Those aren't cheap speakers, they're 500€/pair more than KEF R11 for example. They better sound good
Sorry I'm not following, what JBL products are you comparing too? If I had to pick between Polk and JBL I'd certainly pick JBL all other things considered. Polk has been killing it recently years objectively and subjectively.About the same price as the JBL stage series list for but with apparently better performance and certainly more promising design. Granted I doubt very many people buy the JBL's for their list price, better comparison is probably the stage models that are currently on sale at a price that competes with the Polk's list. I am just so jaded with decades of Polk crap I will have to hear these to even think about giving them a chance.
Jbl stage are cheaper?About the same price as the JBL stage series list for but with apparently better performance and certainly more promising design. Granted I doubt very many people buy the JBL's for their list price, better comparison is probably the stage models that are currently on sale at a price that competes with the Polk's list. I am just so jaded with decades of Polk crap I will have to hear these to even think about giving them a chance.
JBL stage were on sale last week. the A180 was $100 each shipped and A190 was $125. This week the Studio 580 is on sale for $300 each, and the 590 is $400 each. That makes all of them less than the list on the Polks despite their list prices being similar. I don't know what the "cheap" price is on the Polks but I assume they can be found with degree of discount.
Yeah, I realize Polk has improved apparently. Regarding the JBL's I was basically saying its hard to say which model is price-equivalent to the Polk's because the discounts can be quite steep. Going strictly by list price it would be the "stage" series, but by current sale prices it would be the "studio" series.
Yeah, the R700 is $1100 each on Amazon US right now, I expect that is also the list price. JBL stage 190 list is $500, JBL Studio 590 is $1000 each.
How far apart can you make them and how far away would you be sitting?
, so I could have saved another 10%. Derp. Were you purchasing directly from Polk?Polk had an excellent F&F sale last year on the "R" series. My pair of R200 were $445 USD* (give or take). At the F&F price (which was, again, to the best of my recollection, 45% off list) they're very, very good loudspeakers by any subjective or objective assessment (including, I'd suggest, aesthetic).
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* amusingly, when I ordered them, there was a pop-up for an additional 10% off for new customers. I assumed that the offers couldn't be combined, but I didn't test my hypothesis. Turns out I was wrong
They will be about 2,8m apart. I will be sitting about 3m from each.
I think that’s fine for the 700s.
Yes, that's correct.
We'll find out soon as Erin is reviewing them.
