hello to all.....new to polk audio ..questions !

Systems
Systems Posts: 14,873
edited January 2008 in Vintage Speakers
this is my first pair of polks the monitor 10 series , i picked up fom the thrift store for $25.00 for the pair :D...cabinets look nice could do with a clean up...tested them out on my vintage sansui receiver and am very impressed with them...

only then did i realise although they sound very nice one of the mid drivers is not working ( no movement ) , tested on the other driver connections and clealry not a cap issue as it still didnt work..so were would i get one of those ?

my other question .. i was hoping to use these with a center channel polk i have had for sometime , for getting a good timbre match across the fronts for my surround sound set up ...are these series 10's useable in a surround set up ...are there any downfalls to having a passive woofer ? or what are the benefits of a passive woofer ?

these polks are my first buy since rather stupidly selling my mcintosh ml-2c's which i had spent many an hour re capping , foaming, and refurbishing the cabinets ...so am going to be using my new polks in either home theater or for just music... eitherway i am very glad i bought them !!

thanks in advance
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited January 2008
    Welcome to Club Polk, f1nuts!:eek:
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  • jakelm
    jakelm Posts: 4,081
    edited January 2008
    This is going to get confusing....:confused::p
    Monitor 7b's front
    Monitor 4's surround
    Frankinpolk Center (2 mw6503's with peerless tweeter)
    M10's back surround
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    Dont BAN me Bro!!!!:eek:
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited January 2008
    F1nuts? Thats weird?
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited January 2008
    Maybe it's Jesse's nads!!!
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  • jakelm
    jakelm Posts: 4,081
    edited January 2008
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Maybe it's Jesse's nads!!!

    f1's nuts?
    Monitor 7b's front
    Monitor 4's surround
    Frankinpolk Center (2 mw6503's with peerless tweeter)
    M10's back surround
    Hafler-200 driving patio Daytons
    Tempest-X 15" DIY sub w/ Rythmik 350A plate amp
    Dayton 12" DVC w/ Rythmik 350a plate amp
    Harman/Kardon AVR-635
    Oppo 981hd
    Denon upconvert DVD player
    Jennings Research (vintage and rare)
    Mit RPTV WS-55513
    Tosh HD-XA1
    B&K AV5000


    Dont BAN me Bro!!!!:eek:
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,794
    edited January 2008
    OOHHH ****!! Jesse's gone and cloned himself....We shall call him...mini-nuts!
    HARHARHAR!!!
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited January 2008
    that'll be formula one nuts ...thankyou
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited January 2008
    And I thought my day was a total loss.....fantastic. There's a long term member named F1Nut and I believe you two guys will get along famously.

    Welcome to Club Polk!

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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited January 2008
    LOL
    What's next? Wingnuts? Russmen? Cfrizzies?
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited January 2008
    I sure hope not.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited January 2008
    George Grands
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  • nms
    nms Posts: 671
    edited January 2008
    Congrats. The M10s are nice speakers. Call polk CS tomorrow and tell them you need a replacement driver for your speakers. The phone # is on the "contact us" page on this site. But make sure it's really dead before you do this. I dunno how hard it is to pull one of the midrange drivers out of the cab but probably not too hard. Try connecting it directly to your speaker wires from the amp/receiver to make sure it's dead.

    On that replacement driver, I think you get a discount and 2 day free shipping if you tell them you're a Club Polk member (I know this is true for new tweeters).

    I can't tell you anything about timbre matching; some people have said they play well in a surround setup but it's not a real common application for them.

    So are your new speakers 10As, 10Bs, or series 2?
    My system

    "The world is an ever evolving clusterf*ck." --treitz3
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited January 2008
    hearingimpared'snutz!
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited January 2008
    Welcome to the club. This should be good.
    Michael ;)
    In the beginning, all knowledge was new!
    NORTH of 60°
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited January 2008
    the only info i see on the back is monitor series with the number 10 under that..than a serial number ?
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited January 2008
    f1nuts wrote: »
    that'll be formula one nuts ...thankyou
    Welcome:) Im nuts about F1 as well.
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  • MusikSource
    MusikSource Posts: 44
    edited January 2008
    I'm new too, Welcome!
    Right or Wrong Just Offering My Oppinion!!!



