What are these little guys?

Jimflatfour
Jimflatfour Posts: 3
edited December 2009 in Vintage Speakers
Hi folks,
I'm new to the Polk community. I have bought a pair of small black vinyl 2 way ported speakers. No label on back (but it looks like there was one, methinks). They are 10.5 x 6.5 x 7 and have a 4.5" woofer and a 1" which is an SL4000. One tweeter is bad and I'm trying to figure out if these puppies are a good deal. Polk will sell me a tweeter for $24 (cool deal you get 20% off for joining this forum--nice) and $5 shipping. The nice Polk lady told me they are mini monitors from the 90s. I found a CS150 on the vintage list that uses the same drivers, but Polk doesn't list mini monitors. I got them for $15 (but I can return them). I'm thinking these are way worth $45 total. What says Polk Peoples?

Jim
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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited December 2009
    Welcome to CP

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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited December 2009
    Mini monitors didn't have the SL4000 i don't think....

    I was about to say S4, but that's not right either.

    Modified Monitor 4s?
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited December 2009
    Pictures would help us identify...
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited December 2009
    They sound like circa 1990 Mini Monitors to me. Some decent sounding speakers...but nothing to write home about. I'll double check, but I'm pretty sure my Mini Monitors have the SL4000 tweeter.

    Is the tweeter mounting plate circular or square shaped? Pics would help

    They're probably worth around $40 or so, assuming that they are Mini Monitors.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2009
    Just pull out the bass driver and look at the sticker on the back.
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  • Jimflatfour
    Jimflatfour Posts: 3
    edited December 2009
    Here they are
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,205
    edited December 2009
    Those are New MiniMonitors: http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59477&highlight=MiniMonitor

    Check the tweeter and driver model to be certain.

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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited December 2009
    Yep...those are circa-1990 Mini Monitors. I've got an identical pair. They're some decent sounding speakers...I was using them as surrounds for a while, and I was using one of them as a center channel for a while before I upgraded to my CSi5.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited December 2009
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  • Jimflatfour
    Jimflatfour Posts: 3
    edited December 2009
    Thanks, all. So is $45 to get them working a decent deal? I'd be using them in my wife's studio outbuilding with a little Kenwood UD-303 compact system that I was using with some cheap speakers. Even with a broken tweeter, I could tell these were nice sounding little guys. Would I be better off getting a new tweeter from Polk or wait trying to find one used from a broken MM or CS-150 (I figure the woofer would most likely be blown on a dead speaker)?
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited December 2009
    I'd say $45 is a fair price. I paid $40 for mine, and I don't regret it.

    The SL4000 tweets pop up on ebay fairly frequently. I'm not sure if Polk still has them in stock or not...
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    Parasound Halo P5 preamp
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    Audioquest Speaker Cables and IC's
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