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Just give me 12 more decibels. You can keep the steps. :cool:

My house is surrounded by large oak trees, and a high voltage overhead power line nearby. As such, I would lose one to two electronic items a year to lightning surges, particularly TV's and computer supplies. After installing regular battery backups on the computers and the APC H15 in the HT...

The tradeoff for the Polk is a small sweet spot. At least it aims to be a full-range speaker, and does so with relatively low distortion Many of us covet the center seat anyhow, so would be a a non issue for small sitting areas and/or small audiences. This Revel unit, on the other hand, has...

Its a pretty (and likely expensive) Squawk Box that has No Place in a HiFi arena. Mate it to your favorite CB radio and have at it. But PLEASE kick it out of your living room!

But the Polk was Terrible???? bruh.....smh.....

We may actually need some of that "quantum time travel backmaster" to hear many masters that have been lost before they could be backed up. Enjoy this article from NYT 2019: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/magazine/universal-fire-master-recordings.html

Agreed...the smell of 'haterade' :-)

Actually, Polk did revise this model to TWW in the 45B. Also, keep in mind that the Monitor line is well over 15 years old at this point. Link to Monitor 45B: https://www.newegg.com/polk-audio-monitor-series-new-monitor-45b/p/N82E16882290269

I might prefer the lower distortion of the Polk's versus these: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/emotiva-airmotiv-b1-review-bookshelf-speaker.22366/ A little EQ and placement is often required for any speaker, that's easily fixed. Distortion...not so much.

Do you still have these?

Those parts are almost certainly fakes. I use MJL1302/3281 parts when repairing Carver TFM pieces (and others) from the same era. https://www.mouser.com/datasheet/2/308/MJL3281A-D-108522.pdf