Monitor 60's

[GeneD5]

I'm looking at upgrading my front soundstage and am now looking at the monitor 60's. I've read online that they are both 2-way and 3-way. Can anyone please clarify? I don't know if I'm losing it but I don't see it on the product page on this site either....

[GeneD5]

I'm looking at upgrading my front soundstage and am now looking at the monitor 60's. I've read online that they are both 2-way and 3-way. Can anyone please clarify? I don't know if I'm losing it but I don't see it on the product page on this site either....

I know SOMEONE here knows...throw me a bone I'm a big newbie!

[Jim Shearer]

OK, I'm NOT very knowledgeable about this series, BUT...

Looking at the Polk literature and Doro's schematic for the XO (see thread: http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38755), it appears to me that the lower two 5.25" drivers are crossed to work lower than the top 5.25" driver; making this a 2.5 way system. This makes sense to me, since if all the 5.25" drivers went up to 2,250 Hz, then you would have some serious lobing issues.

Cheers, Jim

[AndyGwis]

I owned them and thought they were three way, but who knows. They sound good. . . very, very good for the money. You should be able to get a pair new for $300 or less, and used for $200-$250. I bought mine new from Tweeter about 2.5 years ago for $350 and they threw in a free sub with my purchase.

Good luck! These speakers, like any, will benefit from good upstream electronics. Don't be afraid to send some good, clean power to them. A 80-110wpc receiver will drive their 8 ohm, 90 sens load fine, but separate amps work great with them too.