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I started out with a Polk RT800 and a PSW10 subwoofer a very long time ago. These suited my tastes for about a decade, may be much longer, until I decided that I finally wanted to upgrade my speakers. Seeing that I had had many speakers before the Polk's and given the longevity of how long they had stayed in the system, as other gear flew in and out, I decided that I would get another pair of Polk speakers.

Well, I didn't do any research and bought a pair of RTi10 3-way floor standing speakers. Great bass punch and mids, but no one had told me that these speakers were designed for HT, and I didn't read any audio rags, still don't actually. That tweeter ended up being way to bright for 2 channel music and I missed the overall sound of the RT800's. They were just a clean sounding speaker that were a great choice for 2 channel music. From parties, to background music, to background music to critical listening. Just a very enjoyable speaker. All great attributes that were factors in me keeping them for so long.

Anyhoo, a very long story short. In some ways, I wish I had never gotten rid of those RT800's, as replacing them sent me on an upgrade path that has lasted 20 or 25 years and cost me well more than my house is worth to get to where I am at now.

I had some other Polk speakers as well. Surround speakers from BITD that I don't even remember the model number of...I think they were some sort of Fx series or something like that, but decided that HT wasn't my thing, so out the door they went, along with all of my other HT gear. Had a pair of (at the time), the most highly upgraded 1C's that are still in the "family" here at Club Polk. I currently have a main listening room that unfortunately, does not have any Polk gear at all....BUT, I do still have Polk's in my house.

I have a humble LR TV/stereo setup that features LSi7's and those still get daily use from the entire family. Great little speakers for when the family wants to sit down and watch a movie, no complaints here.

BTW, there are some really great posts in this thread and (at least to me) it has been a very welcome and enjoyable read.

Tom

My friend took me and my crutches to a goodwill store to show me some odd shaped speakers. They turned out to be Ohm Walsh 2s. I bought them.

But before we went into the store, there was a set of Polk audio Monitor 10s w/peerless tweeters. They were like brand new and in plastic wrap and in their original boxes. As soon as I hobbled in, I asked the cashier if they were for sale. She said yes, 24.00 for the pair. I bought them FIRST.

That was about 22 years ago. Polks midrange prominence always sounds great to my ears. I own many Polk speakers now.

Good luck to all.

Thanks for this chance to win a newer set of Polk audio bookies.