New Polk Home Page
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A step in the right direction! All of the old textures and images made things unbelievably cluttered. Good on you Polk!
For the forum, cruise over to the Emotiva Lounge for design ideas. It's a really clean layout, easy to navigate, easy on the eyes, etc. Not perfect, but one of the nicer ones around.
For the forum, cruise over to the Emotiva Lounge for design ideas. It's a really clean layout, easy to navigate, easy on the eyes, etc. Not perfect, but one of the nicer ones around.
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It is much better than before, and better than the forum layout, but there is no (apparent) link to the forum.
Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
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Click on almost any other page and there is a link in the footer.
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It is worse than the forum IMHOThe Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
I bet Jesse won't like it
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I never use the home page. but from the screen shot above it looks a lot better than this mess. I see one line of red text there, so much for the tie together excuse.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."
President of Club Polk -
Good point. The "Free shipping" is in red, which is good as it gets the reader's attention, versus having their retina seared by massive red text overdose.Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
Three 20 amp circuits. -
Is **** still censored?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."
President of Club Polk -
Yep, still in Kindergarten.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."
President of Club Polk -
No, **** is okay. Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
Three 20 amp circuits. -
My first reaction to the home page is "Does Polk still make real speakers?" Mostly what I see is crap for the iPod generation.
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If Zuckeberg has his "way" we'll all HAVE to have a facebook account in order to visit any site or buy "anything". I can't wait till I'm ready to make a purchase from Polk and I get a message like the one from Yamaha: like us on facebook and you can enter our "giveaway".
Is that where all this is going? Because I will NEVER do facebook! NEVER! Although my Avatar is pretty "photogenic", wouldn't you say? lol
cnhCurrently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!
Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
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If Zuckeberg has his "way" we'll all HAVE to have a facebook account in order to visit any site or buy "anything". I can't wait till I'm ready to make a purchase from Polk and I get a message like the one from Yamaha: like us on facebook and you can enter our "giveaway".
Is that where all this is going? Because I will NEVER do facebook! NEVER! Although my Avatar is pretty "photogenic", wouldn't you say? lol
cnh
One has to love the "dude". I have to watch that movie once in a while.
Pio Elete Pro 520
Panamax 5400-EX
Sunfire TGP 5
Micro Seiki DD-40 - Lyra-Dorian and Denon DL-160
PS Audio GCPH phono pre
Sunfire CG 200 X 5
Sunfire CG Sig 405 X 5
OPPO BDP-83 SE
SDA SRS 1.2TL Sonicaps and Mills
Ctr CS1000p
Sur - FX1000 x 4
SUB - SVS PB2-Plus
Workkout room:
Sony Bravia XBR- 32-Inch 1080p
Onkyo TX-DS898
GFA 555
Yamaha DVD-S1800BL/SACD
Ft - SDA 1C
Not being used:
RTi 38's -4
RT55i's - 2
RT25i's -2, using other 2 in shop
LSI 15's
CSi40
PSW 404 -
If Zuckeberg has his "way" we'll all HAVE to have a facebook account in order to visit any site or buy "anything". I can't wait till I'm ready to make a purchase from Polk and I get a message like the one from Yamaha: like us on facebook and you can enter our "giveaway".
Is that where all this is going? Because I will NEVER do facebook! NEVER! Although my Avatar is pretty "photogenic", wouldn't you say? lol
cnh
I do not do Facebook and never plan to either.
2 ch- Polk CRS+ * Vincent SA-31MK Preamp * Vincent Sp-331 Amp * Marantz SA8005 SACD * Project Xperience Classic TT * Sumiko Blue Point #2 MC cartridge
HT - Polk 703's * NAD T-758 * Adcom 5503 * Oppo 103 * Samsung 60" series 8 LCD -
I really like the look of the new home page. I never did like the wood panel look of the old one. Never made sense to me. Maybe for Home Depot or something but not a speaker company. Much better now.polkaudio sound quality competitor since 2005
MECA SQ Rookie of the Year 06 ~ MECA State Champ 06,07,08,11 ~ MECA World Finals 2nd place 06,07,08,09
08 Car Audio Nationals 1st ~ 07 N Georgia Nationals 1st ~ 06 Carl Casper Nationals 1st ~ USACi 05 Southeast AutumnFest 1st
polkaudio SR6500 --- polkaudio MM1040 x2 -- Pioneer P99 -- Rockford Fosgate P1000X5D -
@MacLeod I love your avatar...
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My first reaction to the home page is "Does Polk still make real speakers?" Mostly what I see is crap for the iPod generation.
