Best Of

I have a pair of ES20's for HT duty, no sub. They are excellent. They don't really do anything wrong. I continue to be amazed how Polk can have 3 lines of speakers that can all hold their own, but keep getting better as you move up. That's not an easy thing to do. Considering the wide gap between the RTI series and LSi back in the day.

Some have said the original ES series were a bit wooly but I don't detect any of that in my (2nd Gen) ES20's As usual they punch above their price point, one of Polk's hallmarks, IMO.

They aren't as resolving or do they have the sound stage of an R200. But the gap is less than it should be.

I LOVE the rounded cabinets, IMO they look more modern than the R200's





They are solid performers for me. Perfect for what I need them for. Some day I might take them down in the office rig and do a comparo to the R200's.......except I kind of know what the outcome would be.

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