Newegg / Polk Black Friday sale - 3 days only, ends 11/13

Glowrdr

Newegg has the "standard" HT speakers on sale for this weekend only.
M70's on sale for $149.99 using the promo code EMCJJJJ25;
PSW505 for $179.99 using EMCJJJJ36
CS2 for $99.99 using EMCJJJJ52
M40's for $99 using EMCJJJJ37

All of these prices are just for the black though. It says in my mailer that its a secret thing, but after going to the site it looks like they've listed all the codes on the product pages themselves.

cnh

That's a hell of a HT for very little. You can't do wrong at those prices unless you have a humongous room. Get a nice AVR, maybe an Elite-ICE, sit back and enjoy the film--whatever it is!

I'm very happy with my Monitor 70 based HT. And have 'absolutely' no plans to upgrade it. The law of diminishing returns sets in much 'faster' when it comes to HT than it does in more critical listening. And these have to be one of Polk's best value HT systems, period.

cnh

rooftop59

And those are the lowest prices newegg has ever had for any of those speakers. Pretty incredible. Man I with that deal was around when i bought my first setup...

tommyt21

m40's for 99 bucks what a deal!! I love my 40's

piker

I saw this deal on the email newsletter that Newegg sends out. I was so surprised to see such an amazing deal on the M70's, that I decided to order four of them to replace the anchor to my HT setup.

I've currently got a pair of M70 series I speakers for my front R&L, and a set of M60 series I for the rear. My center is a CS2 series II, so it's newer. I've been wanting to purchase a pair of the series II M70's to replace the front and move the old ones to the back, so that I have all 6.5" drivers. Now I can just sell the entire series I set that I have. I can probably get half of what I just spent, while giving someone else a bargain in return.

My usage pattern is about 70/20/10 for gaming, home theater, and music. Since I mainly use my HT for gaming, it's very important that I have a matching set of speakers for the entire room. Right now, with a mix of 5.25" and 6.5" drivers, the rear sound stage sounds noticeably different from the front stage. The audio does not always blend in seamlessly. Some games more than others can really take me out of the moment, and take away the immersion that I strive to maintain.

Also, the M70 series II speakers look much nicer than series I when the grill covers are taken off.

polkatese

No LSiM? bummer.

TECHNOKID

:arrowu:They're not exactly surplus/vintage yet! :arrowu:

rooftop59

A friend is looking at the m70s but has a 9 month old and is worried about stability. Any thoughts?

Rodeo0530

IMO...you could definitely knock them over if leaned on, or the such.

rooftop59

Other thoughts on stability?

Glowrdr

I'm sure there are ways to be preventative, but yes - they are pretty tippy. Mainly because they are 3 feet tall and 8 inches wide (not exact measurements, but you get the idea) One might be able to tie them to the nearest thing? Kind of how you can anchor bookshelves to the wall?

ROHfan

rooftop59 wrote: »

A friend is looking at the m70s but has a 9 month old and is worried about stability. Any thoughts?

Not a good idea, IMO. Babies are always testing limits of such things and can result in a broken speaker, or worse, a trip to the hospital for junior. Now if your friend was considering Klipsch Heresys, then he'd be fine. I don't think a Pontiac station wagon could knock those over.