Do these qualify as Frankenpolks?

agfrost
agfrost Posts: 2,430
edited March 2008 in Speakers
Could bring new meaning to the name "Woodshed Rig." :eek::eek::eek:

Jay
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  • joeparaski
    joeparaski Posts: 1,865
    edited February 2008
    I wonder if the guys' name is Fred Flintstone?

    Joe
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited February 2008
    These fall into my "cute/clever" category, but nowhere near $500 worth of sonic value. He must be smokin' the inner carvings..............;)
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,217
    edited February 2008
    I bet they sound horrible. I'm guessing he didn't use a computer speaker design program, plus they have Cerwin Vega X-overs. It's a novelty not worth more than $100 tops.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,430
    edited February 2008
    heiney9 wrote: »
    I bet they sound horrible. I'm guessing he didn't use a computer speaker design program, plus they have Cerwin Vega X-overs. It's a novelty not worth more than $100 tops.

    H9

    Aw, c'mon heiney, I'm sure he hollowed those things out to painstakingly exact "cabinet" volumes that bring out the best that the C-V/Polk/random tweeter combination has to offer! :D

    Jay
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    Preamp rotation: Krell KSL (SCompRacer recapped) * Manley Shrimp * PS Audio 5.0
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  • jakelm
    jakelm Posts: 4,081
    edited February 2008
    Curious to why he didnt go with a Polk xover? And I wonder the the resonance is?:confused:

    I myself, would have put 2 mw6503's in with an RDO tweeter, using a Monitor 10a crossover.:D


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  • Libertyc
    Libertyc Posts: 915
    edited February 2008
    They belong where logs should be. Burned in a fire.
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  • bopicasso
    bopicasso Posts: 878
    edited February 2008
    There not frankenpolks, there hillbillypolks
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited February 2008
    I don't know why you guys are downin' this guy . . . look at those logs! They're hand-picked, come on.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited February 2008
    Try this one:
    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64667&highlight=rustic
    Jake
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  • bopicasso
    bopicasso Posts: 878
    edited February 2008
    They probably leak sap. I dont think they stand level. I bet they sound great with bluegrass.
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  • SKsolutions
    SKsolutions Posts: 1,820
    edited February 2008
    . . . . with real driftwood veneers.
    -Ignorance is strength -
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  • Yashu
    Yashu Posts: 772
    edited February 2008
    Where the original polk speakers a ported or sealed design? Also, the speaker terminals may just be a CV set of terminals. If he gutted a Polk speaker, chances are there is a crossover in there somewhere too. They probably don't sound good, but they probably sound better than the CVs you guys had in college.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,217
    edited March 2008
    You can get the drivers all day long on e-bay in kit form. They aren't from a particular model. My guess is that may even be Eosone brand speakers which are essentially Polk manufactured drivers

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Polk-Audio-150-Watt-8-ohm-Center-Channel-Kit-NEW_W0QQitemZ330216044753QQihZ014QQcategoryZ14992QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • Deadof_knight
    Deadof_knight Posts: 980
    edited March 2008
    Im betting his living room is done man style as well Wood every where with a big elk above the firplace,,, You go guy !!!!

    Heck those things a probably deck speaks camoed ! cant see them Cuz there in the spirit world !!!!!
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