Montior 5s

[NeilGabriel]

Is there an easy way, other than a label on the back, to tell the 5s from
the 5a and the 5b.....is it all in the tweeter? Audiogon sure lists different resales values depending on model...with 5b going for the highest.

Thx....Mike

[bluecomet]

The 5b's with the peerless tweeters are the more desirable model because many of us like the peerless tweeters. If you have a newer model M5, you can get new RDO 194's which are fine tweeters from Polk. If the tweeters are black and there is a fuse on the back of the speaker, more than likely you have the 5B or A speakers.

[skrol]

My 5A's have the Peerless tweeters. As I recall, the 5B uses the SL-2000 (fish eye) tweeter but there may have been exceptions. One way to tell the 5A from the 5B is that on the 5A the mid-woofer is not recessed into the cabinet and slightly overlaps the passive radiator. The mid-woofer on 5B is recessed.

The series II uses the SL-2500 tweeter which is a black dome.