New LSi

Norm Apter

It seems the dude who thought all of this was a (particularly well-orchestrated) hoax has disappeared.:D

hoosier21

is the MSRP listed for the bookshelf speakers?

love2listen

Norm Apter wrote: »

It seems the dude who thought all of this was a (particularly well-orchestrated) hoax has disappeared.:D

I was thinking the same thing earlier!

dorokusai

Ric5811 wrote: »

The big question is...how did they sound Mark?

I wouldn't be getting them if they sucked, then again, I usually don't keep things long regardless of how awesome they are.

"I'll have the LSiM703, 706c & Wireless FX setup for your next road trip Steve. Bring your checkbook and you can go home with them"

F1nut

Norm Apter wrote: »

It seems the dude who thought all of this was a (particularly well-orchestrated) hoax has disappeared.:D

He's busy eating crow.

F1nut

Congrats to Polk on the new speakers.....looking good and I can't wait to hear them.

dorokusai

f1nut wrote: »

he's busy eating crow.

amen.

TECHNOKID

dorokusai wrote: »

They are "steel impregnated" enclosures. Two steel plates are mounted inside the cabinet to reduce resonance and add weight. They make the RM series look juvenile, no offense.

No offense at all Mark. This is the way a company should go AHEAD NOT backward and Polk seem to have done it this time. When I bought the RM10 & RM20s, were very stilish compared to the competition and IMHO, what came afterward (plastic enclosures and smaller drivers) was actually going backward and no more appealing then competition. I haven't had a chance to go through the papers yet but it seems the technology drivring the speakers is worht of praise too for a satellite :cool: Once I get my ears on them, that might convinced me to fire all my older RM series ??????????

Topper wrote: »

yo DORO wheres them pix you promised !! . Also give us more details now


EDIT: forgot to say please

I was gone say +1 on that one but he sure treathed with pics and paper :cool:;):D

leroyjr1 wrote: »

$4000 is alot of $$$$$$

Per pair, right

cstmar01 wrote: »

I just can't wait to hear them. But when you put that 4K into prospective of other companies its really not that bad IMO. Look at def techs, Paradigm, ect top of the line speakers, they are more than 4K.

Exactly! I never could afford High End but mid High End with decent/friendly pricing gets me thinking. Who knows, maybe the 3 way bookshelves for my living room (I'm still using 30 years old speakers and I need serious good speakers to convinced to part away with them)???

maximillian wrote: »

Still not digging the look of the black speaker, but the cherry versions look quite nice. However, trying to wait patiently for higher res. photos.

mystik610 wrote: »

Yup. It seems Polk is making the LSi M a serious competitor to 'audiophile'-grade, boutique speaker manufacturers after a long time. The LSi's have always been known to offer great audiophile SQ for the money. It seems Polk pulled out all of the stops with the LSi M, and are showcasing what they can do when they aren't limited by a mass-market price-point, and a mass-market distribution model.

I personally couldn't swing these without risking a divorce, but its something that I (along with a lot of other polkies, I'm sure) have wanted for a long time.

Yep, IMHO I think Polk pulls it off this time and could be considered in serious audiophile Boutiques now.

shack wrote: »

From facebook

Lovely, they look absolutely gorgeous in that finish (a "Face to Face or in person" must see)

love2listen wrote: »

Looking forward to listening to the new Lsi's when they finally make it to the stores..and at that price, that is as close as I will get! lol
Judging by the press release, it seems as though Polk has gone to great lengths to deliver a speaker to the market that will be taken seriously by those that consider themselves "High End Audiophiles" even though it carries a Polk nameplate. So now I have a dilema; If I were to sell my Lsi 15's, 9's, LsiC and Fx's, should I get the LEFT or RIGHT LsiM 707?!?!?!?! Hey, its nice to dream!!! Congrats Polk!

I really tend to agree! If they sign as good as they look, :cool::cool::cool:

love2listen wrote: »

I'll take a few guesses...Mathew, Magical or Move over competition!! lol

I would have tought Lsi Monitors but I guess it maybe not :cool: enough?

texas ed wrote: »

Obvously not being able to know what they sound like is frustrating but aesthically that is a dramatic improvement over the "box".Great work and hats off for taking feedback from the users.Viva La Polk Audio.....

