MW Drivers for the Monitor 10

Russ_L
Russ_L Posts: 30
edited January 2009 in Vintage Speakers
I posted this earlier at the end of Brody05's "no more SDA drivers......." thread. As that thread got a little hot I decided to repost as a new thread similar topic.

I'm about to purchase two pairs of Monitor 10s. I'll need one more 10 to complete a surround system. I know Polk has replacement tweeters for the 10s. Passive radiators should be OK and are (more) easily repairable. I'm wondering if the MW6501 or MW6503 mid woofers are still available directly from Polk or another source?

To get the fifth Monitor 10 I'll probably be buying a pair so one of the two could be used for replacement parts if circumstances warrant.

Russ
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited January 2009
    The 6503 is available for sure. The 6501 is an older driver. You may want to find one used to match. I don't recall the 6501 being used in the 10's. Usually it was a 6500, 6600, or 6503.
    Ben
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    Thanks
    Ben
  • woodsman10b
    woodsman10b Posts: 408
    edited January 2009
    My 10B's have the 6501's with a manufacturers date for the driver being June of 84'. You can find these and others on ebay periodically. How nice it must be to have the room to have a 5.1 system made of all monitor 10's! lol
    Most of them only hear how loud it sounds, and the rest of us hear everything else - :rolleyes:
  • Russ_L
    Russ_L Posts: 30
    edited January 2009
    Ben- the first of the four crossover schematics for the Monitor 10 in the "sticky" Wiring Diagrams show the 6501s. The remaining three schematics show the 6503s. Won't know until tomorrow what 10s I'll be looking at / buying.

    Russ