Looking for help identifying and dating fathers Polk Audio 10s
inv1ctus13
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Looking for some help.
Father retired about three weeks ago and in clearing out his restaurant/pull barn has decided to sell his Polk Audio speakers he purchased when he was about 16-17 brand new (1976/78 ish??) he told me he was gong to sell them for 200 bucks. Worried if they are more special than just “decent old speakers”
Can’t tell if they are 10a or b. I know they launched them in 1976 from what I can find. Googling the serial number doesn’t lead me anywhere. Mostly I just want to make sure he’s not giving away something far cheaper than it’s worth or if they are special enough that I should adopt them.
They still work great; but they have been truly used for 40 years. Anyhow, any help is very appreciated/opinions too.
Father retired about three weeks ago and in clearing out his restaurant/pull barn has decided to sell his Polk Audio speakers he purchased when he was about 16-17 brand new (1976/78 ish??) he told me he was gong to sell them for 200 bucks. Worried if they are more special than just “decent old speakers”
Can’t tell if they are 10a or b. I know they launched them in 1976 from what I can find. Googling the serial number doesn’t lead me anywhere. Mostly I just want to make sure he’s not giving away something far cheaper than it’s worth or if they are special enough that I should adopt them.
They still work great; but they have been truly used for 40 years. Anyhow, any help is very appreciated/opinions too.
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$200 is about average price for those. If you're interested in adopting them and fixing them up, they are worth it. It would be a fun and rewarding project especially being your dads old speakers. He might even get a kick out of it too.
They are probably 1978-1979 with the tag/stub. The tweeter was definitely replaced.
Are both tweeters the same?
If you open them the woofers and the crossovers should both have exact dates written on them."Equality is a myth to protect the weak. Some of us are strong in the Force, others are not. Only a fool believes otherwise." - Sith Proverb.
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Shouldn't this early model 10 have peerless tweeters?
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@DeRod You're right. Those silver basket midwoofers and passives would not have shipped originally with SL1000. And an LOL from f1 is basically a badge of honor around here 😉George / NJ
Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
Onkyo A-8017 integrated
Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
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
Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform -
Something some seem to ignore. Polk changed just about everything on the fly back then, so it's entirely possible those tweeters are the original ones.
Entertaining for sure...
https://www.reddit.com/r/audiophile/comments/1pk35v8/help_identifying_polk_audio_10s/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 -
They may have done some changes on the fly but they never had any SL1000 to ship out prior to 1984 when they had to stop using the Peerless.
Have you ever seen any 1984 speakers that shipped out with silver basket midwoofers and passives?George / NJ
Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
Onkyo A-8017 integrated
Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
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
Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform -
You could get in your time machine and go from 1984 back to 1979 😂
That tweeter was probably a Polk factory replacement for a bad peerless, that’s why I ask if they were both the same."Equality is a myth to protect the weak. Some of us are strong in the Force, others are not. Only a fool believes otherwise." - Sith Proverb. -
Happen to have a time machine if anyone's in need....
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Early Polk assembly line antics were and still are a mystery.
We could conglomerate all the mystery threads here into a sub-forum. Name them the Eggnog ChroniclesDon't take experimental gene therapies from known eugenicists. -
Gardenstater wrote: »They may have done some changes on the fly but they never had any SL1000 to ship out prior to 1984 when they had to stop using the Peerless.
Have you ever seen any 1984 speakers that shipped out with silver basket midwoofers and passives?
It's not may have, it's fact.
Stop pretending you know all things Polk because you aren't even close.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 -
Gardenstater wrote: »They may have done some changes on the fly but they never had any SL1000 to ship out prior to 1984 when they had to stop using the Peerless.
Have you ever seen any 1984 speakers that shipped out with silver basket midwoofers and passives?
It's not may have, it's fact.
Stop pretending you know all things Polk because you aren't even close.
Egg Nog Noggin aside, that is exactly what I meant. I never claimed to "know all things Polk". Just another case of slander from you.
And I admit when I'm wrong which you very rarely seem to do, this being a case in point. Those labels were pre 1979, at least based upon my 7Bs, so that would be another "on the fly change" according to you I guess. So you are saying these speakers are later than 1983 is that what you are saying??
You seem to want to muck up every newcomer's thread.
George / NJ
Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
Onkyo A-8017 integrated
Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
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
Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform -
We don't need no stinkin' time machines 🤣. We have old magazines.
Here's a Polk advertisement with the 10B with SL1000 and black basket midwoofers and passive radiators and you can see that the Polk Audio badge is now on the enclosure instead of the grille and the grille exposes the bottom panel edge of the enclosure.
So to the OP, you can pretty much rule out that yours are 1984 10B within reasonable odds. If Spock were here maybe we could get the odds.
George / NJ
Polk 7B main speakers, std. mods+ (1979, orig owner)
Martin Logan Dynamo sub w/6ft 14awg Power Cord
Onkyo A-8017 integrated
Logitech Squeezebox Touch Streamer w/EDO applet
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
Custom Ribbon Speaker Cables, 5ft long, 4N Copper, 14awg, ultra low inductance
Custom Vibration Isolation Speaker Stands and Sub Platform
