I just picked up

dudeinaroom
dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
edited July 2009 in Vintage Speakers
a pair of monitor 7s for $55. had to drive an hour for them. Gotta love craigslist. Called the guy(he had a pair of Boston acoustics in the same add) He said he would take $60 for them(original owner). I went to take a listen, and before he hooked them up I knew one of them had a problem the driver sounded raspy when I lightly pushed on it. He said he would go no lower than 55 so I bit the bullet. So now I just have to wait for the fundage to pick up a 6501 and slap it in the cabinet. Now my next dilemma will be to use them as surrounds with my sdas or start a bedroom rig. Oh well, in my eyes the 55 was well spent even if I have to use one of them as a center:). No stands, I can always build them later.

later,
dude
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited May 2009
    Congrats. That was a great price for some fine speakers.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited May 2009
    Nice grab! The 7's are some excellent sounding speakers. I love my 7A's.

    Just FYI, the 7's use the MW6502's. My 7A's do anyway, and I'm pretty sure all of the other versions of the 7's do as well.
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  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,861
    edited May 2009
    nice score ...gotta love CL
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited May 2009
    Congrats....Killer Deal
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,133
    edited May 2009
    Nice!!!
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited May 2009
    55 dollars...a steal....then again Curt got his for 20 which is insane! Am I right Curt?

    cnh
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited May 2009
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    Nice grab! The 7's are some excellent sounding speakers. I love my 7A's.

    Just FYI, the 7's use the MW6502's. My 7A's do anyway, and I'm pretty sure all of the other versions of the 7's do as well.

    the one I pulled said 6501 on it. dated Oct. 19,1988
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  • tx_polkhead
    tx_polkhead Posts: 248
    edited May 2009
    Try this, the driver that sounds raspy, take it out rotate it 180 and screw it back in to place and have a listen and medium to low volumes for a while, if the raspyness is gone give it a little more voulume. Sometime gravity pulls on the driver till the voice coil is just slightly out of center and rotating the driver will correct the effects of said gravity.
    Good Luck.
    Abel
    Polk Audio RTA 12c's, Monitor 7c, Monitor 5JR+, SDA CRS+
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited May 2009
    cnh wrote: »
    55 dollars...a steal....then again Curt got his for 20 which is insane! Am I right Curt?

    cnh

    Yep...I got my 7A's for 20 bucks. They're in great shape too!

    Always check out local auctions, you never know what you'll find there.;)
    dudeinaroom wrote: »
    the one I pulled said 6501 on it. dated Oct. 19,1988

    Interesting...I thought all of the M7's had the 6502's.

    That leads me to believe that those aren't the original MW's. Those appear to be 7C's, which weren't in production in 1988. IIRC they stopped production on the 7C's in 1979. Does the other MW's model # and date match the one you pulled?
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited May 2009
    well I pulled the driver from the other one and the model number is smeared but, it does say it is for the monitor 7. The non-working one does not have a check box for the monitor 7. so It most likely is not for the speaker. I know the original owner did not replace it, he was clueless about the internal workings, or he was just playing dumb.
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited May 2009
    well, last night I hooked this puppy up as a center for **** and grins and all I can say is wow. If this thing was magnetically shielded it would be on top of the TV. I knew that having a voice matched center would be better than the cheap panny I have there now. OMG I think I creamed my jeans. I was only watching TV in PLIIx and it was awesome. Can not wait to hear a dd track through them, oh yeah, I did have it set to large. Now I just need to come across an awesome deal on a mw 6502 as I can not order one right now, I should not have even spent the coin on these, but you know how it goes( and the misses told me too.) after I get the mw 6502 I will be on the hunt for m 5jr for a dual center set up, then have to get bucking magnet for them. Then a few amps to power it all, a bd player, and a pre/pre to replace the the denon AVR( which would then go for the bed room ht, but don't tell the wifey.

    later all,
    dude

    p.s. she's sitting right next to me
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited May 2009
    Good to hear you're enjoying it! The M7's certainly are some awesome sounding speakers. I doubt I'll ever get rid of mine.
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    APC H10 Power Conditioner
    Marantz UD5005 universal player
    Parasound Halo P5 preamp
    Parasound HCA-1200II power amp
    PolkAudio LSi9's/PolkAudio SDA 2A's/PolkAudio Monitor 7A's
    Audioquest Speaker Cables and IC's
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,794
    edited May 2009
    dudeinaroom wrote: »
    well, last night I hooked this puppy up as a center for **** and grins and all I can say is wow. If this thing was magnetically shielded it would be on top of the TV. I knew that having a voice matched center would be better than the cheap panny I have there now. OMG I think I creamed my jeans. I was only watching TV in PLIIx and it was awesome. Can not wait to hear a dd track through them, oh yeah, I did have it set to large. Now I just need to come across an awesome deal on a mw 6502 as I can not order one right now, I should not have even spent the coin on these, but you know how it goes( and the misses told me too.) after I get the mw 6502 I will be on the hunt for m 5jr for a dual center set up, then have to get bucking magnet for them. Then a few amps to power it all, a bd player, and a pre/pre to replace the the denon AVR( which would then go for the bed room ht, but don't tell the wifey.