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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited January 2008
    MusikSource wrote: »
    I'm new too, Welcome!
    Hello and welcome to a fellow Canuck.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited January 2008
    f1nuts wrote: »
    the only info i see on the back is monitor series with the number 10 under that..than a serial number ?

    It's a Monitor 10, the version doesn't really matter. Remove the suspected bad, mid-bass driver and see what it says on the magnet.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited January 2008
    driver mw 6503..(1989 ) and there is no movement of the cone whatsoever ..stuck !
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,734
    edited January 2008
    How about you change your name. There's a million others you can chose from and trust me on this, you don't want people confusing me for you or you for me.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited January 2008
    F1nut wrote: »
    How about you change your name. There's a million others you can chose from and trust me on this, you don't want people confusing me for you.

    I was patiently wait for this response:D
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,794
    edited January 2008
    F1nut wrote: »
    How about you change your name. There's a million others you can chose from and trust me on this, you don't want people confusing me for you or you for me.

    He's one of the UNDEAD!!:D
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited January 2008
    lightman1 wrote: »
    OOHHH ****!! Jesse's gone and cloned himself....We shall call him...mini-nuts!
    HARHARHAR!!!
    Howzabout Left and Right?

    Either way works.

    Welcome aboard F1Nuts (aka Left)!!:D
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  • John in MA
    John in MA Posts: 1,010
    edited January 2008
    This guy's been an AK member for a year or two with this name, the two F1s seem to be able to peacfully coexist over there.

    You're going to have a long road replacing those McIntosh ML-2Cs. I had good luck with RTA-11ts previously, so I kept with the Polk family when I replaced my ML-2Cs. Even their largest is only about a lateral move from the big Macs.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited January 2008
    F1nut wrote: »
    How about you change your name. There's a million others you can chose from and trust me on this, you don't want people confusing me for you or you for me.


    4.gif
    Sharp Elite 70
    Anthem D2V 3D
    Parasound 5250
    Parasound HCA 1000 A
    Parasound HCA 1000
    Oppo BDP 95
    Von Schweikert VR4 Jr R/L Fronts
    Von Schweikert LCR 4 Center
    Totem Mask Surrounds X4
    Hsu ULS-15 Quad Drive Subwoofers
    Sony PS3
    Squeezebox Touch

    Polk Atrium 7s on the patio just to keep my foot in the door.
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  • polrbehr
    polrbehr Posts: 2,834
    edited January 2008
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    hearingimpared'snutz!
    Tell us something we DON'T know ;).
    So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?


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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited January 2008
    f1nuts wrote: »
    driver mw 6503..(1989 ) and there is no movement of the cone whatsoever ..stuck !

    Toss it in the garbage and call Polk on Monday.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited January 2008
    dorokusai wrote: »
    Toss it in the garbage and call Polk on Monday.

    And mention you are a club Polk member to get the discount. Make sure you tell Ken at CS you are not Jesse. They may charge you double (grumpy old man tax):p
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • McLoki
    McLoki Posts: 5,231
    edited January 2008
    Snap a pic of the tweeter on the front and post it in this thread. That will be enough for many to tell you what version you have of the monitor 10 (or close anyway).

    You will love the monitor 10's. I have been thinking of using mine as rear speakers with SDA's as fronts. (if I can find SDA's with the SL2500 tweeter my monitor 10's use). Not sure about a center channel, but while you have customer service on the phone about your replacement woofer, ask them what center (classic speaker or Current line) they recommend for voice matching to your 10's.

    Welcome to Club Polk - we are more than big enough for a pair of F1nut's. If we hear something nice, we will just assume they are talking about you.... :D
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