Polk LSiM 703 Mohagany

tullman
tullman Posts: 17
edited February 2013 in Speakers
I just got a pair of these bookshelf speakers. After some break in these speakers are really sounding good. I think they are a very musical speaker. They are not fatiging and are well balanced.

I ordered these in midnight mohagany and to my surprise. when I opened the box, they looked like black painted speakers. I thought I had been sent the wrong speakers. Upon very close examination I could make out the mahogany woodgrain. At first, I didn't like the finish but after awhile it started to grow on me. Very subtle color which is pretty cool. Very different from other wood grain veneer I have seen.
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited January 2013
    Welcome to Club Polk.

    Sexy pictures! Thanks for sharing.

    The LSiM703 is on my watch list

    H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited January 2013
    Very nice. I have a pair, and I think they represent an excellent value for a truly hifi speaker.

    They'll do better farther apart and with some toe-in. Get some good stands, move them off that desk, and toe them in a good amount. In the meantime, move them to the far edges of the desk and toe them in just a tad.

    Congrats and enjoy!
    2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's

    Living Room: PC > Marantz AV-7703 > Emotiva XPA-5 > Sonus Faber Liuto Towers, Sonus Faber Liuto Center, Sonus Faber Liuto Bookshelves > Dual SVS PC12-Pluses

    Office: Phone/Tablet > AudioEngine B1 > McIntosh D100 > Bryston 4B-ST > Polk Audio LSiM-703's
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,724
    edited January 2013
    Welcome to Club Polk !

    Now before following Falconcry72's most excellent advice, I suggest that you let the 703's repose where there are for a while.

    Looking at your posted pictures seems to show that if they could, the 703's would be smiling at the company they're keeping. Let 'em enjoy that a little bit longer.
    And that Mac 4100 is most certainly happy with its new neighbors.

    Nice ! :biggrin:
    Sal Palooza
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  • pglbook
    pglbook Posts: 2,222
    edited January 2013
    Congratulations and welcome to Club Polk!

    That's a nice setup.

    I am curious - what kind of receiver/amp is that?
    It looks amazing and I bet it sounds just as sweet!
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  • Dawgfish
    Dawgfish Posts: 2,554
    edited January 2013
    Congrats on your new 703s. Wait till they get about 80 hrs on them, they really open up!
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  • tullman
    tullman Posts: 17
    edited January 2013
    falconcry72 wrote: »
    Very nice. I have a pair, and I think they represent an excellent value for a truly hifi speaker.

    They'll do better farther apart and with some toe-in. Get some good stands, move them off that desk, and toe them in a good amount. In the meantime, move them to the far edges of the desk and toe them in just a tad.

    Congrats and enjoy!

    Thanks for all of the good advice and you are right.

    This is not my main system. I have many others around the house. My wife and I
    like them where they are. I did notice while listening that they are too high. I suggested that I could move them to another room where I do have stands at the proper height and my wife said no.
    You see, this is a system used by the wife. She often stands while listening to music. Maybe,
    I coud put some stands in the Dining room, but they will take up more space. We'll see.

    I had some nice cherry wood wharfdale speakers there before and I thought my wife would be
    mad that I put the bigger Polk speakers in there. She came into the room and took one listen and
    said those speakers are staying put.

    I do have them bi-wired for whatever that is worth. I also prefer them with the grill covers on.
    Usually, I prefer speakers with the grill covers off. The LSiM are a little smoother sounding with the grills on.
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  • tullman
    tullman Posts: 17
    edited January 2013
    pglbook wrote: »
    Congratulations and welcome to Club Polk!

    That's a nice setup.

    I am curious - what kind of receiver/amp is that?
    It looks amazing and I bet it sounds just as sweet!

    That's a Mcintosh 4100 reciever
    ELECTRICAL: 100w/ch into 4 ohms and 75w/ch into 8 ohms. Response 20-20kHz (+0 -0.5dB). Distortion .05%. Noise and hum: pwr amp -95dB, aux -90dB, phono -80dB. Damping factor 30 or greater. Input impedance: pwr amp 22k, aux 100k, phono 47k and 87pF. Input sensitivity: pwr amp 2.5V, aux 0.25V, phono 2.0mV. Program equalizer: 30, 150, 500, 1500 and 10,000Hz boost or cut 12dB. Sentry Monitor. Power Guard.

