Monitor 5 Identification Help

falconcry72
falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
edited February 2010 in Vintage Speakers
I recently got a pair of Monitor 5's, and I don't know which series they are. From what I've gathered from the POLKSDA site, there are 5's, 5A's, 5B's, 5 Series 2's, 5 Jr's and 5 Jr+'s.

Mine have an 8" passive, so I know they're not Jr's. They also have sl2000's and a fuse on the back above the terminals. Do you need any more info to determine which ones they are? Thanks! :)
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  • anton.chigurh
    anton.chigurh Posts: 239
    edited February 2010
    Can you post a pic? They sound like 5s or 5Bs.
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  • N5061R
    N5061R Posts: 12
    edited February 2010
    Just found Polk RM7400t Towers for sale, made offer of $150,wish to use as 2 channel with ONKYO integra A-809 at 105W rms. Feasible?
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited February 2010
    anton.chigurh wrote: »
    Can you post a pic? They sound like 5s or 5Bs.

    yep. commin right up....
    2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's

    Living Room: PC > Marantz AV-7703 > Emotiva XPA-5 > Sonus Faber Liuto Towers, Sonus Faber Liuto Center, Sonus Faber Liuto Bookshelves > Dual SVS PC12-Pluses

    Office: Phone/Tablet > AudioEngine B1 > McIntosh D100 > Bryston 4B-ST > Polk Audio LSiM-703's
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited February 2010
    Pics would help, but they sound like early-mid production 5B's. IIRC, the later 5B's didn't have the fused tweeter protection circuits, but used polyswitches instead.


    The Dead sound great through these vintage Monitors don't they?;) My Peerless 7A's will work Jerry's guitar through your entire body and soul, and not break a sweat doing it. Smooth sailing all the way.:D

    N5061R wrote: »
    Just found Polk RM7400t Towers for sale, made offer of $150,wish to use as 2 channel with ONKYO integra A-809 at 105W rms. Feasible?


    You might want to start a new thread with this topic, instead of hijacking this fine gents thread.;)
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited February 2010
    falconcry72 wrote: »
    yep. commin right up....

    here ya go.
    2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's

    Living Room: PC > Marantz AV-7703 > Emotiva XPA-5 > Sonus Faber Liuto Towers, Sonus Faber Liuto Center, Sonus Faber Liuto Bookshelves > Dual SVS PC12-Pluses

    Office: Phone/Tablet > AudioEngine B1 > McIntosh D100 > Bryston 4B-ST > Polk Audio LSiM-703's
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited February 2010
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    The Dead sound great through these vintage Monitors don't they?;) My Peerless 7A's will work Jerry's guitar through your entire body and soul, and not break a sweat doing it. Smooth sailing all the way.:D

    Cheers to that!:D I think my favorite dead recording based purley on Jerry's guitar tone is Ladies and Gentleman from the Fillmore East April '71. The second solo on Morning Dew starts off so soft, but warm. It's one of my go to recordings when testing out new equipment.
    2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's

    Living Room: PC > Marantz AV-7703 > Emotiva XPA-5 > Sonus Faber Liuto Towers, Sonus Faber Liuto Center, Sonus Faber Liuto Bookshelves > Dual SVS PC12-Pluses

    Office: Phone/Tablet > AudioEngine B1 > McIntosh D100 > Bryston 4B-ST > Polk Audio LSiM-703's
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited February 2010
    falconcry72 wrote: »
    here ya go.


    Yep, looks like a pair of 5B's to me.
    falconcry72 wrote: »
    Cheers to that!:D I think my favorite dead recording based purley on Jerry's guitar tone is Ladies and Gentleman from the Fillmore East April '71. The second solo on Morning Dew starts off so soft, but warm. It's one of my go to recordings when testing out new equipment.

    I think I might have a bootleg of that show...I'm not sure. I've got so damn many of them, sometimes I can't remember what all I've got. I'll have to check it out.
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    Parasound Halo P5 preamp
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    Audioquest Speaker Cables and IC's
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