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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited July 2010
    Bernal wrote: »
    1.- Price? said ... and where is the quality and ingenuity of Matthew Polk ....

    2.- Does not meet my expectations I'll go to Canton:

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    Again!?! Huh? :confused::confused:
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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited July 2010
    H-I, I'm a bit puzzled myself-I'm guessing possible language limitations
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,217
    edited July 2010
    Bernal wrote: »
    1.- Price? said ... and where is the quality and ingenuity of Matthew Polk ....

    2.- Does not meet my expectations I'll go to Canton:

    karat790dc.htm

    Huh? Canton speakers are horrible until you spend way up the line. How about waiting until the new LSi's are introduced and you have a chance for a long demo before you start jumping ship.............mmmmmkay.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited July 2010
    Bernal wrote: »
    Price? said ... and where is the quality and ingenuity of Matthew Polk ....:rolleyes:

    Bernal, you need to chill out! While Matt did sell his company, that certainly DOESN'T prevent him from still designing speakers. He just doesn't have the hassle of operating a big company & can devote all his time to designing speakers if he so chooses.

    You haven't even heard the speakers yet, but you are already assuming that they won't meet your expectations, all because you decided to jump to a possible erroneus conclusion.:rolleyes:

    Until you hear it officially that they weren't designed by him....zip it.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited July 2010
    heiney9 wrote: »
    Huh? Canton speakers are horrible until you spend way up the line. How about waiting until the new LSi's are introduced and you have a chance for a long demo before you start jumping ship.............mmmmmkay.

    H9

    My real confusion is this statement;
    and where is the quality and ingenuity of Matthew Polk ....

    Bernal would you mind explaining what you meant by that statement as it really has me confused.:confused::)
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited July 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    My real confusion is this statement;



    Bernal would you mind explaining what you meant by that statement as it really has me confused.:confused::)

    He's assuming that because Matt sold the company, that precludes him from continuing to design & contribute to making speakers that have his name on them.:rolleyes:
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  • MillerLiteScott
    MillerLiteScott Posts: 2,561
    edited July 2010
    Joe for the record. I was going for HT at the time and the Rti10 were probably the better choice for my application at the time and AVR.

    Scott
    I like speakers that are bigger than a small refrigerator but smaller than a big refrigerator:D
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited July 2010
    MillerLiteScott wrote: »
    Joe for the record. I was going for HT at the time and the Rti10 were probably the better choice for my application at the time and AVR.

    Scott

    Just busting on ya pal just busting!!!:p:p:p
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited July 2010
    cfrizz wrote: »
    He's assuming that because Matt sold the company, that precludes him from continuing to design & contribute to making speakers that have his name on them.:rolleyes:

    Employed formally or not with the company, he still has his hands in things. But that isn't even the point where does one think LSi's came from I mean whose mind!?! Just his legacy alone with the current employees make it just as good as if he was standing there with them.
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  • Bernal
    Bernal Posts: 991
    edited July 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    My real confusion is this statement;



    Bernal would you mind explaining what you meant by that statement as it really has me confused.:confused::)


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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited July 2010
    HUH!!!!???? Man that makes it 100000000000 times worse!
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited July 2010
    Bernal wrote: »
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    What are you trying to do Bernal? Why would you ridicule Polk (especially on this thread)? People eventually retire and life goes on. I believe Matthew Polk has sold the company a few years ago already so waky waky(there is nothing new here)!
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  • dane_peterson
    dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
    edited July 2010
    Bernal wrote:
    This user is on your Ignore List.

    Been that way for some time now. Input has never been worth reading, IMO.
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  • Bernal
    Bernal Posts: 991
    edited July 2010
    Sorry. This is a concern about the declaration of the members of this forum.:o
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,802
    edited July 2010
    Bernal, do you have any suggestions to add to the discussion? If not, please stop posting in this thread.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited July 2010
    [QUOTE=Bernal;1378286]Sorry. This is a concern about the declaration of the members of this forum[/SIZE].:o[/QUOTE]
    F1nut wrote: »
    Bernal, do you have any suggestions to add to the discussion? If not, please stop posting in this thread.

