Monitor 5A Speakers

hdlcx2
hdlcx2 Posts: 3
edited July 2008 in Vintage Speakers
Hello Everyone

This is my first post in the Polk Forum, hello to you all!
I do consider myself a Polkie from long ago, though.
I just picked up a pair of Monitor 5A's and cannot find much info on them.
They are a beautiful pair. My last Polk's were babies compaired to these, but saying that, these 5A's are just what I wanted both in size and in speaker makeup.
I have not hooked them up yet but think they are 4ohm speakers, however, I dont have a 4ohm compatable amp. I only have a NAD 7030 Reciever which does'nt offer 4ohm hookup. I would love to run them at 4ohm.
Is there any problem with just plugging them into my NAD and running them, I presume at 8ohm?

Also, if any of you happen to have info or experience with these Monitor 5A's it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Cheers

Wills:)
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,204
    edited July 2008
    Hello and welcome!! Monitor 5's were my first Polks and I still have a pair in my computer office rig. Your NAD will run those absolutely fine. They are closer to 6 ohm nominal and aren't a very difficult load to drive. Your NAD is beefy enough to drive them with no issues

    Enjoy and stick around.

    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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  • davidfmartin
    davidfmartin Posts: 106
    edited July 2008
    Welcome!

    Check out this site for specs on old speaks. Specs on monitor series are available.

    http://www.polksda.com/manuals.shtml
    My journey: http://www.1414audio.com/
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  • hdlcx2
    hdlcx2 Posts: 3
    edited July 2008
    Great!

    Thanks for the welcome and help guys. I plan on sticking around this place. I've been looking for awhile and it appears a great forum.

    Cheers
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,204
    edited July 2008
    hdlcx2 wrote: »
    Great!

    Thanks for the welcome and help guys. I plan on sticking around this place. I've been looking for awhile and it appears a great forum.

    Cheers

    Ignore the local "politics" so to speak and the squabbles that break out now and again. This is one of the best forums around on the whole.

    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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  • hdlcx2
    hdlcx2 Posts: 3
    edited July 2008
    OK thanks heiney.
    You get that in any forum. As they say, "There's one in every crowd".
    Sometimes there's more than one.

    Cheers

    Wills
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