Monitor 7c's, worth buying?

lilwaun
lilwaun Posts: 20
edited December 2008 in Vintage Speakers
I recently picked up a pair of SDA 1's, now have found a listing for a pair of Monitor 7c's. They appear to have the same drivers i.e. SL 1000 silver plate tweeters. Anyone know if the Monitor 7's have the MW 6500 mid and SL 1000 tweeters?

Thanks.
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited December 2008
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  • lilwaun
    lilwaun Posts: 20
    edited December 2008
    I am new to vintage Polk and have been trying to get my arms around the different drivers. I am in need of a replacement SL 1000 (silver plate) and a MW 6500 driver for my SDA 1's. The picture posted on the Monitor 7c's looks identical to my silver plated SL 1000's, but I have seen different two different tweeter shown in pictures of the Monitor 7c's. This is harder than I thought....
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  • lilwaun
    lilwaun Posts: 20
    edited December 2008
    I'm sorry, after looking at the pictures again...they are different. Are the Monitor 7c's worth picking up for $80-90?
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  • rayslifecycle
    rayslifecycle Posts: 511
    edited December 2008
    Monitor series speakers came with different parts.

    I have monitor 10As with peerless tweeters and Monitor 7Bs with peerless tweeters- so the components vary with each model.....
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited December 2008
    lilwaun wrote: »
    I'm sorry, after looking at the pictures again...they are different. Are the Monitor 7c's worth picking up for $80-90?

    if you want them, they are worth picking up for that price... that price is just slightly below going rate.. so yeah a good deal. the monitor 7's are a fine speaker.. but no where near what a SDA speaker can do.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,197
    edited December 2008
    lilwaun wrote: »
    I'm sorry, after looking at the pictures again...they are different. Are the Monitor 7c's worth picking up for $80-90?

    An absolute no-brainer at that price. Unless of course you don't have a need for them.
    "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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  • mlhm5
    mlhm5 Posts: 217
    edited December 2008
    heiney9 wrote: »
    An absolute no-brainer at that price. Unless of course you don't have a need for them.

    2nd that. The 7C's have the Peerless tweeter and sound great. I have new speakers in the basement and the 7C's are my main speaker.

    For $90 if you don't like them, you will have no problems getting rid of them on this forum.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited December 2008
    mlhm5 wrote: »
    2nd that. The 7C's have the Peerless tweeter and sound great. I have new speakers in the basement and the 7C's are my main speaker.

    For $90 if you don't like them, you will have no problems getting rid of them on this forum.

    not all 7C's have peerless tweeters...
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited December 2008
    danger boy wrote: »
    not all 7C's have peerless tweeters...

    I was under the impression that the originals were peerless, then SL1000's, and then SL2000's?
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited December 2008
    ben62670 wrote: »
    I was under the impression that the originals were peerless, then SL1000's, and then SL2000's?

    maybe. not sure. you'd have to look at an original pair with the 8" passive to be sure what tweeters were in the early 7's ;)
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  • Bikerduck
    Bikerduck Posts: 43
    edited December 2008
    My 7b's have the peerless and the MW 6500 mids My 10's also have the MW 6500 mids but not the peerless tweeters....
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  • DozerCSX
    DozerCSX Posts: 23
    I have Monitor 7Cs and they are terrific. Superb, balanced sound, they go surprisingly deep with their passive bass radiator. The original tweeters were SL2000s on my 1986 pair. I damaged one and replaced it with the RD-0184. This is a smoother, sweeter tweeter, but both are great in their own way I drive these with a Denon AVR-S750H 7.1 surround receiver, and a Pioneer SW8-mk2 sub. You'd need to spend a lot of money to beat this sound for music. Highly recommended.
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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,000
    The 7C's fully modded are no joke.
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