    AM SECTION: sensitivity 75uV IHF, S/N 45dB IHF, Distortion 1%, Response 3500Hz @ -6dB, Adjacent channel selectivity 30dB IHF, Image rejection 65dB.

    FM SECTION: Sensitivity 2uV (11.2 dBF) IHF, S/N 70dB IHF, Distortion 0.38% in stereo, Response 20-15kHz (+0 -1dB), Capture ratio 1.8dB, Selectivity 75dB IHF, Spurious rejection 90dB IHF, Image rejection 80dB IHF, Stereo separation 45dB, SCA rejection 60dB.

    FRONT PANEL: Silver front panel. Tape 2: in and out jacks. Input selector with indicator lights: aux 2, aux 1, am, fm, ph 1, ph 2. Push switches: monitor tape 1 and tape 2, tape copy t1 to t2 and t2 to t1, mono, fm mute, speakers 1, 2 and 3, power. Controls: equalizer frequency: 30, 150, 500, 1500 and 10k. loudness: flat to max, balance. volume. tuning. Headphone jacks 1 and 2. Illuminated tuning dial. Meters: tuning and signal strength. afl light. fm mpx light. Led power level columns in 10dB increments from 0.1w to 100w and Power Guard lights. Handles.

    BACK PANEL: Push terminals: speaker 1, 2 and 3, am, gnd, fm. Inputs: ph 1, ph 2, aux 1, aux 2. Recorder: tape 1 in and out, tape 2 in and out. Scope: tp 1 (vert) and tp 2 (hor). Ground binding post. Jumper: power amp in and preamp out. Built-in ferrite loopstick. 75-ohm fm cable input. AC outlets: 2 switched, 1 unswitched, 2 switched (turntable auto-on). Auto-manual switch. Turntable outlet fuse. Main fuse. [Serial numbers BY3000 and later have an FM preselector switch on the back panel: in or out]

    Size: 5-1/4"H, 17-9/16"W and 13-1/2"D. Weight 42 lb. Sold from 1978-1985. Last retail price $1999.00
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  • tullman
    tullman Posts: 17
    edited January 2013
    Dawgfish wrote: »
    Congrats on your new 703s. Wait till they get about 80 hrs on them, they really open up!

    Yeah, they sounded a little off for the first few hours. I knew they would get better.
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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    edited January 2013
    wow they look awesome with the mac
    My New Year's resolution is 3840 × 2160

    Family Room| Marantz AV7704| Usher Dancer Mini - 2 DMD Mains |Usher Dancer Mini-x DMD's Surrounds | Usher BE-616 DMD Center | SVS Ultra Rear Surrounds | Parasound Halo A21 | Parsound Halo A52+ | MIT Shotgun S3's | Dual SVS SB 4000 Ultras | Oppo UDP 203 | Directv Genie HD DVR | Samsung 75" Q8 QLED | PSAudio Stellar GCD | Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ | Lumin U1 Mini | HP Elite Slice PC | ROON'd for life |

    ManCave: HT:Polk LSiM 706VR3 LSiM 703's LSiM 702's|| Marantz AV7002 AV PrePro Sunfire TGA-7401| Sony PS4 Pro| Sony PS4 Pro|SVS PB13 Ultra| Oppo UDP 203 | Music Hall MMF 5.3se TT w/ Soundsmith Carmen | Samsung 55" SUHD TV | Sony PS4

    Patio | Polk Atrium 8's | Yamaha R-N303BL |

    Office BlueSound Node| KEF LS50 | Peactree Nova 125SE |

    Bedroom | Focal 905's | Chromecast Audio |

    Garage | Polk Monitor 5B's

    Closet Yamaha M80 | 2 Polk MP3K subs| Yaqin MC100B with Shuguang Treasures KT 88's & CV181Z's | Tesla E83CC's | Marantz 2252B | Marantz 2385 |Polk SDA SRS 2.3 | LSiM 705's |
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited January 2013
    Nice setup for dining room. Whats in the living room ?
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  • monepolk
    monepolk Posts: 1,142
    edited January 2013
    Nice pictures. Welcome to Club Polk, enjoy your new speakers.
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited January 2013
    Welcome to the LSIm club.
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  • tullman
    tullman Posts: 17
    edited January 2013
    chumlie wrote: »
    Nice setup for dining room. Whats in the living room ?

