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Good point. What angle would that be?I bet those who buy this is likely to not point the speakers towards their ears and listen off axis
Good point. What angle would that be?I bet those who buy this is likely to not point the speakers towards their ears and listen off axis
They do? By what metric?
Good point. What angle would that be?
If it doesn't need all that stuff, why did Polk use a removable baffle?And upgrade the crossover, wiring, both woofers and a new tweeter. Oh, and mod all the interior panels with damping material.
If it doesn't need all that stuff, why did Polk use a removable baffle?
I just wild guess, when someone is going this low in budget they likely won't invest in stands for proper leveling of acoustic center or try to optimise the LP, so I guess it will be put parallel to the wall beside a TV or so firing forward instead of a triangle. So I wild guess the listening position ear level would be around 20-30 degrees off axis both horizontally and vertically.Good point. What angle would that be?
right, I bet 30 degrees can be common imagine with a 65" TV in a typical medium sized living room and these as stereo pairs. just saying they are still the common showroom tuning with false "details" but being dirt cheap in hifi terms a passive being like this is kind of norm... I recall at this price range seems the Fostex PM0.3 reviewed here are the few not complete trash at dirt cost?Well, it doesn't get that much better until you get to 30 degrees or so. The angle would also depend on listening distance.
Oh my... My 20 years old bird feeder is built way better
Well, it doesn't get that much better until you get to 30 degrees or so. The angle would also depend on listening distance.
'Back in the day' when I used to work at Fry's in 2012 I never really liked to demo Polk speakers. They sounded decent in the store but for the most part imo could not compete with some of the other options like Infinity.
However, I LOVED the Polk MM series car audio speakers. They could take a beating and sounded real good during closing shifts :]
In fairness to Polk (which, of course, is more of a brand name today than a freestanding designer/producer of loudspeakers), these are an aged design, besides being built to a price point ("cheap"). Polk has, IMO/IME, drifted in and out of producing rather (to very) "hot" sounding loudspeakers, although the original brand's roots lie in producing rather reticent sounding but very musical loudspeakers in the style of the mid-1970s British loudspeakers -- but at a fraction of the price(s)!
earlypolkfamilyportrait by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
The current (and aforementioned) Legend & Reference lines seem to offer much more serious products, and - especially in the latter case - at good value.
Disclosures:
I am a Polk fan from way back (mid-1970s) and share an alma mater with the retired Mr. Polk and his original cronies.
I am jonesin' for a pair of the R200s.