Monitor 5 JR+

epiphone

Does anyone have a personal opinion of these speakers? Any input would be appreciated.

ben62670

They are great little speakers that are fully capable of sucking you into the vintage Polk scene. First you will really like the sound, and start reading and talking about them here. Then you want the upgraded tweeters. After that you will start hearing about the crossover upgrades that brings them up another substantial level. After enjoying them so much you will probably want to move on to bigger and better vintage Polk's like bigger monitors, or SDA's even. They will continue to keep giving that I just discovered something new feeling. You will start looking for better gear to drive them with. Most likely you don't believe that cables make a difference, but after all the time and money invested in the gear you have been acquiring over the next few years you will most likely try cables. Wanting more you with either go down the lets try vinyl road, or tubes. Eventually you will be left will no money, but the satisfaction your rig gives you may lead you to purchase more gear, or different music to satisfy your addiction to audio. You may even spend your food, or bills fund to purchase more audio nirvana.
BTW welcome to Club Polk.
Ben

Conradicles

LOL...Welcome and buy them. You can always sell them here when you are ready to move up to a bigger pair.

leroyjr1

epiphone wrote: »

Does anyone have a personal opinion of these speakers? Any input would be appreciated.

I have a pair. Very nice bookshelf speakers and is very easy to push. They go for about $75.

Welcome to the forum

epiphone

Thanks for the welcoming! Thought I would ask about these as I spotted a pair on ebay that look pretty good that I was going to bid on. I am in the market for something about that size to put in the office.
Not sure if I am ready for the future that Ben had pointed out for me yet tho'!!
LOL

comfortablycurt

ben62670 wrote: »

They are great little speakers that are fully capable of sucking you into the vintage Polk scene. First you will really like the sound, and start reading and talking about them here. Then you want the upgraded tweeters. After that you will start hearing about the crossover upgrades that brings them up another substantial level. After enjoying them so much you will probably want to move on to bigger and better vintage Polk's like bigger monitors, or SDA's even. They will continue to keep giving that I just discovered something new feeling. You will start looking for better gear to drive them with. Most likely you don't believe that cables make a difference, but after all the time and money invested in the gear you have been acquiring over the next few years you will most likely try cables. Wanting more you with either go down the lets try vinyl road, or tubes. Eventually you will be left will no money, but the satisfaction your rig gives you may lead you to purchase more gear, or different music to satisfy your addiction to audio. You may even spend your food, or bills fund to purchase more audio nirvana.
BTW welcome to Club Polk.
Ben

x2 Ben.

You might want to leave now Epiphone...or else you're going to be very hungry while you're sitting around listening to your 10,000 dollar stereo. The starvation factor will be insignificant though, because the tunes will be phenomenal.;)

Welcome to Club Polk, where your wallet will be empty before it's even full and upgradeitis is considered to be a very beneficial disease...lol


Epiphone eh? I take it you're a guitar player?

nooshinjohn

comfortablycurt wrote: »

x2 Ben.

You might want to leave now Epiphone...or else you're going to be very hungry while you're sitting around listening to your 10,000 dollar stereo. The starvation factor will be insignificant though, because the tunes will be phenomenal.;)

Welcome to Club Polk, where your wallet will be empty before it's even full and upgradeitis is considered to be a very beneficial disease...lol


Epiphone eh? I take it you're a guitar player?

dont go scaring the guy off like that Curt. Just because I have spent 3k on audio in two months does not mean he will... now stop bothering me with this crap and let me get back to Audiogon:p

welcome to CP Epiphone

comfortablycurt

nooshinjohn wrote: »

dont go scaring the guy off like that Curt. Just because I have spent 3k on audio in two months does not mean he will... now stop bothering me with this crap and let me get back to Audiogon:p

welcome to CP Epiphone

Sorry John...I didn't mean to distract you from researching your next purchase!:p



I've never heard the 5Jr+'s before...but I own a pair of Monitor 7A's. They sound spectacular...I'm guessing the Jr+'s do as well. The vintage Polks are excellent speakers for music listening. I say go for it.

What are you planning on driving them with? Do you have a setup already...or is it still up in the air?

epiphone

Right now I have an old Kenwood (mid 90's) that I've packed around for years that I was going to use. Will probably change that later. Nothing over the top for now, just needing something that sounds good.

skrol

epiphone, are you bidding on the ones on EB? If so, I'll sit this one out.
Stan

epiphone

skrol, does it look like a bad deal? I was under the impression that a good set of 90's speakers would match up great with a good 90's receiver.

cnh

nooshinjohn wrote: »

dont go scaring the guy off like that Curt. Just because I have spent 3k on audio in two months does not mean he will... now stop bothering me with this crap and let me get back to Audiogon:p

welcome to CP Epiphone

I hope you bought a few 50 pound bags of rice before those purchases?

Oh....and some beans....you need the protein/carb balance to stay alive.

cnh

skrol

epiphone wrote: »

skrol, does it look like a bad deal? I was under the impression that a good set of 90's speakers would match up great with a good 90's receiver.

I think that they are a good deal. I just didn't want to tromp on you since I think you saw them first and seem interested.

If not I might try for them. I really would like to find a nice pair of Monitor 5's though.

plastic_avatar

I've got a pair of 5jr+ (the ones with the silver dome and the passive radiator).

I think they're a great little speaker

I get the feeling, from some other threads, there was some inconsistency with which tweeter ended up in the box?

I think I'll throw the 2500s from my Monitor 12s in the 5jr+ when I upgrade to the 198s I notice the 2000s are a bit harsh compared to what I hear from the 2500s.

cambir

I have had a couple sets of the 5jr (one pair went to zingo, who modified and then sold to a forum member IIRC) with the sl2000 and passive.

I think they have an excellent vintage Polk sound for their size.

epiphone

thanks for the input...it sounds like they would probably be a good purchase...but i think i'll hold out for a bit and do some more research on a better 2 channel receiver first and then hunt down some speakers.

HB27

sorry

ND13

alrighty then

Is Joe getting the Advents?

Vdr1973

Hello there im fiarly new to the Polk brand with my Rti10's. After bumping around the
Avs fourum for about a year now ive been more and more interested in the Vintage Polks
and have heard alot of good reviews but mostly concerning 2 channel listening and was wondering what about HT use? Have found good deals on the aforementioned M5jr's.

comfortablycurt

Vdr1973 wrote: »

Hello there im fiarly new to the Polk brand with my Rti10's. After bumping around the
Avs fourum for about a year now ive been more and more interested in the Vintage Polks
and have heard alot of good reviews but mostly concerning 2 channel listening and was wondering what about HT use? Have found good deals on the aforementioned M5jr's.

I have a pair of Monitor 7A's, which are a bigger brother to the 5Jr's. I use the 7's for both 2 ch. listening and front channel duty in my HT. They excel at both.