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Replacing my Polk Monitor 7s with something smaller. Suggestions?

Drugolf said:
If you want to keep similar to the KLH 6's but in a smaller presentation, their best smaller speaker is probably the Model 17. Same beautiful sound but just not as big. 32's are just a bit on the small side. 24's are also nice but not quite as nice as the 17's.
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I have a chance to pick up a pair of KLH 17. Right now I own a pair of Polk 7b with the good Tweeter. Will the 17s be a step up or should I stick with the Polks.
I believe both will need to be recapped. The polks are 4 ohm and the KLH are 8.
 
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bgymnastics said:
I have a chance to pick up a pair of KLH 17. Right now I own a pair of Polk 7b with the good Tweeter. Will the 17s be a step up or should I stick with the Polks.
I believe both will need to be recapped. The polks are 4 ohm and the KLH are 8.
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The polks are really good speakers. The KLH 17 are lovely speakers. Just different with the Polks having a more modern design and drivers.
 
bgymnastics said:
I have a chance to pick up a pair of KLH 17. Right now I own a pair of Polk 7b with the good Tweeter. Will the 17s be a step up or should I stick with the Polks.
I believe both will need to be recapped. The polks are 4 ohm and the KLH are 8.
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Double check the impedance rating on the Polk Audio Monitor 7's, I don't think that 4 ohms is correct.
 
darkblue94 said:
Double check the impedance rating on the Polk Audio Monitor 7's, I don't think that 4 ohms is correct.
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Wow i’ve had them for about two years now and I always thought there were 4 ohm. I guess I’ll have to look into that a little more. If that’s the case I may want to get those KLH 17 and drive both sets with my Pioneer SX 1250. Do you think it can handle both sets of speakers.
 
bgymnastics said:
Wow i’ve had them for about two years now and I always thought there were 4 ohm. I guess I’ll have to look into that a little more. If that’s the case I may want to get those KLH 17 and drive both sets with my Pioneer SX 1250. Do you think it can handle both sets of speakers.
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The Polk's are 6 ohm nominal.

Why on earth would you want to run 2 sets of speakers together? Nothing says ghetto quite like it. Not to mention it won't sound good.
 
Save some money get a pair of Polk RTi A3's. I have a pair and they are amazing. They have everything thing my Polk Monitor 10B's have except the extreme bottom end, below 50 Hz, and I have a Klipsch subwoofer for that. If you wish you can bi-amp these speakers. They are designed to be hung on a wall if you wish. Polk has them on sale right now for $239.99 a pair. Here is a Stereophile review. I have been a huge fan of Polk Audio speakers for 30 years.
https://www.stereophile.com/content/polk-audio-rtiii-a3-loudspeaker
Here is where I purchased mine, and I am thinking about getting a second pair.
https://www.crutchfield.com/p_107RTIA3C/Polk-Audio-RTi-A3-Cherry.html?tp=186


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If you are looking for a floor standing speaker there is the RTi A7. Been talking to fellow Polkies on this speaker and they tell me this is a good replacement for my 10B's, they have a bottom end of 20 Hz, and can handle 300 watts, they are on sale for $600 Dollars a pair. The towers are 42" high.
I will point out again I have been a customer of Crutchfield for 42 years.

http://www.audioreview.com/reviews/polk-audio-rti-a7-floorstanding-speaker-editorial-review
https://www.crutchfield.com/p_107RTIA7C/Polk-Audio-RTi-A7-Cherry.html?search=Polk+Audio+RTi+A7


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bgymnastics said:
Wow i’ve had them for about two years now and I always thought there were 4 ohm. I guess I’ll have to look into that a little more. If that’s the case I may want to get those KLH 17 and drive both sets with my Pioneer SX 1250. Do you think it can handle both sets of speakers.
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Vintage Polks are all 6 ohms. The modern Polks are 8 ohms.
 
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