lsi 15 owners

paymontana
paymontana Posts: 234
edited February 2004 in Speakers
i have found a floor model set for 999.99$ in absolute mint condition including boxes papers and full warranty. Does this sound like a deal to you? I am tinking about selling my 9's to pick up yhe 15's what do you think?


CJ
"It doesn't get any more serious than a Rhinocerus about to charge your ****."
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited February 2004
    Hell Yes!! Why are you reading this? Get your A$$ down there right freakin' NOW!!
    9/11 - WE WILL NEVER FORGET!! (<---<<click)
    2005-06 Club Polk Football Pool Champion!! :D
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited February 2004
    I prefer the 9's over the 15's, so I'd say no.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • pjdami
    pjdami Posts: 1,894
    edited February 2004
    Yes. Go get them. The LSi 15s sound like a big speaker because they are. I prefer their sound over the LSi 9.

    Nice score if you can get them! Don't wait too long.

    P.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited February 2004
    I think you should buy them, and as you leave throw a molotov cocktail into the HT area and scream "Losers!"
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • ninerbj
    ninerbj Posts: 870
    edited February 2004
    Screw that! Tell him $900 and that is THAT!
    Then **** yerself when they go fer it!:D

    never hurts to try

    Now get out there and show um who's boss!!!
    "she had the body of Venus, with arms."
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited February 2004
    Originally posted by ninerbj

    Now get out there and show um who's boss!!!

    Yeah, take one of those pictures of Doro, snokered of course, and show it to the manager!:D
    9/11 - WE WILL NEVER FORGET!! (<---<<click)
    2005-06 Club Polk Football Pool Champion!! :D
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited February 2004
    no reason to ponder, go run there and do it. There is no competition between the two....
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • paymontana
    paymontana Posts: 234
    edited February 2004
    Will my B&K 5125 do them any justice till I get some real power behind them? If I do make the leap I'll sell the nines in here. I'm gussing I could get around 575 or beter on Ebay for them. I'd probaly letm go for 475+ sh. Big decision. hmmmm?




    C
    I prefer the 9's over the 15's, so I'd say no.




    Russ, just curious why do you like the 9's over the 15's?




    CJ
    "It doesn't get any more serious than a Rhinocerus about to charge your ****."
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited February 2004
    It really doesn't matter, does it?

    I don't think woof in the 15's is up to par with the midbass drivers. Yes, there is more low end, but not of the quality I expected compared to the other drivers used in the LSi series. I also prefer the midrange reproduction, with the different crossover points in the 9's.

    The 9's seem more effortless than the 15's, for lack of a better term. Easier to place, no 'fixed' vertical height, easier to drive. For most, who are going to do powered subs anyway, the extra woof in the 15 isn't really needed. There is a valid argument for 2ch music listening, but imo, the 9 sounds better regardless.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • pjdami
    pjdami Posts: 1,894
    edited February 2004
    PM,

    The 15s aren't really that much harder to drive than the LSi 9. Both four ohm speakers. Your AV5125 does 5 channels 185 watts/channel into 4 ohm right? Not a problem for now.

    P.
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  • spyderman
    spyderman Posts: 678
    edited February 2004
    They're the best thing I've heard come out of Polk's factory. Make sure you put them with everything LSi... i.e. LSiC, LSiFX and or LSi9's. Life gets quite expensive at that point.
    RTi70 Fronts
    CSi40 Center
    RTi38 Rear
    PSW650 Sub
    Str-de1075 Receiver

    Hope is on the way!

    ABB

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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,535
    edited February 2004
    I've tried the LSi15s with various amp configurations and I'd suggest trying one with a high damping factor in the 200 watt into 4 ohm range. I read a pro reviewer's impressions (forget which one) and he had briefly suggested that the 8" woofers on the LSi15s were quite demanding to drive well. There was also another review I read from an English magazine that didn't like the speakers because of a problem they perceived of getting a cohesive sound from the four-drivers on each speaker.

    I tried biamping with a Rotel RMB-1075 (damping factor 180) and biamping with a B&K 7270 Series II (damping factor 400). I then tried just biwiring with each. Either configuration produced sound that just didn't seem cohesive to me, almost like the woofers weren't tightly controlled enough and were producing loose, somewhat slappy bass. The midrange and highs were good though. I added a subwoofer (Polk PSW450) and ran them high passed for a while until I could figure out what was going on with the speakers. I then tried out a Parasound Halo A23 amp (damping factor 800) and it makes the drivers on the speakers seem to work better together. My other potential choice would have been a Rotel RB-1080, which has a higher damping factor, costs a little more, but doesn't have the variable gain control the Halo amp has. Because of my room configuration I always have a 2 decibel drop in sound from any speaker used as the right channel and my Rotel preamp doesn't have a balance control.

    So, what I'd suggest is that adding power above 200 watts into the 4 ohm load isn't worthwhile--I was running 760 watts into each speaker when biamping with my B&K amp and it didn't help them. The performance seems quite a bit better with the 200 watt Halo amp. Check the damping factor on a good 2 channel amp. Biamping doesn't seem to do much for the LSi15s in my experience.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited February 2004
    what happened to your 15, Sean?
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited February 2004
    cool! sounds like your folk is enjoying the 15, then...
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • paymontana
    paymontana Posts: 234
    edited February 2004
    http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.pl?spkrfull&1080848239



    No conection.Iust think it is a great deal but can't swing it. i hope someone snatches these up. All you lsi 15 owners keep me in mind when you go to upgrade in the future. Maybe midsummer or late fall I'll be looking.



    CJ
    "It doesn't get any more serious than a Rhinocerus about to charge your ****."
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