Pics of my mini-monitors

specialidiot
specialidiot Posts: 44
edited December 2006 in Vintage Speakers
Just got my mini-monitors refoamed, not too bad of a job and they sound... GREAT. I plugged them in to my SX-450 and spun a John Hiatt ballad.... mmm tasty!

Yeah one of the cabs is a little rough
minis-front.jpg
minis-rear.jpg
Kitchen: NAD 7220PE, Polk Mini-Monitor
Home Office:Bottlehead S.E.X, Fostex FE127E in custom enclosures, Grado SR80
Polks: 7B, Mini Monitor
Mancave: Yamaha B-2, C-2a, CD-2, T-1, Bottlehead FP3, Thorens TD165c
Project:KLH 17 Rebuild
Ruined by DHL: Ming Da MC84-b (modded)
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited November 2006
    Love it, consec serials even.

    Did you get the PR's refoamed too? The midwoofs look nice.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • specialidiot
    specialidiot Posts: 44
    edited November 2006
    RuSsMaN wrote:
    Did you get the PR's refoamed too? The midwoofs look nice.

    the PR's are in pretty good shape. I may do those myself. I really should recap the crossovers.

    Any interest in Monitor 7 nudies?
    Kitchen: NAD 7220PE, Polk Mini-Monitor
    Home Office:Bottlehead S.E.X, Fostex FE127E in custom enclosures, Grado SR80
    Polks: 7B, Mini Monitor
    Mancave: Yamaha B-2, C-2a, CD-2, T-1, Bottlehead FP3, Thorens TD165c
    Project:KLH 17 Rebuild
    Ruined by DHL: Ming Da MC84-b (modded)
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited November 2006
    Sure, post away - the Monitor 7 is a big favorite around here, every true Polk fan should have a pair, if not in use - at least tucked away. I've gone through 2 or 3 pair of 7b's, gave a pair of 7a's with the 10" pr to Troy at the first SC Polkfest, I've got a pair of 7a's with the 8" pr in the magic closet for safe keeping.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • riglehart
    riglehart Posts: 276
    edited November 2006
    I've been trolling ebay for a cheap pair of 7s. PM me with a price if you are selling.

    Also, not all 7s have the same size PR???
    Jolida Tube
    Polk 11T, 7, 5, 5jr, 4
    Standard equip not worth bragging about.
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  • specialidiot
    specialidiot Posts: 44
    edited November 2006
    RuSsMaN wrote:
    Sure, post away - the Monitor 7 is a big favorite around here, every true Polk fan should have a pair, if not in use - at least tucked away.

    I bought the 7s about the same time I got the mini-monitors. I worked as a car audio installer for a shop that sold Polks and used sweat equity to buy them along with my NAD 7020.

    Mine are actually tucked away. I'll dig them out over the weekend. My wife didn't want them in the living room anymore - I wanted to use them as main speakers for our home theater setup. It was a good enough excuse to get a pair of Definitive 1's.
    Kitchen: NAD 7220PE, Polk Mini-Monitor
    Home Office:Bottlehead S.E.X, Fostex FE127E in custom enclosures, Grado SR80
    Polks: 7B, Mini Monitor
    Mancave: Yamaha B-2, C-2a, CD-2, T-1, Bottlehead FP3, Thorens TD165c
    Project:KLH 17 Rebuild
    Ruined by DHL: Ming Da MC84-b (modded)
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  • specialidiot
    specialidiot Posts: 44
    edited November 2006
    riglehart wrote:
    I've been trolling ebay for a cheap pair of 7s. PM me with a price if you are selling.

    Also, not all 7s have the same size PR???

    sorry, not selling. Those 7s are a huge part of my .... youth!
    Kitchen: NAD 7220PE, Polk Mini-Monitor
    Home Office:Bottlehead S.E.X, Fostex FE127E in custom enclosures, Grado SR80
    Polks: 7B, Mini Monitor
    Mancave: Yamaha B-2, C-2a, CD-2, T-1, Bottlehead FP3, Thorens TD165c
    Project:KLH 17 Rebuild
    Ruined by DHL: Ming Da MC84-b (modded)
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  • rocketman
    rocketman Posts: 16
    edited December 2006
    Those came out pretty good
    rocketman
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,960
    edited December 2006
    The very original 7 had an uncoated 8" PR. Later (at least by the 7A) the PR was 10" and coated.

    From Marky's ca. 1976 Polk brochure:
    earlypolkfamilyportrait.jpg

    Markys ca. 1978 Monitor 7A (s/n 4900):
    Polkmonitor7Asn4900.jpg

    I'd love to unearth a pair of the Mini-Monitors...
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited December 2006
    You can find the mini's, you just have to constantly look for them. I donated my pair to Polk HQ for static display, several other members have some tucked away, plenty of Model 9's floating around the board recently also.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited December 2006
    I bet those mini-mon's sound great with the sx-450
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • rocketman
    rocketman Posts: 16
    edited December 2006
    Who did them?
    rocketman
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  • specialidiot
    specialidiot Posts: 44
    edited December 2006
    rocketman wrote:
    Who did them?
    sorry for the delay....

    Midwest Speaker Repair on Snelling in St Paul did the refoam.
    Kitchen: NAD 7220PE, Polk Mini-Monitor
    Home Office:Bottlehead S.E.X, Fostex FE127E in custom enclosures, Grado SR80
    Polks: 7B, Mini Monitor
    Mancave: Yamaha B-2, C-2a, CD-2, T-1, Bottlehead FP3, Thorens TD165c
    Project:KLH 17 Rebuild
    Ruined by DHL: Ming Da MC84-b (modded)
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  • KentVaughn
    KentVaughn Posts: 58
    edited December 2006
    Theres a pair of minis on ebay right now, I'd love to get them for my dad. What's a good price, and are they 4 or 8 ohm?
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  • specialidiot
    specialidiot Posts: 44
    edited December 2006
    really can't tell you either... I think 4 ohm...

    I just paid more to refoam mine than what most here would pay for the ebay pair.

    They are worth what you'll pay.......
    Kitchen: NAD 7220PE, Polk Mini-Monitor
    Home Office:Bottlehead S.E.X, Fostex FE127E in custom enclosures, Grado SR80
    Polks: 7B, Mini Monitor
    Mancave: Yamaha B-2, C-2a, CD-2, T-1, Bottlehead FP3, Thorens TD165c
    Project:KLH 17 Rebuild
    Ruined by DHL: Ming Da MC84-b (modded)
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