    How about a good old fashion STFU and stop playing your stupid cryptic guessing game!!!:mad:
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  • Zitro
    Zitro Posts: 864
    edited July 2010
    So....back to the new LSi's...was it addressed if there was going to be multiple types of speaker? Bookshelf and floorstanding? A continuation of the ring-radiators?
    - Jeremy

    Amps: Jolida FX-10, NAD 3045, NAD C320BEE, Sansui G-9700
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited July 2010
    They don't have a LINE out that doesn't have both..........on the rings, I dunno.....
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,140
    edited July 2010
    Not that I can afford it, but I say make a matching LSi sub that really commands respect!
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  • Zitro
    Zitro Posts: 864
    edited July 2010
    Conradicles wrote: »
    Not that I can afford it, but I say make a matching LSi sub that really commands respect!

    Completely agree; I was always surprised there was no matching sub for the LSi line.

    Unless there was, and in that case, please excuse my noobness :o
    - Jeremy

    Amps: Jolida FX-10, NAD 3045, NAD C320BEE, Sansui G-9700
    Speakers: Polk Monitor 7A's, KEF Reference 104aB
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,798
    edited July 2010
    Im kind of excited about the new LSi series --

    Honestly for me I would like to see a speaker with color choices other than Cherry and Black -- like something with grain perhaps....

    Other than that, I like my speakers to look, sound, and feel solid - could care less about trinkets and manuals...
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,798
    edited July 2010
    The PSW1000 I believe was considered a LSi sub, it has the dual 10" - high gloss black center, ebony and cherry side panels
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited July 2010
    Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote: »
    The PSW1000 I believe was considered a LSi sub, it has the dual 10" - high gloss black center, ebony and cherry side panels


    True. I have one. It was called the LSiW, and it blended in great with my LSi15s. However, some had a tendency to burn up, so it was recalled, fixed, and renamed to the PSW1000.
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,393
    edited July 2010
    When I auditioned the LSi7 and LSi9 at Tweeter, the salesperson was steering me toward Focals.

    My hope is that the new LSi's include bookshelf speakers. Acoustically, matching subs would be fantastic. I just need that letter from Polk Audio to my wife...
    Stan

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    HT:
    Marantz SR7010, Polk: RTA11TL (RDO198-1, XO and Damping Upgrades), S4, CS250, PSW110 , Marantz UD5005, Pioneer PL-530, Panasonic TC-P42S60

    Other stuff:
    Denon: DRA-835R, AVR-888, DCD-660, DRM-700A, DRR-780; Polk: S8, Monitor 5A, 5B, TSi100, RM7, PSW10 (DXi104 upgrade); Pioneer: CT-6R; Onkyo CP-1046F; Ortofon OM5E, Marantz: PM5004, CD5004, CDR-615; Parasound C/PT-600, HCA-800ii, Sony CDP-650ESD, Technics SA 5070, B&W DM601
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  • Zitro
    Zitro Posts: 864
    edited July 2010
    Wow, I have nowhere around me that has any Focals for demo. And Polk's LSi line, only 1 place I've been to has them, and they're all the way in Gainesville, 2 hours from me. I wish I had more in my area.
    - Jeremy

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited July 2010
    Zitro wrote: »
    Wow, I have nowhere around me that has any Focals for demo. And Polk's LSi line, only 1 place I've been to has them, and they're all the way in Gainesville, 2 hours from me. I wish I had more in my area.

    That my friend is the sad truth & problem with the brick & mortar stores being replaced by internet sales.
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited July 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    That my friend is the sad truth & problem with the brick & mortar stores being replaced by internet sales.
    Good thing companies like Polk make an effort to adapt to this new trend.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited July 2010
    TECHNOKID wrote: »
    Good thing companies like Polk make an effort to adapt to this new trend.

