My 6th pair of Polks!!

Mos Fete
Mos Fete Posts: 8
edited September 2009 in 2 Channel Audio
Last weekend I went out to some garage sales not expecting to find anything special audio wise, but I was wrong.

Walked into this house towards the end of my day and went straight to the audio stuff, a black Marantz receiver that they wanted $275.00 for and a cheap multi disc player that they wanted $75.00 for. Niether was worth the asking price.

I started to look at the books, as the audio was way too much, and I noticed that there was a pair of speakers with the Polk logo. I took a closer look and saw they were Monitor 5jr's. I asked the price, which was $25.00 and negotiated them down to $20.00.:D

They're mint, except for one small scuff to the rear of one of the boxes.

They are added to my collection, which now consists of the following:

RTA-11T
Monitor 10 with Peerless tweeters
Monitor 7 with Peerless tweeters
Monitor 5 with Peerless tweeters
Monitor 5 with silver tweeters
Monitor 5jr

I have taken the Monitor 7's temporarily out of service so that I could listen to the 5jr's, and they sound very clean, stellar highs, smooth mids and only a tad bass shy.

I think I'll pair them with my vintage Harman/Kardon 330B receiver in a smaller room.

Not bad for a $20.00 investment.

Now to find some SDA's!!!

Cheers
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited September 2009
    Welcome
    Yup or another nut and will fit in well.
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  • BB3
    BB3 Posts: 297
    edited September 2009
    Mos Fete,

    Congratulations on the speaker pick up and happy listening.
    BB3
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    Anthem AVM50V
    Anthem PRE-2L
    Sonic Frontiers SFCD-1
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    Speakers :

    PolkAudio SDA-SRS
    PolkAudio SDA-SRS 1.2TL
    PolkAudio SDA-CRS+(Compliments Of Mr. Jim Thomas"jtgranby")
    PolkAudio RTA-15TL
    PolkAudio M3
    3-Velodyne F-1500's
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,421
    edited September 2009
    Mos Fete wrote: »
    Now to find some SDA's!!!

    Cheers

    Beware the slippery slope of the SDA quest, for it is the path to oblivion!

    You have been warned...:eek:


    Welcome to CP and congrats on the collection:)
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

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  • Krazyz1
    Krazyz1 Posts: 256
    edited September 2009
    You gotta look at alot of estate sale or tag sales listed. I've talked ALOT of people down on items they REALLY have no clue of what it is or its value. My best so far was a OLDER Pioneer TT I talked down from 15 to 5 because return arm was a little hesitant. Some good ole spit shinning , cleaning , and lubrication and Wa-la. Instant gold mine. This was old enough it played 3 record sizes. Had AT cartridge to boot!!!! Were selling on e-bay almost 300.00. Had audio yard sale and customer elated , and my wallet she be smilling!
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited September 2009
    Congrats!
    Linn AV5140 fronts
    Linn AV5120 Center
    Linn AV5140 Rears
    M&K MX-70 Sub for Music
    Odyssey Mono-Blocs
    SVS Ultra-13 Gloss Black:D
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited September 2009
    nice score
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited September 2009
    Not bad for $20.
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  • sTiLlLeArNiNg
    sTiLlLeArNiNg Posts: 805
    edited September 2009
    nice find! :)
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