help w/ speaker ID

[hugeroost]

hey guys, I just picked up a set of Polks at an estate sale, they are pretty big and heavy though so I thought I better get em. It says monitor series 2 #m12 0003913 and 0003641, they have what looks like a 12 in woof and 4 five or six in subs and 1 tweet. Are these any good ? worth anything ? what were they retail ? about how old are they ? and what kind of power can they take ? I realize they wont stack up to my Klipsch"s but surely they should be o.k. I havnt had the chance to hook them up yet but they are in perfect condition, thanks fella"s, Roost

[halo71]

Monitor 12's! That 12" is actually a passive radiator. What makes you think they won't stack up against the Klipsch? And yeah, they are worthless. Where do you live, just out of curiosity.



EDIT: Unrelated...I hope. But first it was Bose and now Klipsch today. Both First time poster's. What a coincidence ehh? lol

[Toolfan66]

Like these?

http://www.polkaudio.com/homeaudio/p...ent/monitor12/

[hugeroost]

Halo, didnt mean nothin by Klipsch comment man, they just dont look like much next to my Khorns, of coarse they shouldnt as I have 9 grand in the K"s. I an putting together a system for my daughters room and will hook them up to an old pioneer sx 1050 ( 120 wpc ) I gave 100 bucks so it looks like I got a smokin deal. Never had a set of Polks, excited to get em goin

Tool, thats them man, thanks bro, from reading that link looks like they should sound fantastic. Hugeroost resides in Beaumont Texas and is a University of Miami Hurricane class of 84

[halo71]

I was just messing with ya! I'd love to get a hold of some Monitor 12's. Some say they are boomy and not as refined as Monitor 10's. But I'd still like a pair. I id'ed those first btw! lol

[DSkip]

I mean no disrespect, but you've got 9k in your Klipsch's and call the 6" drivers subs? Sorry, just with that kind of investment, I'd figure someone to have more audio knowledge than that.

Nice find BTW, I think those are models that everyone would like to have at least once, just to say they had them. I had M10's of the same period and they were fine speakers. They sounded a lot better once I got rid of that SL2000 tweeter too.

[skrol]

It looks like his are the Series 2 which would have the SL-2500 tweeter vs the SL-2000. They should sound pretty nice and should rock with that Pioneer receiver. Nice vintage system you got there.

BTW, they are form around 1991. I see from the schematic that it may have a poly-switch. These can be problematic but not much trouble to remove.
Stan

[Tour2ma]

Mon 12's on that old Pioneer in a daughter's room... I'd hope the polyswitches are still fully functional.

Welcome to the Club, hr...

[RuSsMaN]

Cool speaker, always wanted to hear a pair.

[hugeroost]

DSkip, I dont even pretend to know anything about the inside of any speaker, never actually took one apart before. I heard a pair of Khorns at our local high end stereo store when I was 20 years old and swore that one day I would own a pair. I couldnt tell you much about them in technical sense though, other than they sound better than anything i"ve ever heard. Had a hard time deciding between them and the la Scala"s once I could finally afford them, the latter looks to commercial for a living room though. Thanks for the info guys.....Roost

[DSkip]

DSkip, I dont even pretend to know anything about the inside of any speaker, never actually took one apart before. I heard a pair of Khorns at our local high end stereo store when I was 20 years old and swore that one day I would own a pair. I couldnt tell you much about them in technical sense though, other than they sound better than anything i"ve ever heard. Had a hard time deciding between them and the la Scala"s once I could finally afford them, the latter looks to commercial for a living room though. Thanks for the info guys.....Roost

That makes sense. You just don't hear many people willing to spend that kind of $ without knowing something more about audio. That's a huge investment in any hobby without moving up the ranks first. I'm curious what you use to power them now.

Enjoy those M12's. They should be mighty fun, especially at that price.