    I don't see how the "new trend" can replace being able to sit down and listen to Polk speakers on a variety of gear and fronts ends in an intimate listening room that brick & mortar stores provided. There are a couple that are 20 minutes away from me but they have their noses stuck to the ceiling and don't carry Polk products. The only one I know of, which is a 2 1/2 hour drive for me (and I frequently visit it or use to when I had the moola), that carries Polk speakers with a variety of mid-fi and high end gear, tubed & sand, TT & CDPs etc. is Quest for Sound in Bensalem, PA.

    The Tweeter in Wilmington DE is still open but I would't go there to listen to anything as the sales people there don't know **** from shinola and in my experience do more damage to the Polk name because they don't have the ability to setup the speakers properly and match it with the right gear not to mention they have no listening rooms.

    So how does Polk enable their prospective customers to listen to Polk speakers when the "new trend" of internet sales is about the only place to get them? From where I sit, the reason Polk has a store on ebay and have so many refurbs or open box items is because of this "new trend" where you have to buy the speakers and set them up in your home in order to audition them with no help from experience sales personel to guide them in the setup? If the buyer is inexperienced, which most mass marketed product buyer are, chances are they're going to screw up the setup or try to mate them with inferior gear thus producing a crappy audition and right back to Polk or the internet store they go!
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited July 2010
    Your post does describe this trend quite well and we must unfortunately live with it. As far as brick and mortar stores they only exist to sell not really to guide the buyer. We go through the same here in Canada. Very few specialised stores, mainly sold in large surface stores and they don't know much about the product they carry except for the sale pitch training they get from their company. For some reason Polk speakers have been pretty rare in our stores lately. I figure this might be due to the companies having preference on certain brands. In example, BB never sold Polk in Canada that I know of. For many years, Future Shop (BB,s sister company) was selling the Polk line but lately all I see is Energy brand available.

    Ah, I've just noticed BB Canada now carries the Boston Accoustic brand which wasn,t the case in the past.

    http://www.bestbuy.ca/Search/SearchResults.aspx?path=ca77b9b4beca91fe414314b86bb581f8en20&q=speakers&sp=BBY_en-CA_Site-WideSP&Category=Entire%2520Site&pcname=MCCPCatalog&AllowSecure=True

    Lots of garbage brands now seems to be favored at FS. Boose seems to be common, this year FS brought some Martin Logan (maybe replacing Polk line???) but at their price point I guess it has to be bottom of the line???

    http://www.futureshop.ca/Search/SearchResults.aspx?path=ca77b9b4beca91fe414314b86bb581f8en20&q=speakers&sp=FS_en-CA_Site-WideSP&Category=Entire%2520Site&pcname=MCCPCatalog&AllowSecure=True

    What I mean by company adapting is company like Polk which will offer a trial period of the product. If client-consumers are wise enough to use the knowledge of the company CSRs that should help eliminate returns. By the way IMHO, I consider Polk is far from loosing any money on their eBay store pricing when you consider their cost to be approx. 33% so if they sell the product for approx 66% IMHO they make better profit than actually selling to brick and mortar stores (in all cases, no one should pay MSRP pricing anyway)
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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited July 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    ...The only one I know of, which is a 2 1/2 hour drive for me (and I frequently visit it or use to when I had the moola), that carries Polk speakers with a variety of mid-fi and high end gear, tubed & sand, TT & CDPs etc. is Quest for Sound in Bensalem, PA.

    The Tweeter in Wilmington DE is still open but I would't go there to listen to anything as the sales people there don't know **** from shinola and in my experience do more damage to the Polk name because they don't have the ability to setup the speakers properly and match it with the right gear not to mention they have no listening rooms.
    ...

    I recall the Tweeter in Wilmington closed as well--Actually I thought they all did.

    Joe, do you know where the Circuit City was near Concord Mall/202? It's a 6th Ave Electronics now and they have Polks (I'm pretty sure the LSi line too) and listening rooms. Not sure if that's what you're looking for but its something. Or is that the store you were thinking of?
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