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The original Model 9? Not so much. Its value is as a (possible) collectible; it was Polk's first true consumer product.
The Monitor 9A, which abandoned the spitty (as implemented) Motorola piezo...

I am the wrong person to deign to offer advice on this topic.

"Speaker lifter"... now there's some resume-building material.

Coral speakers (and drivers) ran the gamut from very fine to very meh. Here's hoping you found some of the fine ones :-)

Some info on Coral speakers here:...

... I wouldn't deign to beat up George in a bar...

Happy birthday!

Those weird little metal cone "supertweeters" were also used on numerous Criterion branded loudspeakers sold by Lafayette in the olden days.

It's not a Yamaha - to their credit, they pretty much resisted the aforementioned "Kabuki" fashion of the early 1970s.
... and (not surprisingly) George is right; those drivers need a much larger...

The previous post is spot on; and - if you like it, it's good. Full stop. You don't have to defend, or explain, yourself to anyone.

Here, post a photo of this over your hifi; it will make both of...

In, if you please.
Nice offering!

oh. kitteh violated rule #1
"Don't look down"

speaking of advanced kitteh R&D... there are other major initiatives ongoing; in case you didn't know...

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Service manual (which includes specs and some information as well, of course, as schematics) is available at:
http://www.hifiengine.com/library/onkyo/m-504.shtml

Does Erwin Schroedinger know about this?!

My daughter has had one I found at the dump for many years now; nice entry level receiver, although not quite up to the standards of the CR-x20 family that immediately preceded (IMO).
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Looks like a pending Darwin Award winner movin' rapidly towards his (or is it her?) reward.

1) At a quick glance, I thought she had fangs.
2) For some reason, I am amused to note that the artist name or album title has been thoughtfully blacked out on that purple Capitol label.

I like to point out, gingerly, that hifi is a much cheaper hobby/habit than either collecting cars or having a mistress.

The horn-loaded LF of the LaScala has a nice character to it - but the folded horn is way small and so quantitatively there's not much extension there at all, giving the LaScala (as Col. Klipsch sold...

did I ever post this scan? (I am too lazy to look)

I probably did - but this is a nice family portrait of some pretty darned good but rather seldom-seen 1970s soiled state equipment.
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I'd opine that the term zaftig is probably more appropriate than curvy for the top-heavy examples above...

Yup, you'll definitely need to stop by the NH house this summer - I can manage three of the four (although my Cizeks are basket cases that I've yet to even try). No Bozaks, but I can probably take...

Notice that I am not sharing a laundry list of the loudspeakers at my house...

I do get Polks the old fashioned way, though - we grow 'em...
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I am not dissatisfied with where I am now; I suspect these are my forever "real" loudspeakers for serious listening. Altec 604E Duplexes in the cabinets designed by "Billfort" -...

I would so do that myself if the opportunity presented itself; I've never (knowingly) heard a pair of the "jr" version - I am most curious about them.

The two other things I'd have a hard time...

The problem with speakers is that they're fairly large.
The up side of traditional "monkey coffin" designs is that they make pretty good stands to put other equipment (or even more speakers) on top...