are these worth it?

zarrdoss
zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
edited August 2009 in Vintage Speakers
http://denver.craigslist.org/ele/1287045417.html

just thinking. ;)
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  • beemer
    beemer Posts: 155
    edited August 2009
    I'd gladly spend $60 for those. You could do FAR worse.

    Best,

    Paul
    Main system: Levinson Reference 32 Preamp/30.6 DAC/31.5 Transport/Sony SCD777ES/VPI Aries w/SDS JMW 10.5 arm/Van den Hul Frog/Levinson 33 Monoblocks/33H Monoblocks/Transparent reference XL interconnect & Speaker cable/Nearfield Acoustics Pipedream Reference 18 Line Array.
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  • stubby
    stubby Posts: 723
    edited August 2009
    I'd cautiously offer him $50. Never know, he might just take it. Those are Series 2, though. The last incarnation of the original Monitor series. I'd hit it.

    stubby
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited August 2009
    I sent an e-mail for availability, well see if I hear anything
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited August 2009
    I'd offer him a little less. Something like $40.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited August 2009
    What size woofer is in that thing? 5 1/4"? 6"? 7"?

    Hi Stubby!
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited August 2009
    standard 6 1/2"
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited August 2009
    The ad title states "2 pair for $60". Look like the last Mon 5 JRs. That means if they are in decent shape and all the drivers/tweeters, it's a no-brainer.
    "SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • kcoc321
    kcoc321 Posts: 1,788
    edited August 2009
    It looks to me that those are actually the Mon 4.6's since they don't have the PR's.
    The series 2 5jr+'s had the 6.5" PR added.
    http://www.polkaudio.com/images/home/large/black/monitor5jr.jpg
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  • classic carl
    classic carl Posts: 652
    edited August 2009
    kcoc321 wrote: »
    It looks to me that those are actually the Mon 4.6's since they don't have the PR's.
    The series 2 5jr+'s had the 6.5" PR added.
    http://www.polkaudio.com/images/home/large/black/monitor5jr.jpg

    I agree that they are 4.6's not the 5JR+'s. I have a pair of 5's serving duty as my HT rears. I picked up my mint pair for $75 thru CL. Very nice sounding speakers that I previously used in my laptop system. I'd buy them if they are in as good of shape as they appear in the photos.

    http://www.polksda.com/monitor4-6.shtml

    http://www.polksda.com/monitor5jrplus.shtml
    Main System:
    Proton AA-1150 ~ Yamaha C-4 ~ Furman Elite-15 DMi ~ Sennheiser HD600 ~ Monitor Audio Silver RS8 & FB210 ~ Martin Logan Dynamo ~ Teac R-919X ~ Marantz CD5003 ~ Squeezebox Classic ~ Music Hall dac25.2 ~ Dual 1229/Acutex M312 III STR ~ Music Hall mmf-5.1/Goldring 1012GX ~ Music Hall Cruise Control 2.0

    Home Theater:
    Yamaha RX-V800 ~ Furman Elite-15 DMi ~ Marantz DV6001 ~ EPI M90 ~ Polk Audio RT35i ~ CS400i ~ (2) Polk Audio PSW450
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited August 2009
    They made some 5 JRs with port, too.
    "SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • kcoc321
    kcoc321 Posts: 1,788
    edited August 2009
    ND13 wrote: »
    They made some 5 JRs with port, too.

    They did...I have a pair,.. but they are not the Series 2's.

    Mine are actually almost the size of the 4.6+'s [17" H x 8-1/2" W x 10" D] and mine are [17"h x9"X9"] I did some research trying to figure out what mine actually were, since they have the labels for 5jr's but the sizes differed between the "specified size" of the 5jr+ (don't know the sizes of 'other' 5jrs).
    As I am restoring them.

    I have them pulling surround duty and they sound great, alot better than the M30's I had there previously. Much more bass. I had to replace both the tweeters (flippin collage room-mates and loudness buttons) and one MW locked up after a couple of days being put back into use,
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