Your least favorite Polk speakers?

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  • jon s
    jon s Posts: 905
    edited September 2013
    I did not like ANY of the RTA series (RTA15TL, RTA11TL & RTA8TL) They were probably the worst Polk model lineup ever...
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited September 2013
    Sda's
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  • Eocuph
    Eocuph Posts: 75
    edited September 2013
    rooftop59 wrote: »
    Im surprised at that. I have owned lots of small polk bookies, and the rt25i is probably my fav. In some ways i like them better than the lsi7s. pretty flat frequency response, surprising bass, nice detail without being harsh. But different strokes...

    PSW10 BY FAR. Its barely better than a cheap arse HTIB sub...

    I agree. I liked the RT25i's. Don't sound as full as my rt3000p's but still sound great and a lot of output for their compact size.
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited September 2013
    jon s wrote: »
    I did not like ANY of the RTA series (RTA15TL, RTA11TL & RTA8TL) They were probably the worst Polk model lineup ever...
    You haven't heard RTA12's
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • HTguru1982
    HTguru1982 Posts: 1,066
    edited September 2013
    Nightfall wrote: »
    You haven't heard RTA12's

    RTA12's are NICE. Damn me for selling them. Damn me all to hell.
    Display: Sony 42" LCD
    Sources: Harman Kardon DVD-27,
    Panasonic DMP-BDT110 blu ray player
    AVR: Sony STR-DA2400ES
    Amps: Sonance Sonamp 260(fronts),
    Kenwood KM-894(surrounds)
    Fronts: NHT 2.5
    Center: NHT VS-1.2A
    Surrounds: NHT Super One
    Subwoofer: SVS PB10-ISD
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  • HTguru1982
    HTguru1982 Posts: 1,066
    edited September 2013
    Eocuph wrote: »
    I agree. I liked the RT25i's. Don't sound as full as my rt3000p's but still sound great and a lot of output for their compact size.

    Now you guys got me thinking. Maybe there's just something wrong with my pair. Tweeters are working. So are the woofers. Crossovers going bad perhaps? My RT35's seem to stomp all over them.
    Display: Sony 42" LCD
    Sources: Harman Kardon DVD-27,
    Panasonic DMP-BDT110 blu ray player
    AVR: Sony STR-DA2400ES
    Amps: Sonance Sonamp 260(fronts),
    Kenwood KM-894(surrounds)
    Fronts: NHT 2.5
    Center: NHT VS-1.2A
    Surrounds: NHT Super One
    Subwoofer: SVS PB10-ISD
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  • Steven72555
    Steven72555 Posts: 35
    edited September 2013
    I have a love/hate relationship with my S10's. I have 2 pairs of them.
    They sound ok, but if the mid goes out on it, you are screwed.
    I am working feverishly try to get a 7.5 inch mid-range rebuilt now.
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  • plainoledave
    plainoledave Posts: 408
    edited September 2013
    are we talking worst or least favorite vs. expectations?
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  • sandmanal
    sandmanal Posts: 16
    edited September 2013
    Definitely the HP rotten little eggs hands down for me.
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  • Mystery
    Mystery Posts: 2,546
    edited September 2013
    The new RTA line is slim tower. I had RTA-8TL and didn't care for them.
    Older RTA line like RTA-12 is pretty much same size and shape of SDA-2 and sounds great.

    Klipsch RB81, KG3.5, B&W DM602.5, Polk.
    Subwoofers: Klipsch RW10, Triad ProSub Bronze.
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  • Tbone289
    Tbone289 Posts: 661
    edited August 2014
    HTguru1982 said:

    Anyone ever have any Polks that they just couldn't stand? Perhaps you heard great things about them only to be disappointed?



    Mine would probably be the RT25i.

    :D

    It's funny running across this old post after our discussion over the weekend... I had no idea what you thought of the RT25i until I told you that it's my favorite of any Polk speaker I've owned. :p If you make it down my way sometime, I'd like you to sit down in front of mine and give them another listen. I'll bet you'll change your mind.

    I do agree with you though, that the CS245i is very boxy sounding and I never enjoyed having it in my system. I think I've been fairly lucky (and careful) buying Polk, and have owned very few duds. The CS245i and the PSW10 are probably my least favorite of those I've owned.

    2.1: PC>Schiit Gungnir MB>Schiit Freya Noval>NAD C-270>Ascend Acoustics Sierra-1, HSU STF-2 5.1: HDMI Bitstream>Denon AVR-1910>polkaudio RTE55, CS350-LS, RT3, HSU STF-2, Visio M55-F0
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,001
    edited August 2014
    Main speakers...least favorite...S series/R series/RTA series/. A few other models I didn't like but were not inclusive of the whole line. LSI-15's come to mind as well as the 25's. Centers....anything below the cs350...cs10 included. Subs....never liked any, too boomy. Though the newer DSW and micropro subs are a vast improvement but still not on the same playing field as other brands.

    Polk cut it's teeth on musical reproduction in speakers. Then they went full blown HT, rode that wave, and now seems to be getting back to music with the LSIM line. However, another wave ride is coming with portable devices, headphones, buds. Which in my opinion has little to do with good sounding stereo reproduction.

    Maybe Polk has an identity crisis ?
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • Dropthebeat
    Dropthebeat Posts: 154
    im pretty surprised at some of these posts but for me the worse polk speakers would have to be the psw10 and the monitor 12. I just sold the monitor 12 thankfully.
    Yamaha V1800 receiver along with a NAD 2600a and 2700a .
    Sda 1c - my new favorite speakers
    Rta 8,11tl,15tl
    Monitor 10 and 12
    Marty sub 18" still in the works
    Klipsch sw12-2
    Hobbies turn into addictions .
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  • cubdog
    cubdog Posts: 835
    Another vote for the Monitor 12. They were serviceable for HT but sounded horrible in a 2 channel system.

    cubdog
    Shuguang Classic S8MK
    Emotiva XDA-2
    Bel Canto M300 mono blocks
    Bel Canto DAC 1.5
    Squeezebox Touch
    Sony SS-M7
    A/D/S L710
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