    My den has the main system.

    The living room isn't quite up to the standards of the dining room

    Living room system: Pioneer SX1250 receiver, Pioneer DV45 universal player, and Paradigm Monitor 3v3 speakers.
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  • tullman
    tullman Posts: 17
    edited January 2013
    leroyjr1 wrote: »
    Welcome to the LSIm club.

    Thanks to everyone for the nice welcome.

    I've been interested in Polk for a couple of decades. I really wanted a pair of the early Polk speakers. I forget the model, they had something like 4 tweeters in each speaker.

    I am really pleased with the 703s.
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited January 2013
    Qustion #2. Whats in the den ?
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  • tullman
    tullman Posts: 17
    edited January 2013
    Convergent Audio Technology Preamp and Mono Blocks
    Thiel 7.2 speakers
    APL modded 3910
    VPI Classic TT with Soundsmith Zephyr cart and VPI SDS power supply.
    McIntosh MR 78 tuner
    McIntosh MP14 scope
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited January 2013
    tullman wrote: »
    convergent audio technology preamp and mono blocks
    thiel 7.2 speakers
    apl modded 3910
    vpi classic tt with soundsmith zephyr cart and vpi sds power supply.
    Mcintosh mr 78 tuner
    mcintosh mp14 scope

    sweet !!!
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited January 2013
    This thread is useless w/o pictures!!!

    We have standards here! :cheesygrin:

    H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited January 2013
    Erik Tracy wrote: »
    This thread is useless w/o pictures!!!

    We have standards here! :cheesygrin:
    See post #1
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited January 2013
    chumlie wrote: »
    See post #1

    The 'other' room in the den!!!

    H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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  • tullman
    tullman Posts: 17
    edited January 2013
    My wife has been listening to these speakers for hours today and is still going strong. I think she is rediscovering her cd collection.
    It's ok with me. She's doing a good job of breaking the speakers in.:cheesygrin:
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  • tullman
    tullman Posts: 17
    edited January 2013
    Erik Tracy wrote: »
    The 'other' room in the den!!!

    I have some pictures stored on another computer perhaps tomorrow I can post some pics.

    I thought this was a Polk forum. Besides this thread is about the LSiM 703s.
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited January 2013
    tullman wrote: »
    I have some pictures stored on another computer perhaps tomorrow I can post some pics.

    I thought this was a Polk forum. Besides this thread is about the LSiM 703s.

    **** is ****! :cheesygrin:

    H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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  • tullman
    tullman Posts: 17
    edited January 2013
    Erik Tracy wrote: »
    The 'other' room in the den!!!

    Here ya go. I don't have picture of SDS, yet.

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v29/bostonjim46/Picture029.jpg
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v29/bostonjim46/Stereo%20Stuff/MartaBruins001.jpg
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited January 2013
    Nice!

    H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,287
    edited January 2013
    tullman wrote: »
    Convergent Audio Technology Preamp and Mono Blocks
    Thiel 7.2 speakers
    APL modded 3910
    VPI Classic TT with Soundsmith Zephyr cart and VPI SDS power supply.
    McIntosh MR 78 tuner
    McIntosh MP14 scope


    Nice setup
    How do you like the Classic/Zephyr combo
    2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
    Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
    Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
    Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC

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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited January 2013
    Welcome to Club Polk! You have some very nice systems.
    Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,724
    edited January 2013
    Nice wall fixtures, also. Do you play, or collect ?
    Sal Palooza
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  • tullman
    tullman Posts: 17
    edited January 2013
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    Nice setup
    How do you like the Classic/Zephyr combo

    I really like the combo. Lots of bang for the buck.
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  • tullman
    tullman Posts: 17
    edited January 2013
    mrbigbluelight wrote: »
    Nice wall fixtures, also. Do you play, or collect ?

    I am a player.
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