Purchased a pair of Monitor 10s Not sure what flavor they are.

itauditbill
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So based on other posts, if I post a nice pic then you smart folks can tell me what I have.

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What an amazing change.

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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,000
    10Bs is my guess.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,141
    edited July 2022
    I'm not sure of the model but the earlier model M10 was my first Polk audio speakers. I was hooked.

    What do you mean by "amazing change"?
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,469
    Monitor 10C.
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  • Gardenstater
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    IIRC there was no 10C. I will have to verify because my mental notes I make aren't as reliable as they used to be :|
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,141
    Gardenstater wrote: »
    IIRC there was no 10C. I will have to verify because my mental notes I make aren't as reliable as they used to be :|

    I know that mine are "very questionable" the last 5 years "I think". :D
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,610
    Wasn't it something to do with the bezel on the top of the cabinet VS it being flush ???
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  • itauditbill
    itauditbill Posts: 4
    Tony M wrote: »
    I'm not sure of the model but the earlier model M10 was my first Polk audio speakers. I was hooked.

    What do you mean by "amazing change"?

    Amazing Change... going from a set of mediocre bookshelf speakers to real speakers. Just never spent the money before... I got these at an auction place for just over 300. There were two of the 10s and a Monitor 2 in the package. They looked good, and when I plugged them in they sounded amazing!
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  • itauditbill
    itauditbill Posts: 4
    Gardenstater wrote: »
    IIRC there was no 10C. I will have to verify because my mental notes I make aren't as reliable as they used to be :|

    On the list of Vintage Polks it shows 10, 10 Series 2, 10A and 10B. So your mental notes are reliable in this aspect.
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  • stevep
    stevep Posts: 334
    Polk didn't seem to change the model name when they switched from SL1000 to SL2000 tweeters on the 10's so both were called Monitor 10B's. They may be a good reason for that but I can't imagine what it was. I would have called them 10C's to highlight the new tweeter.
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  • xschop
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    The SL2000 was a downgrade from the SL1000.
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  • stevep
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    xschop wrote: »
    The SL2000 was a downgrade from the SL1000.

    Maybe true but not in the marketing department.
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  • StantonZ
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    xschop wrote: »
    The SL2000 was a downgrade from the SL1000.

    Which is why we upgrade to the RD0-194's ;)
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  • F1nut
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    The front beveled edge gives the 10C away.
    Example, https://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/649497580-polk-audio-monitor-10c/
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  • Gardenstater
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    I don't know. Doesn't look like it. If you look at pgs 24,25,26,31 of the pdf file you can see that it is the 10B and it has the beveled edge. Audio Magazine Oct. 1989. Then in 1990 they came out with the 10 Series 2 so it doesn't look like there was ever a 10C. Same holds for the 5C; never existed.

    https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Archive-Audio/80s/Audio-1989-10.pdf

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    In Audio Oct. 1990 is Series 2

    https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Archive-Audio/90s/Audio-1990-10.pdf

    Just a matter of nerdy curiosity on my part B)

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  • xschop
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    Well the "C" must stand for crackly due to the "upgraded" SL2K.

    I called B's, only 'cuz of the SDA conversion I helped with looked exactly like those.
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  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,500
    edited July 2022
    10b was the last designation before the series 2. Had Sl2000 tweeter, beveled cabinets with the logo on the bottom right of the grill. So, those are 10b's, IMHO. Never heard of a 10c.

    Though I agree that early 10b's didn't have the sl2000.
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  • F1nut
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  • xschop
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    Maybe @itauditbill can snap.a pic of the back ID tags?
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  • itauditbill
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    xschop wrote: »
    Maybe @itauditbill can snap.a pic of the back ID tags?

    Happy to! I assume you don't need to see both, (they are pretty matched since the number is one off for the other one: ends in 459 rather than 460 like the image)

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  • Gardenstater
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    edited August 2022
    I checked the Audio magazines from the multi page adv. in Oct 89 issue showing the 10B to the Oct 90 issue with the 10 Series 2 and there was no mention of a 10C in those in between issues. That's all I gots to say bout that.
    Post edited by Gardenstater on
    George / NJ

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    Onkyo A-8017 integrated
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    iFi nano iDSD DAC
    iPurifier3
    iDefender w/ iPower PS
    Custom Steve Wilson 1m UPOCC Interconnect
    iFi Mercury 0.5m OFHC continuous cast copper USB cable
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  • xschop
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    StantonZ wrote: »
    xschop wrote: »
    The SL2000 was a downgrade from the SL1000.

    Which is why we upgrade to the RD0-194's ;)

    "We" upgrade to the Wuhans. ;)
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  • xschop
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    itauditbill wrote: »
    xschop wrote: »
    Maybe @itauditbill can snap.a pic of the back ID tags?

    Happy to! I assume you don't need to see both, (they are pretty matched since the number is one off for the other one: ends in 459 rather than 460 like the image)

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    Whatever badge Polk slapped on them that day, welcome to the forum Bill.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,727
    Yeah, I think the versioning wasn't ISO 900x-compliant in those days (much less in the early days).
    That's a relatively late-model, judging by the sticker.
    My "Monitor 5" pair -- whatever version or series they be -- have tags like that one (FWIW).

    Here's an old photo of one of them (also FWIW).

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    This pair was the kind gift of one of the southern MA audio geeks (ex-of AK) and have served well, "silver coil" SL2000 tweeter notwithstanding. ;) Our son used these in college for a couple of years and they lived to tell the tale! :)

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