My thoughts also. Which I found somewhat odd because their reputation lies solely in HT and 2 channel speakers. With more speaker makers taking a piece of the pie these days, I can understand them wanting to branch out. Unfortunately they have zero reputation in that segment of the market. Like I said before, a tad late to the party and their past ventures into wireless which are trouble prone and with the 4 shot have left the Polk brand at the bottom of the list for the kiddie generation. It would take a whopper of an effort to regain brand recognition in the digital /wireless segment.
But they are also entering a segment of the market already flooded with cheap digital stuff for the ipod crowd by many other brands, both low-fi and mid/hi-fi.
They must be wishing to expand the name plates exposure....understandable, but this also tells me Polk as a company is getting ready to be sold off down the line.
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 -
I understand when a small speaker maker wants to become more noticed, how many people know about Salk speakers? but you cant reach beyond your means and get lost in all the marketing hype... soon your name means nothing but hype.. like a scene from Fifth element with Chris tucker:
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt! Korben, sweetheart, what was that? IT WAS BAD! It had nothing! No fire, no energy, no nothin'! You know I have a show to run here, you know? Hmm? Hmm? And it must pop, Pop, POP! So tomorrow from five to seven, will you please act like you have more than a two word vo-cab-uh-lary? It must be green, OK? OK?2 ch- Polk CRS+ * Vincent SA-31MK Preamp * Vincent Sp-331 Amp * Marantz SA8005 SACD * Project Xperience Classic TT * Sumiko Blue Point #2 MC cartridge
HT - Polk 703's * NAD T-758 * Adcom 5503 * Oppo 103 * Samsung 60" series 8 LCD -
The "showcase" that most mention, is it like the vintage stuff? I tried searching. The model came up but the url was a sorry click home page thing lol. Or is the "showcase" something else?
I hope they keep ALL Polk product pages.
I feel like I need to raise the Polk flag upside down. As I feel Polk is in dire distress.......
Pretty bummed, as since I only joined like a year ago. Felt like joining a awesome school of fun, knowledge, common interest only to have the school close.
Cheers!!Polk Lsi9
Polk LsiC
Polk Fxi3
Pioneer SC-1222
Parasound 1200 II w/ Kimber Kable HERO + 4TC
SVS PB12-NSD (Bash)
PS4
Sharp Aquos 55"
"If your BOLD enough to try it,
your BOLD enough to make it happen" -
I can not believe how bad the photography is on the floor stander page, it truly looks like a pattern of black stripes ! IMO, some of the Polk higher-ups need to take a step back and then, take a long,hard look at what's being foisted on the company as "improvements" .
http://www.polkaudio.com/Home-Audio-Floor-Standing-Speakers/l/702 -
I too am disappointed in the new site design. It has a bit of flash and seems somewhat inviting, but when I try to find the answer to a basic question like "what are the dimensions of a CSiA6", the Polk main site should have that under the product details. It's not there. The products are organized atrociously, almost as if the site designers completely ignored the product lines when they organized the site.
Whoever designed it completely disregarded the existing site's search engine ranking for a large number of the vintage product pages and the google links now land on 404 pages. The vintage information is gone, and the site's page ranking will soon suffer severe damage.
This dog doesn't hunt. Polk should get their money back.Receiver: ONKYO TX-NR929 7.1 AVR 130wpc
Mains: 2x Polk RTA 8TL's
Center: Polk CS245i
Surrounds: 2x Klipsch RS-41ii (because they fit perfectly over the door and window)
Rear Surr: 2x Polk M4a '90
Subwoofer: Speakerlab DAS-SW dual-voice-coil 10" '88 30Hz-150Hz
Subwoofer Amp: ONKYO A-8019 AMP '85 100wpc
Display: Samsung 55" UNC55-8000 3D LED
Console: Xbox360
DVR: custom MythTV rig w/ 3 tuners OTA
Zone2: 2x Polk M5b '87 -
Exactly. On my mobile I cannot even find the specs of any item watts, dimensions, sensitivity,
Frequencies etc... Just a "overview"
Not sure if it is a "under construction".
Polk Lsi9
Polk LsiC
Polk Fxi3
Pioneer SC-1222
Parasound 1200 II w/ Kimber Kable HERO + 4TC
SVS PB12-NSD (Bash)
PS4
Sharp Aquos 55"
"If your BOLD enough to try it,
your BOLD enough to make it happen" -
I can not believe how bad the photography is on the floor stander page, it truly looks like a pattern of black stripes ! IMO, some of the Polk higher-ups need to take a step back and then, take a long,hard look at what's being foisted on the company as "improvements" .
http://www.polkaudio.com/Home-Audio-Floor-Standing-Speakers/l/702
I can easily tell that the LSiM's are better. They are sleeker looking by 5 pixels and are the most expensive. So they're better.
