Help in purchasing Monitor 10B's

bsujeep
bsujeep Posts: 2
edited March 2008 in Vintage Speakers
Hello all

I am new to the forum and a new 'vintage' owner. I recently purchased a CS350 and I am very impressed. This is my first Polk speaker of any kind and I like it, kinda want some more. I have been looking at a set of Monitor 10B's on my local craigslist. I am including the link and was wondering what these should be worth? I think they have peerless tweeters. Thanks for any help.

http://boise.craigslist.org/ele/609501248.html
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited March 2008
    Those tweeters are SL1000's.

    EDIT: That price is pretty high.
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  • bsujeep
    bsujeep Posts: 2
    edited March 2008
    Hey thanks alot, I was not sure about the tweeters, just looking at some of the pictures. He said he would come down some but I think I might look around some more. Thanks for the quick reply!!
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  • nms
    nms Posts: 671
    edited March 2008
    If you can talk him down $75 that would be an ok deal with the stands. Those are SL1000 tweeters, if you do much critical listening at moderate to high levels you'll want to upgrade to Polk's new replacement: RD0-194. They cost $48 apiece for Club Polk members with free 2 day shipping.

    The SL1000 and SL2000 tweets have a peak at 13-15 KHz (depending on who you ask) that gets really annoying, especially on poorly recorded vocals.
    My system

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  • IDSkinner
    IDSkinner Posts: 7
    edited March 2008
    I bought these and am thrilled with them. They are in absolute NEW condition without a scratch or flaw. Since I've never heard the Peerless, I have nothing to compare with and these just simply sound amazing. I'm now on the hunt for a vintage, more powerful amp/receiver. My 5jr's have the same SL1000 tweeter.

    Is the SL2000 brighter than the SL1000. I thought that it was the SL2000 that had the real brightness that some people weren't particularly fond of.
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited March 2008
    IDSkinner wrote: »
    Is the SL2000 brighter than the SL1000. I thought that it was the SL2000 that had the real brightness that some people weren't particularly fond of.

    They are both too bright. I have had both the SL1000 and SL2000. I actually prefered the SL1000. Although the replacement RDO is a huge improvement over both IMHO.

    The peerless is in a class of it's own. I always liked it and never had a complaint about them. It is a shame polk stopped using them. They sort of split the difference between silk and mylar.
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  • IDSkinner
    IDSkinner Posts: 7
    edited March 2008
    Thank you.

    Is the RDO an easy change out for a novice? Meaning a simple 1)unscrew from cabinet, 2)detach wires, 3)attach wires to RDO, 4)screw in or is there a change to the crossover, etc.? Thanks.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited March 2008
    You may have to trim the cabinet.
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  • IDSkinner
    IDSkinner Posts: 7
    edited March 2008
    That's not bad at all. I thought I saw in another thread a price of around $60-85. Does that sound right?
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited March 2008
    They are 48.00 bucks each shipped for Polk Forum members. Just tell them you are a memeber
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  • IDSkinner
    IDSkinner Posts: 7
    edited March 2008
    Thanks.
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  • cubdog
    cubdog Posts: 835
    edited March 2008
    The price is high but you want to avoid shipping whenever possible. If in great shape and you really want them you could do worse.

    cubdog
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited March 2008
    I got alittle lost as to who bought these at first but I guess IDSkinner got them and not bsujeep.
    One thing you might do is use one or two extra gaskets when mounting the tweeters. The gasket seals the tweeter to the cabinet making it air-tight and by using the extra gaskets it will fill the gap the larger RDO will have. The RDO will be flush with the face of the speaker cabinet instead of recessed into the cabinet. I have not done this but should work and if you ask nicely maybe the folks at Polk can hook you up. Maybe others here will add thier thoughts.
    Drew
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