Monitor 10A's or B's ?

mikey-polk

This pic shows some 10B's it says.
My 10A's appear to have the same tweeter, altho they are mounted upside down to these, the wires go top to middle, not bottom to middle.

http://fredericksburg.craigslist.org/ele/1475245299.html

kawizx9r

The Polk's posted there on CL have the tweeters positioned properly. If yours don't look like that (assuming you have the same tweeter) then yours are simply upside down.

Another variation is where the leads coming from the tweeter go straight out to the sides.

ben62670

Way too expensive for one, and I am not sure if ant 10's left with the SL1000 tweeter, but they appear to be them.

anton.chigurh

ben62670 wrote: »

Way too expensive for one, and I am not sure if ant 10's left with the SL1000 tweeter, but they appear to be them.

I agree....looks like mismatched tweeters. Funny since the ad says they "look and sound as they did new"

geppy1

Looks like one SL1000 and one US made Peerless. I am guessing As as the SL1000 was the replacement if one blew a Peerless. I have compared the two tweeters extensivly and found the the 1000 to have wider dispersion and be more transparent and quicker however in the wrong system it can come off as bright. The US made peerless is very warm to my ears and full. keith

ben62670

The SL2000 wasn't really a replacement, but was used in a hand full of SDA's and monitors. Because they will drop in the hole doesn't make them work properly. The XO for peerless tweets are different than other XO's.
Ben

comfortablycurt

geppy1 wrote: »

Looks like one SL1000 and one US made Peerless. I am guessing As as the SL1000 was the replacement if one blew a Peerless. I have compared the two tweeters extensivly and found the the 1000 to have wider dispersion and be more transparent and quicker however in the wrong system it can come off as bright. The US made peerless is very warm to my ears and full. keith

The SL1000 isn't a replacement for the Peerless tweets. They used different values in the HF circuit of the XO.



That looks like one SL1000 and one Peerless tweeter. The Peerless is probably the original tweeter though. At $280...it's a bit overpriced IMO. Especially when you factor in the extra $50-60 to get the tweeters matching.

geppy1

Values aside I can tell you of several people who had Peerless tweeters go out and were given SL1000s by actual Polk Dealers as the "upgrade". That would also help explain why one sees so many o 10s and 10As with SL1000s
The RTA 12B is a very good example Between 1981 and 1984 the crossovers and their values stayed the same (other then cap manufactures and type) yet Polk used 3 or maybe 4 different tweeters on them and NONE of them sounds the same. Go figure. keith

woodsman10b

They both look like SL1000's to me, I think its the bad camera angle and lighting. The one on the right does look darker but it would look really dark if it were a peerless. Either way they are asking way to much!

ANWKLO

geppy1 wrote: »

Looks like one SL1000 and one US made Peerless. I am guessing As as the SL1000 was the replacement if one blew a Peerless. I have compared the two tweeters extensivly and found the the 1000 to have wider dispersion and be more transparent and quicker however in the wrong system it can come off as bright. The US made peerless is very warm to my ears and full. keith

My bad Peerless were replaced by SL1000 in Monitor 5. SL1000 were bought from local Polkaudio dealer. SL1000 sounds more open air than Peerless. Peerless sounds smoother than SL1000:)

agreece09

I was in the same boat, except didnt want monitor 50s. Im still probably gonna get the t90es though. But sucks to know you missed a great deal. I personally think they are gonna only get more expensive but they dont do any 30 day price guarantees so purchase at your own risk.

kcoc321

loyalgeanneld wrote: »

are these going on sale anytime soon?
i missed the 50s when they were like 50-60 bucks from frys or neweggi cant remember. Any timetable as to how often ANY of the speakers go on sale?
i need tower speakers and know the monitor & europeans are the same thing, different name. any help would be appreciated

These are VINTAGE MONITORS. See the pictures?
Whole different ball of wax.

kcoc321

loyalgeanneld wrote: »

are these going on sale anytime soon?
i missed the 50s when they were like 50-60 bucks from frys or neweggi cant remember. Any timetable as to how often ANY of the speakers go on sale?
i need tower speakers and know the monitor & europeans are the same thing, different name. any help would be appreciated

These are VINTAGE MONITORS. See the pictures?
Whole different ball of wax. They do sell for about the same price, depending on condition