POLK AUDIO MONITOR SERIES 5 Jr

[Master Tasuke]

Just Pulled the Trigger on what i hope to be a genuine Upgrade, POLK AUDIO MONITOR SERIES 5 Jr; (11/8/24)

Grabbed them on Good Faith in POLK AUDIO, as my current Stereo pair, POLK R10 Minis, have done nothing less than Impress
since i found them for dirt cheap at a thrift back in mid-2019;

Incredible. just... Incredible...

Relocated the aftermarket/repro Logobadges... to more closely reflect the Advert Samples shown on the Owner's Manual;

Fans of the MONITOR SERIES product family mainly agree that the stock SL-2000 Silver Dome Tweeter used throughout the line in the 80's is intolerably harsh in tonal character,
and, living with them since yesterday, i am personally inclined to Agree.

that said, the enthusiasts also agree that the RD0194-1 Silk Dome that POLK shifted to for the 1990's is a 100% improvement; Smooth and Clean as you like.
further; the RD-0194 are direct one-for-one drop-in replacements for the SL-2000 mounted within the M5jr,
so; i now have a pair of OEM RD0194-1 coming my way from an authorized POLK Dealer.


Not exactly Cheap... but for these wonderful speakers, - quite possibly the very best and last i'll ever own - Well Worth Every Last Penny...

 

[J!m]

I have some Polk monitors I got for nine bucks at the thrift that sound fine in the office with the old Pioneer receiver.

 

[Bob Boyer]

Had Polk 5 Jrs years ago. Very nice speakers - you've done very well, especially if those later tweeters perform as advertised. Enjoy!

 

[62vauxhall]

I thought it was a pair of Monitor 5jr+ that I bought from a garage sale last year. I could not pass up the $2 asking price.

During my first two or three years with a large audio retailer, Polk was that company's best selling speaker line. I was particularly fond back then of the 5jr+ and they were usually what I recommended at their price point.

But those $2 garage sale speakers I bought turned out to be Monitor 5B not 5jr+. And by the time I was done, my $2 investment ballooned into nearly $400.

-one woofer was a Radio Shack sustitute so I had to get a correct woofer.
-to prevent magnets slipping, I epoxied both woofer's magnets to their baskets.
-nearly all grille post were broken so had to get a set of those then enlarge the holes in the grille frames so new pegs would fit.
-to cover some small blemishes in the woodgrain vinyl wrap, I had to find a particular shade of wood touchup pen.
-replaced the factory capacitors with Clarity film capacitors
-after being cajoled, replaced the cermet resistor with a Vishay Mills wirewound resistor.
-since I went that far, I too bought the new, current replacement tweeters.