Time will come soon enough, it just provides a short time to save up some serious coins :eek:

dorokusai wrote: »

I'm not doing it....so if you want to, go right ahead. It would be a good idea.

IMHO (just a suggestion) you could simply clean this thread a little and keep on posting here as it provides some history of how Polk went around this (maybe add the other thread to it??? The one that Kab asked suggestions/concerns from Polkies on what they would like to see in the new product???)

megasat16 wrote: »

Looks Great but I still prefer the old LSi look (i.e. wood sides)! But how it sounds is most important of all. Why are we going back to the past with the oval drivers? Any particular sonic advantage other than the smaller foot print for these oval bass drivers?

Am I correct to think there are 4 ways XO in the tower series? Tweeter + Mid-Range + Mid-bass + Sub-woofer?

Would you allow me to disagree ? Personnally, IMHO the look of the old Lsi series is NO match with the spiffy look of the new LsiM :cool: This is definitely a huge (POSITIVE) improvement! The new LsiM actually look like a speaker and also looks CLASS!!!

dorokusai wrote: »

You also have more radiating surface area than a traditional cone driver. It's also why they used it in the subwoofers. As a general rule of thumb, the PR should be bigger than the actual driver. There's way more to that generic statement but it's what you'll see across the subwoofer series from Polk.



There will be no powered subwoofer model in any of the lineups. As in, no more LSi25....thank goodness since it was awful.

I think it is a good thing. The tower actually looks like a tower, and IMHO the side sub made the tower awfull

Thanks for the pics and papers on the new products, what a threath

FTGV

I really like the look of the Tower( excepting the massive Polk badge). A 3 way center using the same closely spaced mid/tweet module should help in the voice matching dept.

pearsall001

I have a sneaky suspicion that some of the new line will be at the Polk Fest. I could be wrong but then again...you never know. If so, I really hope it's the new monitors, because I'm bringing my AAD monitors & I would love to have them both in the same room for a comparison. Time will tell.

Topper

Check out the blog from Sound & Vision magazine on the new Polk gear - http://bitstream.soundandvisionmag.com/blog/2010/08/polks-new-lsi-m-blackstone-and-vanishing-series-speakers.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+typepad/soundandvision/bitstream+(Bitstream)

skrol

Back to the original post...

kab wrote: »

... If you were to purchase a pair of the new LSi bookshelves or towers, what would delight you when you opened the carton? Or to put it another way, what would blow you away? What would have you telling your friends?

Is it a leather case with a letter, manual, subscriptions, a cd and assorted swag? Is it a coffee table book about your speaker and Polk's history? Is it a t-shirt? Is it ...fill in the blank?

At this point, I'd be delighted to just have the speakers when I opened the carton.

BeefJerky

All the press releases seem to have left out one important piece of information. It specifies that all the LSiM's use the same tweeter and midrange. It also specifies as follows:

707 - 6.5" midwoofer, dual 6x9 subs
705 - 5.25" midwoofer, dual 5x7 subs
706c - dual 6.5" midwoofers
704c - dual 5.25" midwoofers
702f/x - 6.5" midwoofer
703 - ?????

Unless I'm completely missing something, none of the press releases mention the midbass driver size for the 703 bookshelf speaker. I am very curious what size they use.

In addition, I noticed that the online press release shifts back and forth between the midrange driver being 3.25" and 3.5". It seems clear from the additional PR's that you posted that the correct driver size is 3.5". I just thought I'd mention it since Polk might want to correct/clarify that.

dorokusai

You know what I find interesting over the past year+ since hints and chatter have been brewing? Are some comments made by our very own forum members, bashing the selling of Polk to DEI, complaining about the lack of this or that, wondering why SDA monoliths aren't a high priority(snicker) and various other unhappy issues.

Being a background insider has advantages but its also very frustrating as you can't comment like you'd like to most of the time.

