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im really liking these polk monitor 10s

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RexAeterna:
I picked these up yesterday from guy I usually talk to for 100 bucks for new looking condition polk monitor 10s.

They are solid wood veneer cabinets with a very beautiful cherry finish and slick black front baffle.

I thought these were the first model versions cause of the cabniet and it uses no fuse (s) for the tweeters. It also uses the upgraded sl2000 silver coil dome tweeter and not the peerless or sl1000 ones. It also has the newer coated bass passive woofers and midranges and still basically still look brand new.

I find these speakers amazing and actually exceeded my expectations. I expected them to sound nice but not this darn good. They have very good clarity, very open with surprising deep clean bass response. The midrange is absolutely clean, transparent and tons of clarity.

I was reading that the peerless tweeters were best while the sl1000 were considered really bright. Never read much or heard much from anyone bout the upgraded sl2000 tweeters but to me they do not sound bright or strident. Will only sound that way depending on recording. Have very good air extension and the speakers sound very clear and open.

I like these as much as my technics sb7000a and they sound very similar to each other. Just my technics sb7000a have a deeper bass extension but other then that I cant complain. They work so well together cause of how similar in the fr range they sound and actually like using the polks and the technics at the same time and usually hate using 2 different sets at one time.

I know my technics and polks are 6ohms nominal so my amp is seeing a 3ohm nominal load but not worried since I ran very low impedance loads on the harman kardon hk770 before with no issues and still runs cool to fairly warm if pushed.

I can see why people praised the monitor 10s for. They have very exceptional performance. Very good clarity and very resolving that will let you know if your source and rest of your gear is crap. These are definitely keepers like the technics sb7000a. Never seeing myself parting with them ever. Will try to post pics here later on. If have issues I might try the library or something cause all I use is my phone since it's only internet source I have. But, yea, I really like these Polks.

dBel84:
cool Rex , glad you are enjoying them. I have read many a good thing about the Monitor 10's over the years , great deal !

RexAeterna:

--- Quote from: dBel84 on November 11, 2014, 01:09:32 AM ---cool Rex , glad you are enjoying them. I have read many a good thing about the Monitor 10's over the years , great deal !

--- End quote ---

Thanks. I kinda forgot bout the 10s for good while to be honest during my speaker search in the past but that's probably cause the avg high prices people been asking for them. I guess the hyped died down on them cause can find them reasonable prices but not always the best condition.  I still see them go for atleast 250-300 a pair. Guy told me the person he bought them off just wanted to get rid them so gave it to for 100 and that's what he gave them to me for which I could not pass especially on how curious I been bout them. I have pics up but my crappy phone cam doesn't do them or my technics sb7000a justice.  Much prettier in person.  Also color always seem off. The polk's finish is a deep cherry color but shows up brown in the pics. I think the tweeters look pretty cool too cause they are whitish silver surround with a black iris. It looks like an eye ball haha.

RexAeterna:
I have to say for the money these are one of the greatest deals you can get if on a budget. These things sound really good. I mean for me the technics sb7000a was best buy since I only paid 150 those but that's cause I knew the guy and he just had too many speakers. The sb7000a still goes for extreme prices especially if the tweeters are perfectly working and haven't blown or shifted off the very powerful magnet.

Back to the polks... but yea, I do find the monitor 10s better then their newer monitor series they make for ht. Too bassy and bit bright. They also will cost you 3x or more in price, even on the used market.

Only problem I was told is if you ever buy a pair polk had a reputation with the magnet glue and any type of bump or bang can cause the magnets to shift and lock up the voice coils. Mine was gently taken care of cause the guy knew of this problem.

Like most good speakers they need pretty good amp. More accurate the amp and source is the cleaner and better they sound. Hooking them up to warm sounding amp is pretty good but makes them bit boomy (like it adds more boom to them. Like turning on loudness switch 24/7).

If you ever run up on pair locally for good price and condition I say run! Lol. But, yea these guys live up to thier reputation and keep smacking myself cause I paid more then twice the price than I got the technics and these polks for in the past.

burnspbesq:
Also worth noting: the 10s are pretty efficient.  When I first got them (1978), I ran them off a Harman-Kardon 330B receiver, and could get them to neighbors-call-the-cops level.

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