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Hi, I have a pair of Polk towers serial # 42 924 model 9, does anyone know the wattage and or ohms? Thanks
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,874
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    That's a pretty surprisingly high serial#. Which one do you have; the later one with the Audax soft dome tweeter or the earlier piezoelectric tweeter? Here's the manual for the piezo one. "Nominal" 8 ohms and 5W to 100W:

    https://polksda.com/pdfs/ModelNineManual.pdf
    George / NJ

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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,618
    edited July 2023
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    Interesting design, though seems unusual to me to have so many drivers facing backward. For low frequency performance room/corner loading?

    Have you hooked them up yet?
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  • pitdogg2
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    What is real interesting Scott is I believe the drivers were the same type Bose used....let that marinate ๐Ÿ˜‰.
    First speaker Polk let out of the barn I believe.
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  • xschop
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    The Model 9's are so rare, I'd actually refrain from doing any mods if I acquired a set.
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  • F1nut
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    Not a speaker worth owning.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,504
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    No argument re: the original Model Nine -- but --
    I will, as I often do, just mention kinda, sorta obliquely, that the 9A with a proper tweeter ain't half bad. B)

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    Those little CTS 4-1/2" "fullrange" drivers (yes, as used in early Bose 901s) are actually rather nice, too.

    Y'all do know the Polk "Bozo" story, yes? I know @F1nut does...
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  • F1nut
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    Mark isn't referring to my Bozo list.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • mhardy6647
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    F1nut wrote: ยป
    Mark isn't referring to my Bozo list.

    Indeed. Sorry, I didn't think of that ambiguity when I posted before. Whoops! :#

    For completeness (well... sort of), though -- the original Model Nine.

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    from Audio magazine, April 1975.
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  • F1nut
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    Nothing to be sorry about. That was meant for the general population. B)
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,504
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    :)

    For completeness, a couple of contextual references vis-a-vis the Model 9 (Nine). :#

    https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/123228/the-polk-audio-monitor-series-model-9-and-model-9a
    https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/polk-lawsuit-speakers.892830/#post-13260959
    https://hifihaven.org/index.php?threads/the-long-shadow-cast-by-the-bose-901-direct-reflecting-technology-or.3768/#post-71468

    I am fascinated by origins stories. B)
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    https://www.polkaudio.com/en-us/polklore/brand/polk-at-50-conversation-with-matthew-polk.html

    Oh, and from that AK thread, a photo of the original Model 9 in all its crossoverless glory. They should've used a few drivers with whizzers, shouldn't they? ;)

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