Greetings fellow Polk owners, just acquired a set of 5jrs yesterday, they are my first Polk speakers. They are wired to my newly cleaned/repaired Marantz 2215b that had been sitting in my lower garage for the last 12 years, it sat somewhere else for a while before that.
I actually sold the Marantz to a local record store and they had it re-conditioned. I tried out a Pioneer 626 (wanted the "Pre-Out" output) for a while with my Titans but didn't like it. Then tried out a Marantz Legacy Series (Black) and didn't like it. I asked the record store owner if I could have first dibs on the 2215b when it came back from the shop. Yep I was stupid enough to sell it but smart enough to realize it was a mistake before it was too late. He was happy to oblige and gave me a pretty decent deal on it and a set of Monitor 5JR's, which of course are playing at this moment, why wouldn't they be?
The Marantz of course is also rated at 15w per channel, so yeah, I need to exorcise restraint as well. I can drive them at just under half volume with some media such as... Flim & The BB's "Tricycle". What sold me on the 5jr's is listening to said music, the 5jr's handled that 'snap' of the drums in a way reminiscent of the Paradigms.
I don't know if they have the Polk tweeters or the original, apparently smoother tweeters, the only info I have is as follows; Polk Monitor Series 5JR 27295. If anyone knows details about these particular Monitors I'd sure appreciate learning more about them. They have both 6.5" driver and 6.5" Passive radiator.
Now listening to the "What Do You Want From Live" - Tubes drum solo and it sounds pretty good. These speakers impress me with their ability to give music that impact that brings it alive without having to crank it up, and I quite like that. One of my kids is sleeping on the couch six feet from the speakers and remains sleeping, these Monitors are nice in that they don't keep screaming to be turned up to be heard. So far I've concluded that they sound best at levels quite friendly to anything that can push a clean and continuous 15w's per channel.
Note: I fully reserve the right to have my mind changed by hooking them up to something with more power, as we know, having "too much" power isn't really a thing. Although spending "too much" money can be a very real thing. I paid $120 and have a like new 2215b and a set of Polk Monitor 5JR's. These speaker grills are now voted 'most likely to get lost' as I love just looking at the drivers. These speakers are too good looking to cover up.
I haven't done an in-depth A-B comparison between the Titans and the 5JR's yet but I am looking forward to it. I am not sure what I think of the Titans just yet, I might have gone a little crazy adding internal bracing whilst getting the Paradigms re-foamed. They just don't have the same charm as they did from the factory, might have to make some 'replica' boxes and take a lighter approach to internal bracing. I think I might simply have introduced too much mass into the cabinet.
