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Anyone remember Speakerlab?
ARCOgraphite said:My exact words were "the Polks sound like they still in the box." Granted it wasn't exactly fair. The Polks were around $1500 a pair vs $4000 for the Focals.
What? I like the sound of speakers still in the box!
In reality, I have Polk Rti A9's and they are at best, acceptably OK. The driver quality is fairly low end (for the price) and the poly midranges just don't sound as crisp as they should. As far as low bass goes, they lack it. Period. As far as punch goes, they are kind of muddy and drums don't come across as sharp as they should. Not horrible, but not 1970's paper driver clean and sharp.
I purchased 'em because they were affordable, promised to have good bass response and Polk quality. What I got were Chinese produced speakers with very nice looking cabinets.
Better than the TV? Yes! Better than my college-days homemade Radio Shack MTM speakers with silk domes? Not really.
ARCOgraphite said:My exact words were "the Polks sound like they still in the box." Granted it wasn't exactly fair. The Polks were around $1500 a pair vs $4000 for the Focals.
What? I like the sound of speakers still in the box!
In reality, I have Polk Rti A9's and they are at best, acceptably OK. The driver quality is fairly low end (for the price) and the poly midranges just don't sound as crisp as they should. As far as low bass goes, they lack it. Period. As far as punch goes, they are kind of muddy and drums don't come across as sharp as they should. Not horrible, but not 1970's paper driver clean and sharp.
I purchased 'em because they were affordable, promised to have good bass response and Polk quality. What I got were Chinese produced speakers with very nice looking cabinets.
Better than the TV? Yes! Better than my college-days homemade Radio Shack MTM speakers with silk domes? Not really.
Radio Shack had some killer speakers back in the day!! Remember the Mach One? 1978-79?