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I have been patient in my assessments as I know how software upgrades can take awhile to grow on users, but the product pages for those floor standing speakers is a real joke. A definite step back in quality of layout from the last website.HT Optoma HD25 LV on 80" DIY Screen, Anthem MRX 300 Receiver, Pioneer Elite BDP 51FD Polk CS350LS, Polk SDA1C, Polk FX300, Polk RT55, Dual EBS Adire Shiva 320watt tuned to 17hz, ICs-DIY Twisted Prs, Speaker-Raymond Cable
2 Channel Thorens TD 318 Grado ZF1, SACD/CD Marantz 8260, Soundstream/Krell DAC1, Audio Mirror PP1, Odyssey Stratos, ADS L-1290, ICs-DIY Twisted , Speaker-Raymond Cable -
Yep....nothing on that page says to a prospective buyer "Gotta check these out". I mean seriously, any high schooler could have done better. Is anyone who knows anything about what drives audiophiles in charge of the decision making ?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 -
When you first hit the New Polk Homepage, you think: "Is this an Audio company or simply an outfit that makes Audio Accessories?"
It is ONLY when you start looking "around" that you realize, "Hey, they ALSO make some real speakers!" lol
Is that a WISE decision? Probably not. And it goes without saying that System Showcases and "Vintage and retired product information needs to be back up!"-phenomenal resources there. Just provide a LINK for that somewhere and load it on a server (local or cloud based-how hard is that?).
cnhCurrently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!
Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
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On the Floorstanding page, the fact that a grill covered speaker is the first pictured doesn't make much sense, as they all look the same, but when the quick view (mouse hover) gives a binding post picture, you understand that no one knows what they are doing.
I.T., not marketing is driving these changes and some one needs to intervene.....HT Optoma HD25 LV on 80" DIY Screen, Anthem MRX 300 Receiver, Pioneer Elite BDP 51FD Polk CS350LS, Polk SDA1C, Polk FX300, Polk RT55, Dual EBS Adire Shiva 320watt tuned to 17hz, ICs-DIY Twisted Prs, Speaker-Raymond Cable
2 Channel Thorens TD 318 Grado ZF1, SACD/CD Marantz 8260, Soundstream/Krell DAC1, Audio Mirror PP1, Odyssey Stratos, ADS L-1290, ICs-DIY Twisted , Speaker-Raymond Cable -
IT always get's their way as they are never accountable to anyone. If products don't sell it's Marketing and Sales fault. If the company doesn't make money it's Management, Operations, Finance, etc. They get a pass.Carl
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maximillian wrote: »I can not believe how bad the photography is on the floor stander page, it truly looks like a pattern of black stripes ! IMO, some of the Polk higher-ups need to take a step back and then, take a long,hard look at what's being foisted on the company as "improvements" .
http://www.polkaudio.com/Home-Audio-Floor-Standing-Speakers/l/702
I can easily tell that the LSiM's are better. They are sleeker looking by 5 pixels and are the most expensive. So they're better.
I'd have to disagree, Max. I picked up some 65T's about a year ago for The Mob for their gaming rig. And as the pictures show on the floor stander page, the 65T's have much nicer looking feet than the LSiM707's pictured immediately to their left.
So they have to be better.
Even though I disagreed with your opinion Max, I did give your post a "Like" so you wouldn't feel bad about yourself.
Sal Palooza -
Ahhhh the feet. They are sexy. Just noticed though the R300 has a humongous woofer. Looks like it's the best for deep bass. Alright, maybe the LSiM's such compared to Polk's other offering.
"Like" right back at you. Man, this social stuff is the schiznit. This new site is keeping it real.... down deep. Now I see clearly that the old site was a bunch of lame without it. I'm sorry Polk for doubting ya. -
quicksilvergts wrote: »The "showcase" that most mention, is it like the vintage stuff? I tried searching. The model came up but the url was a sorry click home page thing lol. Or is the "showcase" something else?
I hope they keep ALL Polk product pages.
I feel like I need to raise the Polk flag upside down. As I feel Polk is in dire distress.......
Pretty bummed, as since I only joined like a year ago. Felt like joining a awesome school of fun, knowledge, common interest only to have the school close.
Cheers!!
The "Showcase" is where anyone that had a Forum account could post pictures of their setup for other people to see.
This was really cool to see as you could get an idea of whose got what gear, how its setup, etc.
"....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
