited June 2006
    Polk RT3

    http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/products/rt3/
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  • jldude
    jldude Posts: 17
    edited June 2006
    so there is a pair being sold for $50. is that a good deal?

    i'm shopping for my mains. i got one single rt55i speaker on ebay but have had a heck of a time trying to get the other one rt55i. any suggestions? :confused:
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  • jldude
    jldude Posts: 17
    edited June 2006
    oh yeah, I have a velodyne cht-10 for my sub. wharfedale diamond 8 centre, and wharfedale wh-2 surrounds.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited June 2006
    jldude wrote:
    oh yeah, I have a velodyne cht-10 for my sub. wharfedale diamond 8 centre, and wharfedale wh-2 surrounds.


    with those surrounds and center... you may want to get wharfedale mains then.. it could sound off having the center a different brand then the center. or are you just looking for temp mains right now to hold you over?

    HOw did you end up with one RT55i in the first place?
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  • jldude
    jldude Posts: 17
    edited June 2006
    i bought it on ebay and didn't look at the fine print. the auction said "speaker" and i thought i was getting an incredibly good deal for a pair of "speakers".

    i wouldn't mind replacing the warfedales. together they only cost me $200 a few years ago. i had vintage JBLs as my mains and a polk sub but they were both my roommates and he has since moved out. so i got a sub and am mainly looking for mains. basically, i'm looking for mains and from there would treat my center and surrounds as temps until i can replace them with polks.
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  • pmlewis
    pmlewis Posts: 100
    edited June 2006
    Sell the wharfedales, use the rt55i for a center channel, buy the rt38is from ghsime for the fronts, use the rt3s for surround. Just my 2 cents. :)
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  • jldude
    jldude Posts: 17
    edited June 2006
    thanks for the advice. sounds like a good plan, but my post count isn't high enough to post to ghsime that i'm interested. :(
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  • imthemann
    imthemann Posts: 2
    edited June 2006
    OK, I have another one for you guys. I picked these up at the pawn shop. I am not having any luck finding out what model they are. They are not marked anywhere that I can find. Can anyone help?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,729
    edited June 2006
    It's a Monitor 4.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited June 2006
    surprisingly good little speaks,don't let their size fool you:)
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  • imthemann
    imthemann Posts: 2
    edited June 2006
    Thanks guys! Does anyone have an idea of the age of these? They appear to be older (different tweeter) than all of the pictures I see. That sure looks like an older tweeter, and the fuse on the back really makes it look old. Thanks for the help.
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited June 2006
    Those were late 70 / early 80. Sweetheart little speaker. One of the Polk legends.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited June 2006
    hang on to those.... not a rare speaker, but a good little one at that.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited June 2006
    Most definelty the Polk Monitor 4. A real nice sounding bookshelf speaker. I'd agree it's one of the classics. See link

    http://www.polksda.com/monitor4.shtml

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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited June 2006
    That Mon 4 has the Peerless Tweeter, too. You'll be amazed at how well they sound. Those are the ones you should use for the mains, imo.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited June 2006
    ND13 wrote:
    That Mon 4 has the Peerless Tweeter, too. You'll be amazed at how well they sound. Those are the ones you should use for the mains, imo.

    I believe that the tweet is an sl1500. I'm going by the POLKSDA site. It sure looks like the peerless, however.
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