Early Monitor 7's VS Later Monitor 7's

chrisw302
chrisw302 Posts: 9
edited July 2008 in Vintage Speakers
I am looking at a very early pair of monitor 7's. They have peerless tweeters and 8" passive radiators instead of the 10" passive radiators. I am wondering if anyone here has heard both and would be will to give there opinions of the 8" versus 10" models.
Thanks,
Chris.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited July 2008
    The 8" are cooler from a Polkie nostalgia perspective but I don't think I'd prefer one over the other in regards to performance.
    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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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited July 2008
    I have heard both. Like Doro said the nostalgia factor is high on the 8"passive model.

    Sound wise the 8" passive doesn't have quite the same bottom end as the 10". It isn't a huge difference but I could here it. Although I like the peerless versions the most. So it depends on what you like. Clean highs or more bottom end?
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