Monitor 12 RTA ?
kauai82
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I have just joined the group and am glad to have a source for feedback and advice on vintage Polk Speakers. Living out here in the land of fruit and nuts (California ) you don't see as many local deals on Polk Audio vintage speakers. I owned a pair of Monitor 5's in the 1980's and sold them (stupid ) and was able to get a hold of a decent pair of Monitor 5 on eBay about six years ago. I would like to upgrade and would like a set of Monitor 10's, with the stands but with shipping from the East Coast is so expensive, it is putting a damper on my plans as most of the speakers up for sale on eBay are on the East Coast. There is a local person that has a set of Polk Monitor 12 RTA speakers that I can pick up for a decent price, and with local pickup but I never heard these speakers in person and I thought that I had read somewhere that the tweeters had a tendency to get blown easy. I do not play music that loud anymore (my wife thinks I do, but not like in the past ) --How are these speakers --are they similar in sound to the Monitor 10's ? Thanks for the info. Matt
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I am confused. Either Monitor 12's or (not and) RTA 12's.
http://www.polksda.com/ebay.shtml
Monitor 12:
http://www.polksda.com/ebay/5734801456_Monitor12.pdf
RTA 12:
http://www.polksda.com/ebay/5721421326_RTA12.pdf
B version:
http://www.polksda.com/ebay/5760960807_RTA12B.pdf
C version:
http://www.polksda.com/ebay/RTA12C_5835691527.pdf
Hope this helps,
engtazengtaz
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Welcome to the forum.
They are a nice speaker. I think you'd like them better than the 10's.
Engtaz, they are called Monitor RTA 12's or RTA 12's for short. The tweeter is on the very top.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."
President of Club Polk -
go for the RTA 12's... over the monitor 10'sPolkFest 2012, who's going>?
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See you learn things every day. I have some RTA 12B's in my kids room.
Thanks F1nuts,
engtazengtaz
I love how music can brighten up a bad day. -
In your kid's room?
Sheesh! What a lucky kid!"Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then." Bob Seger