Changes take time folks....R&D takes time....vision and physical handling of it takes even longer. I've read senior members rag on Polk more than other websites, that traditionally hate Polk Audio. If the current product doesn't kick some of you in the tail a bit for losing faith in the actual ppl that fight hard everyday to keep Polk going?....this should be a blatant reminder they care, watch, read and excel in what the best avenue is to not only survive in todays economy but survive as a loudspeaker company.

How many other companies are GONE or a shell of their former self? Think about it. Yet Polk listened an stepped up to the plate with the most visionary team they've assembled in over a decade.

I would hope that those folks that were so critical of what Polk should do and all of a sudden became marketing and engineering genius's, realize that they did listen but give some credit to the machine that didn't include yourself.

Bottom line, get yours ears on and put your money where your mouth is aside from an SDA for a change. Its the best thinking and product that's been born here in a very long time. Oh, and they sound really really good. I'll leave all the douchey adjectives for the magazines.

dorokusai

You know what I find interesting over the past 2 year+ since hints and chatter have been brewing? Are some comments made by our very own forum members, bashing the selling of Polk to DEI, complaining about the lack of this or that, wondering why SDA monoliths aren't a high priority(snicker) and various other unhappy issues. Constructive criticism is a useful tool when used properly. You can't expect things to change overnight.

Being a background insider has advantages but its also very frustrating as you can't comment like you'd like to most of the time.

Changes take time folks....R&D takes time....vision and physical handling of it takes even longer. I've read senior members rag on Polk more than other websites, that traditionally hate Polk Audio. If the current product doesn't kick some of you in the tail a bit for losing faith in the actual ppl that fight hard everyday to keep Polk going?....this should be a blatant reminder they care, watch, read and excel in what the best avenue is to not only survive in todays economy but survive as a loudspeaker company.

How many other companies are GONE or a shell of their former self? Think about it. Yet Polk listened an stepped up to the plate with the most visionary team they've assembled in over a decade.

I would hope that those folks that were so critical of what Polk should do and all of a sudden became marketing and engineering genius's, realize that they did listen but give some credit to the machine that didn't include yourself.

Bottom line, get yours ears on and put your money where your mouth is aside from an SDA for a change. Its the best thinking and product that's been born here in a very long time. Oh, and they sound really really good. I'll leave all the douchey adjectives for the magazines.

This is by far the best and most usefully active corporate website, period. Take pride in tat Polkies.

mmadden28

mdaudioguy wrote: »

Folks will be lining up for them now on Polk Audio Direct! I guess they'll be giving them away, huh? :eek:

Highly doubt it--The RTI's weren't being blown out for that much less when the RTiA's were released.

heiney9

Worth the wait fo' sure!! I hope Santa is good to me in 2011. I better start being good now. I bet now they are Pass worthy .

H9

mmadden28

I am definitely siked about the new F/X Wireless.

mmadden28

I really dig the screwless face design-very sleek and smooth-a sexy simplicity to it.
I wonder how the drivers are accessed-I guess the front face comes off somehow??

dorokusai

Its a semi-rigid rubber gasket that also aids in diffraction for the new "engine".

F1nut

dorokusai wrote: »

You know what I find interesting over the past year+ since hints and chatter have been brewing? Are some comments made by our very own forum members, bashing the selling of Polk to DEI, complaining about the lack of this or that, wondering why SDA monoliths aren't a high priority(snicker) and various other unhappy issues.

Being a background insider has advantages but its also very frustrating as you can't comment like you'd like to most of the time.

Changes take time folks....R&D takes time....vision and physical handling of it takes even longer. I've read senior members rag on Polk more than other websites, that traditionally hate Polk Audio. If the current product doesn't kick some of you in the tail a bit for losing faith in the actual ppl that fight hard everyday to keep Polk going?....this should be a blatant reminder they care, watch, read and excel in what the best avenue is to not only survive in todays economy but survive as a loudspeaker company.

How many other companies are GONE or a shell of their former self? Think about it. Yet Polk listened an stepped up to the plate with the most visionary team they've assembled in over a decade.

