First pair of Polks

vintageaudio

Just brought home my first pair of Polk speakers this weekend.

Monitor 10B.

I am thrilled with them...absolutely love them.:D

Best of the 14 pair of speakers I have (including Boston Acoustics A-150).


Bob

ben62670

Welcome to Club Polk. I love the old paper cone mids, and passive radiators that come with the vintage line. Stick around, and learn a little about modding them into great speakers. I doesn't take much to really make them sing.

Ben

danger boy

nice going.. that's a great way to be introduced to vintage Polk Audio speakers..

and welcome to the forum. introduce yourself and hang out here..

Pssst, it can be addicting here. LOL

Dennis Gardner

Welcome to CP!

Vintage Polks hold a special place in my heart since I seem to prefer the bass from sealed speakers, but like the efficiency of ported models. Polks have always seemed to bridge that gap for me, and I like the value that all of their models possess.

Those 10Bs are nice examples. Did you get some original tilted stands with them?

vintageaudio

Thanks for the welcome guys.

Bob from New Hampshire...

been into audio since the '70's when I worked in the audio industry.

Love these speakers...they remind me of the Fried model Q's I had in the late '70's---only better.

Dennis--I did not get the stands with them...original owner says he never had them?

I do have them off the floor---sitting on top of 26" high speakers--lol.
And they do sound better there than on floor.

Glad to be here...thanks again
Bob

Dennis Gardner

If you decide to hold onto these for long, here is a thread on making some stands close to the original Polk specs.

http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24335&highlight=stand+monitor

vintageaudio

Thanks much Dennis.
I will check that out, as I do plan on keeping these forever.

Bob

BaggedLancer

Hi Bob, welcome. How far up in New Hampshire?

Nice to see more members from the New England area joining!

vintageaudio

BaggedLancer...thanks for the welcome.

I'm located just about the middle of the state, both N-S and E-W.
A little town named Salisbury.
Are you in MA or NH?

Bob

BaggedLancer

MA. North Reading. I do most of xmas shopping in Salem....gotta take advantage of your no taxes!

John in MA

One day my tunnel to NH will be complete. <cue "Great Escape" theme>

vintageaudio

John in MA

---

I caught your hint.

I do believe I know you...are you the John whom is very good friends with "Deli"?

I would PM you but my post count has to be 10 or greater to PM.
Perhaps you can PM me?

Bob

John in MA

Deli from AK? You might have the wrong John, I know him but not very well.

vintageaudio

Ahhh OK...wrong John...my apologies.

But you are welcome to come to NH whenever that tunnel is complete.
Good vintage audio folks are always welcome.


Bob

John in MA

Johns of the world are many in number. We are the alpha and omega.

George Grand

Did you post at AudioKarma under the name vintagestereo?

vintageaudio

George

close..... I did and do post at AK as "vintageaudio" not "vintagestereo"....
I believe there is a "vintagestereo" there also...but that is not me.

Bob

George Grand

Thanks Bob. Vintagestereo USED to post there. He got banned.

John in MA

He was an odd one. Never figured out what his deal was.

vintageaudio

George

Do I dare ask why he got banned?

And what town in NJ are you? I lived in NJ for 50 years......

Bob

George Grand

Because he's a pompous, long-winded ****?

I live right outside Mount Holly in a charming community of vipers and werewolves called Eastampton Township. South/Central part of the state, closer to the Delaware than the Atlantic.

I hung around Portsmouth and Durham a little a bunch of years ago, but I don't remember much at all.

John in MA

My mother's family is from NJ. Had my cousin not been ill I would have gone back this year for Thanksgiving with his family. She grew up in Glen Ridge, and later Garden City.

vintageaudio

George--OK well, I suppose AK is better off without him then....lol

Geroge and John--I lived my first 20 years in North Jersey--Passaic County.
And then 30 years in Brick Township, Ocean County.

And I am loving those Monitor 10B's ...listened to a ton of stuff tonight that I haven't listened to in a while...Wow!


Bob

treitz3

Congrat's vintageaudio and welcome to Club Polk.

vintageaudio

treitz3---thank you!

I think I'm gonna like visiting here almost as much as listening to my Polks.:)

Bob

mhardy6647

yeah, it's fine here 'til the rest of the New England AK riff-raff starts to show up :-)

BaggedLancer

mhardy6647 wrote: »

yeah, it's fine here 'til the rest of the New England AK riff-raff starts to show up :-)

Whatcha mean by that?:eek:

Are there alot of NE riff raff on AK?

mhardy6647

... well, there's me...
(it was just a little self-deprecating humor)

BaggedLancer

mhardy6647 wrote: »

... well, there's me...
(it was just a little self-deprecating humor)

gotcha, i havent been posting much over there....thought you meant there was a rough new england crowd.

vintageaudio

mhardy--always a pleasure to see you pop up.

I have benefited from your insight on many occasions.

thanks
Bob

cubdog

Great bunch of guys here Bob. I need to visit more often.

cubdog