    later all,
    dude

    p.s. she's sitting right next to me
    Got a pair of 5jr here.....
    ...(casting out the lure....):cool:
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  • nduitch
    nduitch Posts: 316
    edited May 2009
    Gotta love that faux wood vinyl. Makes everything it was ever put on look dated. My 7's also have it(which I purchased for 50) and I would like to veneer them in something a little richer.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited May 2009
    nduitch wrote: »
    Gotta love that faux wood vinyl. Makes everything it was ever put on look dated. My 7's also have it(which I purchased for 50) and I would like to veneer them in something a little richer.

    x2

    I'm eventually going to re-veneer my 7's with some real wood veneer. I don't know what kind yet. That's not very high on my list of upgrades right now...lol It'll happen eventually though. They'd look a lot better with some real wood instead of the cheap vinyl.
    The nirvana inducer-
    APC H10 Power Conditioner
    Marantz UD5005 universal player
    Parasound Halo P5 preamp
    Parasound HCA-1200II power amp
    PolkAudio LSi9's/PolkAudio SDA 2A's/PolkAudio Monitor 7A's
    Audioquest Speaker Cables and IC's
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  • dane_peterson
    dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
    edited May 2009
    Another CL Monitor 7 buyer here! Mine were $40. They sound incredible IMO... outperform most any speaker many times their price. Good snag.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited May 2009
    Congrats! That's an awesome price, for some great speakers.

    I've yet to hear of anyone beating my deal though...lol

    20 bucks for my Peerless Monitor 7A's at a local auction...I think I'm going to hold that record for a while.;)
    The nirvana inducer-
    APC H10 Power Conditioner
    Marantz UD5005 universal player
    Parasound Halo P5 preamp
    Parasound HCA-1200II power amp
    PolkAudio LSi9's/PolkAudio SDA 2A's/PolkAudio Monitor 7A's
    Audioquest Speaker Cables and IC's
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited May 2009
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    Congrats! That's an awesome price, for some great speakers.

    I've yet to hear of anyone beating my deal though...lol

    20 bucks for my Peerless Monitor 7A's at a local auction...I think I'm going to hold that record for a while.;)

    How does free sound? Top that buddy.......:D
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited May 2009
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    Congrats! That's an awesome price, for some great speakers.

    I've yet to hear of anyone beating my deal though...lol

    20 bucks for my Peerless Monitor 7A's at a local auction...I think I'm going to hold that record for a while.;)

    nice. I got my SDA2as for free. Just wish some one had a mw6502 they could part with. Polk does have them in stock, I just can't swing the coin right now, lost me job not too long ago. Crap, I still have to find an amp. Gotta pre, and an AVR with pre outs. Really miss having separate amplification.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited May 2009
    leroyjr1 wrote: »
    How does free sound? Top that buddy.......:D

    Overruled...that doesn't count.:p

    Fine, I hand my crown and scepter to you Lee. You win.:p
    The nirvana inducer-
    APC H10 Power Conditioner
    Marantz UD5005 universal player
    Parasound Halo P5 preamp
    Parasound HCA-1200II power amp
    PolkAudio LSi9's/PolkAudio SDA 2A's/PolkAudio Monitor 7A's
    Audioquest Speaker Cables and IC's
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  • Hillbilly61
    Hillbilly61 Posts: 702
    edited May 2009
    lightman1 wrote: »
    Got a pair of 5jr here.....
    ...(casting out the lure....):cool:

    What yer askin? Lookin' for some rears and they might fit. 'might be passin by yer way soon....
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  • Big Dawg
    Big Dawg Posts: 2,005
    edited June 2009
    Not quite free, but I got a pair of 7Bs with peerless and 10Bs with SL1000s for $50 each pair.......
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited July 2009
    Well the one mon 7 is on a "shelf" above and behind my TV. Friggin' awesome. Now I just have to......oh forget it.
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