I would hope that those folks that were so critical of what Polk should do and all of a sudden became marketing and engineering genius's, realize that they did listen but give some credit to the machine that didn't include yourself.

Bottom line, get yours ears on and put your money where your mouth is aside from an SDA for a change. Its the best thinking and product that's been born here in a very long time. Oh, and they sound really really good. I'll leave all the douchey adjectives for the magazines.

Where did that come from?

LessisNevermore

mmadden28 wrote: »

I really dig the screwless face design-very sleek and smooth-a sexy simplicity to it.
I wonder how the drivers are accessed-I guess the front face comes off somehow??

I think there was an exploded view in one of the .pdf files Doro posted.

dorokusai

F1nut wrote: »

Where did that come from?

Dunno, just the last couple years of reading and knowing things....and I felt compelled to comment since its been exhausting. Its not offbase but I'm more ecstatic about the changes and forward progression of the company since the merger. Not all bad huh?

Pm me ur # as Al was trying to find you today. Did he email u?

Jstas

Is there going to be a pair of towers at Polkfest for a demo?

If so, I will bring my Silver 7t's and put the beans to them. Or, maybe, if you're all nice to me, I'll beg the GF to let me cannibalize her rig for the NAD integrated (I believe it's a C370) but it sounds super sweet strapped up to a set of KEF iQ9's. It'd probably make a pair of LSi's of any model sing like a nightingale!

BlueFox

I like the suggestion about a rosewood finish option. I was going to pick up another pair of PSB Synchrony Ones to replace my front HT LSi15s, but I will wait for the LSiM 707s to be available. I think I will put them into my 2 channel system first, and move the current PSB Synchrony Ones into the HT. The 2 channel will give me a better ability to evaluate them.

dorokusai

For now its black and cherry folks but definitly post your thoughts in regards to finishes, just keep it in perspective.

John - Leave the Carver @ home but bring the NAD. Lou has high amplification taken care of.

F1nut

dorokusai wrote: »

Not all bad huh?

Pm me ur # as Al was trying to find you today. Did he email u?

Not bad at all.

Yes, he did.

VR3

dorokusai wrote: »

You know what I find interesting over the past year+ since hints and chatter have been brewing? Are some comments made by our very own forum members, bashing the selling of Polk to DEI, complaining about the lack of this or that, wondering why SDA monoliths aren't a high priority(snicker) and various other unhappy issues.

Being a background insider has advantages but its also very frustrating as you can't comment like you'd like to most of the time.

Changes take time folks....R&D takes time....vision and physical handling of it takes even longer. I've read senior members rag on Polk more than other websites, that traditionally hate Polk Audio. If the current product doesn't kick some of you in the tail a bit for losing faith in the actual ppl that fight hard everyday to keep Polk going?....this should be a blatant reminder they care, watch, read and excel in what the best avenue is to not only survive in todays economy but survive as a loudspeaker company.

How many other companies are GONE or a shell of their former self? Think about it. Yet Polk listened an stepped up to the plate with the most visionary team they've assembled in over a decade.

I would hope that those folks that were so critical of what Polk should do and all of a sudden became marketing and engineering genius's, realize that they did listen but give some credit to the machine that didn't include yourself.

Bottom line, get yours ears on and put your money where your mouth is aside from an SDA for a change. Its the best thinking and product that's been born here in a very long time. Oh, and they sound really really good. I'll leave all the douchey adjectives for the magazines.

Mark this is the first time I have been excited about Polk speakers in... god 6-7 years? Looks like they hit a home run

Topper

More online coverage of Polk's new gear spotted:




Polk’s Blackstone Bridges Gap Between HTIB & Audiophile Surround Speaker Systems

http://www.marketnews.ca/LatestNewsHeadlines/Polk%E2%80%99sBlackstoneBridgesGapBetweenHTIBAudiophileSurroundSpeakerSystems.html






http://www.resmagonline.com/blog/47540.aspx

Ricardo

Gourgeous new LSi line. Good job Polk!!!!

So will there be an audition at Polkfest? I vote for the monitors.