New Polk Audio "Legend" Speaker Series shown at 2019 Hong Kong High End Audio Video Show
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PolkAudioJoJo wrote: »PolkAudioJoJo wrote: »So I was curious, are these teasers being discussed on other audio forums? I did a quick search and couldn't find any.
I posted the original post on the new Polk Audio speakers and actually had second thoughts. I could've post the photos on other audio forums, but I figured I will limit "the damage" (Polk may not want such news on the new speaker line out so soon).
This from the guy that thinks his S60's are the pinnacle. Hilarious!
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PolkAudioJoJo wrote: »PolkAudioJoJo wrote: »So I was curious, are these teasers being discussed on other audio forums? I did a quick search and couldn't find any.
I posted the original post on the new Polk Audio speakers and actually had second thoughts. I could've post the photos on other audio forums, but I figured I will limit "the damage" (Polk may not want such news on the new speaker line out so soon).
This from the guy that thinks his S60's are the pinnacle. Hilarious!
What are your main speakers?
Why, Bose 601s of course! -
PolkAudioJoJo wrote: »PolkAudioJoJo wrote: »PolkAudioJoJo wrote: »So I was curious, are these teasers being discussed on other audio forums? I did a quick search and couldn't find any.
I posted the original post on the new Polk Audio speakers and actually had second thoughts. I could've post the photos on other audio forums, but I figured I will limit "the damage" (Polk may not want such news on the new speaker line out so soon).
This from the guy that thinks his S60's are the pinnacle. Hilarious!
What are your main speakers?
Why, Bose 601s of course!
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PolkAudioJoJo wrote: »PolkAudioJoJo wrote: »PolkAudioJoJo wrote: »So I was curious, are these teasers being discussed on other audio forums? I did a quick search and couldn't find any.
I posted the original post on the new Polk Audio speakers and actually had second thoughts. I could've post the photos on other audio forums, but I figured I will limit "the damage" (Polk may not want such news on the new speaker line out so soon).
This from the guy that thinks his S60's are the pinnacle. Hilarious!
What are your main speakers?
Why, Bose 601s of course!
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PolkAudioJoJo wrote: »PolkAudioJoJo wrote: »PolkAudioJoJo wrote: »So I was curious, are these teasers being discussed on other audio forums? I did a quick search and couldn't find any.
I posted the original post on the new Polk Audio speakers and actually had second thoughts. I could've post the photos on other audio forums, but I figured I will limit "the damage" (Polk may not want such news on the new speaker line out so soon).
This from the guy that thinks his S60's are the pinnacle. Hilarious!
What are your main speakers?
Why, Bose 601s of course!
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https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/polk-audio-is-teasing-a-brand-new-speaker-“a-legend-emerges”.882600/
Someone at AK posted the teaser video
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Looks the same as the ones at the very beginning of this thread?..
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joecoulson wrote: »Looks the same as the ones at the very beginning of this thread?..
yeah, t'is... but someone had asked if there were any chatter on the 'legends' any place else -- and I just saw that this morning. Thass all.
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Was only saying that (not to deter from your added value) as a confirmation of no other higher end speakers in the works from Polk.
If I’m being honest, the legends look like they are cheaper (looking) than the LSiMs
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ahh, I misinterpreted your post, sorry 'bout that.
I'd concur about the cheaper looking nature of what we've seen so far -- for me, it's the gloss finish. Not a fan. Satin finished walnut (or other real wood) works better for me, but - as always - I know I ain't the target demographic!
We used honed granite for the countertops in this house; I am just not crazy about shiny granite; strikes me as a nouveau riche kind of "look". McIntosh stuff has the same effect on me -- come to think of it.
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mhardy6647 wrote: »https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/polk-audio-is-teasing-a-brand-new-speaker-“a-legend-emerges”.882600/
Someone at AK posted the teaser video
Very cool! We'll see if it generates some buzz there. So I played the video again, with sound this time, IMO very cool.
But in looking again, this time a bit closer, at the weird shaped drivers, it looks like the material is a bit unusual. Hmmm. Hard to tell. Carbon fiber perhaps?
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Hmmmmm.
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Make sure and seal those tops Mark
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Is that right? Two tweets and mids? Not photoshopped?
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joecoulson wrote: »Is that right? Two tweets and kids? Not photoshopped?
From Facebook, anything is possible.Pio Elete Pro 520
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Polks darkened image shows the same two tweet, two mid speaker. Interesting.Just a dude doing dude-ly things
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This is the TOTL and what I saw in November of '17. The layout is correct and there's a reason for it.... -
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codycatalist wrote: »Polks darkened image shows the same two tweet, two mid speaker. Interesting.
This is from their FB page! Hard to tell, but it looks like 2 tweets and 2 mids, side by side!
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Yeah if you lighten it up, you can see the dual mids and tweets- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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Their marketers keep stepping on their own reveal.
My guess is DSP is involved rather than just acoustics with this model. Those woofers also look bigger than anything Polk before, so may be a powered tower.
I need to go check my piggy bank and sofa cushions. -
Those are the bookshelve speakers up top, and the mids from the towers below...
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I disagree. Why would the bottom of the bookshelf speakers be angled like that? Plus there's a lot more cabinet above the tweeter than the Hong Kong pictures on the first page of this thread.afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
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Those are the bookshelve speakers up top, and the mids from the towers below...
No, Larry, that is a single tower. -
The "SDA" image above is directly from Polk's Facebook account.
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This might just be as advertised. I bet that sucker is pricey.The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
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