New Monitor 7s in the house!
ambiophonics
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Picked up a super clean pair of Monitor 7s from Goodwill a few days ago with stands and some old apature speaker wire. I was impressed whoever made the stands even included inserts for spikes. Plugged in and tested them against the upgraded SDA-2BTLs and while they certainly don't sound as good they sound way better than I expected. It's tempting to upgrade the crossovers and tweeters as they might fit our smaller room a bit better than the SDAs until we get a larger space.
2 Channel - Polk SDA-2BTL, Triad SA1, 1000VA Dreadnought, Ryff streaming via Control4 for Qobuz lossless audio
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SDA 2BTL FTW!
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I absolutely love my M7s..... Are you listening Polk?!?lol2ch rig: Speakers: Magnepan LRS w/Magna Riser stands Preamplifier: Parasound P5 Amplifier: Parasound A23 CDP: Pioneer DV-563A Cables: Wireworld Equinox 7 XLR ICs, Wireworld Ultraviolet 7 USB, AudioQuest Q2s, AudioQuest NRG X(preamp)
Standby: LSi9s with VR3's Fortress mods -
Nice score.
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ambiophonics wrote: »Picked up a super clean pair of Monitor 7s from Goodwill a few days ago with stands and some old apature speaker wire. I was impressed whoever made the stands even included inserts for spikes. Plugged in and tested them against the upgraded SDA-2BTLs and while they certainly don't sound as good they sound way better than I expected. It's tempting to upgrade the crossovers and tweeters as they might fit our smaller room a bit better than the SDAs until we get a larger space.
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Great Find. Fully-modded 7's are the apex of Polk monitors IMO. Those Sl2000's have to go, as they are not a representation of how great those can sound.Don't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists.
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I have those exact same stands that came with a pair of 5B's I bought from DKG999 a member here. Like 15 years ago. Exact same oak stands with spike inserts. I wonder if the stands were Polk issue? My stands are like new, where the 5B's have some wear and tear.
H9"Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Puritan Audio PSM136 Pwr Condtioner & Classic PC's | Legend L600 | Roon Nucleus 1 w/LPS - Tubes add soul! -
Those are not Polk stands.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."
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Generic time period stands.
