Monitor 12s availability

NeilGabriel
NeilGabriel Posts: 1,487
edited January 2008 in Vintage Speakers
I am getting to be really happy with my 3 systems, but have always wanted to try a pair of Monitor 12s. I don't think I have seen a pair for sale for 6 months or more. Anyone else seeing these around?
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited January 2008
    I saw a pair for sale locally. I almost picked them up, but the person selling them seemed kinda shady, so I passed. Just curious, why would you want them, I hear they're pretty boomy sounding.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • cubdog
    cubdog Posts: 835
    edited January 2008
    Boomy is an interesting description. I bought my 12s specifically for use in my HT and at that they perform wonderfully. I have only tested them once in a 2 channel setup. I hooked them up to my Onix SP-3 which is 38wpc. Guess what they sounded boomy. I did not however change their postion so they were in corners. I think they would have sounded much better pulled out.

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  • Braddles
    Braddles Posts: 228
    edited January 2008
    Ive had my 12s from new and there is no way they are boomy!
    Had them in 3 different houses over the years and i can tell you that room acc and placement makes a big diff.

    I have hard wood floors now and if anything they sound a bit thin and i like them with the sub on when in 2 ch. Thats with a new Cambridge 640R A/V at 120wpc BTW.
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  • cubdog
    cubdog Posts: 835
    edited January 2008
    In my new house the speakers are no longer in corners. When I have some time I will hook them up to the Onix again and give them another try. The SP-3 is a tube amp btw and I've never tried them with SS.

    cubdog
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  • NeilGabriel
    NeilGabriel Posts: 1,487
    edited January 2008
    Face wrote: »
    I saw a pair for sale locally. I almost picked them up, but the person selling them seemed kinda shady, so I passed. Just curious, why would you want them, I hear they're pretty boomy sounding.

    Well, I have owned just about every model of Polk Monitors (the 80s line) except the 12. I love 10s, and have always wanted to see if the 12s would fill out more and give a little more bottom end. I have a large HT room where they would be far from corners and a couple feet from back walls.
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  • cubdog
    cubdog Posts: 835
    edited January 2008
    I'm using Monitor 10s as rear speakers with the 12's. Personally I love my HT setup. My reciever is a Denon 2308ci.

    cubdog
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    Bel Canto DAC 1.5
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