Me thinks you just do not "Get it".
I get It very well. The point is: how many people like something is no measure of quality.
Polk knows this, and they monetize on it. Good for them. It still says absolutely nothing.
Do you think Polk takes more stock in those Crutchfield reviews of people that OWN this, bought it and USE IT, or of ASR ,of a bunch of guys that have never owned the speakers they complain about?
I don’t need to try homeopathy to know that it’s nonsense.
One is based on reality and actual owners, and the other on guys looking at a chart and measurements.
The primary reality here are the sales figures. It still doesn’t tell you anything about the quality of the product. Fact is, most people want a horizontal center speaker, and also fact is, most people will buy a lower tier product, so a 2-way is basically the only choice. So one really cannot blame them for buying that product if there really isn’t that much out there. At the very least it requires some serious investigation and for that you need some basic knowledge as well. Reading a bunch of positive reviews is much easier.
Honestly bad form to say the audience buying this will not care very much. That is condescending.
Well, it’s probably close to reality. Apparently though, at least they care enough to write a review. I’m pretty sure that at least 95% don’t know that off-axis frequency response is very bad. Hell, I’m pretty sure most of them don’t even have a clue what that means… there is a nice saying:
“In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king”
Mind you, I’m not saying those people aren’t happy with the product. I hope they are very happy. All I’m saying is that you can’t use that data as a measure of quality.