Polk Audio Monitor 70 169.99 a piece

Pycroft
Pycroft Posts: 1,960
edited October 2009 in Speakers
From Newegg:

http://promotions.newegg.com/NEemail/Oct-0-2009/CDay09/index-landing.html?nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL100909&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL100909-_-email-_-E0A-_-Speaker&cm_lm=schnyderite@yahoo.com

Enjoy,

James
2 Channel/HT:
Sony SS-M9 P's (ES version)
Sony SS-M1CN Center Channel
Polk RT800 Surround Speakers
Odyssey Stratos Dual Mono Amplifiers
TAD 150 Signature Tube Preamp
Harman Kardon HK354
Sony SACD Player
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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited October 2009
    Beat me to it, saw this earlier and forgot to post the link. Great deal on some great speaks.

    -Jeff
    HT Rig
    Receiver- Onkyo TX-SR806
    Mains- Polk Audio Monitor 70
    Center- Polk Audio CS2
    Surrounds- Polk Audio TSi 500's :D
    Sub- Polk Audio PSW125
    Retired- Polk Audio Monitor 40's
    T.V.- 60" Sony SXRD KDS-60A2000 LCoS
    Blu-Ray- 80 GB PS3


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    Polk Audio Monitor 10A's :cool:

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  • RandyBox
    RandyBox Posts: 125
    edited October 2009
    I'm slow to the draw this morning. I wonder if I could take some Duct Tape and reinvent me sum custom SDA's... Now that's "Poke'n"...:p
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  • coolsax
    coolsax Posts: 1,826
    edited October 2009
    and while they are not nearly the quality the M70's are, Todays Frys ad (at least in Texas) is offering the Polk R50's for $59.00 a piece.

    and Darnit.. figures that they would drop the psw 505 20 bucks after I had already ordered it and am expecting the shipment today... LOL.. certainly isn't worth refusing shipment and reordering though either for that little amount though.
    Main 2ch -
    BlueSound Node->Ethereal optical cable->Peachtree Audio Nova 150->GoldenEar Triton 2+
    TT - Pro-ject Classic SB with Sumiko Bluepoint.

    TV 3.1 system -
    Denon 3500 -> Dynaudio Excite 32/22
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  • grimmace19
    grimmace19 Posts: 1,429
    edited October 2009
    How old are the R50's? I bought a pair on craigs about 4 months ago in mint condition for $100 bucks but didn't know much about them.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited October 2009
    grimmace19 wrote: »
    How old are the R50's? I bought a pair on craigs about 4 months ago in mint condition for $100 bucks but didn't know much about them.

    They've been around for a few years i think.

    $100 bucks in mint condition is a good deal. That's what i sold my mint Cherry R50s for i think.

    They aren't a terrible speaker by any means.

    Considering that retail was $640 a pair...

    http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/specs/recent/r50/

    I REALLY didn't like the highs on them for whatever reason. It may have been the Adcom amp i was driving them with at the time. I'm almost interested in trying them again on my Oinker, but i have a feeling that they won't compare to my current speakers again.

    But, they ARE beautiful in cherry...
    I don't read the newsssspaperssss because dey aaaallllllllll...... have ugly print.

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  • coolsax
    coolsax Posts: 1,826
    edited October 2009
    I had thought of getting the cherry ones myself from Frys.com.. they would have been $200 shipped.. they were 69 a piece plus shipping but but for 40 bucks total more i got a pair of M60s from new egg shipped.. which is more than worth it in my opinion on those. If I also hadn't just ordered M40s for my rears I might've considered picking up the R50s up this weekend myself for rears.
    Main 2ch -
    BlueSound Node->Ethereal optical cable->Peachtree Audio Nova 150->GoldenEar Triton 2+
    TT - Pro-ject Classic SB with Sumiko Bluepoint.

    TV 3.1 system -
    Denon 3500 -> Dynaudio Excite 32/22
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  • grimmace19
    grimmace19 Posts: 1,429
    edited October 2009
    When I bought them they were just needed to sit in the bedroom. Before everything arrived from my move I hooked up both the monitor 50s I was running in the living room and the R50's to see which I preferred. Going back and forth from the A/B on the same music, the Monitors had much better highs and were louder at the same level on the receiver. Overall the R50's do just fine in the bedroom on a stereo setup and I'm loving life with monitor 70's and 50's in the living room.

    However, with deals like these going on between newegg and frys, my roommate needs to get rid of the sony trash he is running in the bedroom and upgrade to something that doesn't sound like crap.
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  • Mantas
    Mantas Posts: 9
    edited October 2009
    Pycroft wrote: »
    From Newegg:

    http://promotions.newegg.com/NEemail/Oct-0-2009/CDay09/index-landing.html?nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL100909&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL100909-_-email-_-E0A-_-Speaker&cm_lm=

    Enjoy,

    James
    You left your email in the link, might wanna remove that if you don't want spam.

    Newegg had a promotion similar to this few weeks earlier. Bought 2 monitor 70's for $ 178 each. Also combined it with bing.com's 2% cashback :D.
    coolsax wrote: »
    and Darnit.. figures that they would drop the psw 505 20 bucks after I had already ordered it and am expecting the shipment today... LOL.. certainly isn't worth refusing shipment and reordering though either for that little amount though.
    I had something similar happen to me but on newegg, just called their customer service and they refunded me the price difference.
    Onkyo TX-SR806 - Receiver.
    RTi A9 - Fronts.
    CSi5 - Center.
    RTi A3 - Surrounds.
    DSW microPRO 4000 - Subwoofer.
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  • coolsax
    coolsax Posts: 1,826
    edited October 2009
    ooooh will do that then. thanks!
    Main 2ch -
    BlueSound Node->Ethereal optical cable->Peachtree Audio Nova 150->GoldenEar Triton 2+
    TT - Pro-ject Classic SB with Sumiko Bluepoint.

    TV 3.1 system -
    Denon 3500 -> Dynaudio Excite 32/22
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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited October 2009
    Check out the Harmony 880 for $130 shipped...now that's a decent price
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  • RandyBox
    RandyBox Posts: 125
    edited October 2009
    mmadden28 wrote: »
    Check out the Harmony 880 for $130 shipped...now that's a decent price

    I been want'n one too...

    Randy
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  • grimmace19
    grimmace19 Posts: 1,429
    edited October 2009
    ^ Great remote, had mine for over a year now with little to no problems. Only thing was that it would reset itself quite a bit until I folded a piece of paper by the battery to hold it in tighter. Thinking of picking up a 550 refurb for the bedroom at 60 from the egg.
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  • TNTsTunes
    TNTsTunes Posts: 751
    edited October 2009
    Thanks for the heads up. Thats a great deal.
    "Make a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day. Light
    a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,896
    edited October 2009
    Nice find, Pycroft. That is with FREE SHIPPING, btw. Shipping costs can sometimes be a deal killer, but not this time !
    Sal Palooza
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