Polks @ Fry's

ND13
ND13 Posts: 7,601
edited August 2005 in Speakers
Was in Fry's Sunday and noticed that they weren't carrying the Lsi series any longer?? They had R series and RTi series, but no LSis anymore. They are carrying the JBL Northridge and Infinity Primus and Beta series now. It looked as though they were phasing out the Tannoy Fusion series as well.

Speaking of the Tannoys, does anyone here have any experience with the Fusion line? I can get a decent deal on these, are they nice speakers? I know they make nice gear, just don't know anything about the Fusion line.
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,583
    edited August 2005
    No more LSI at Fry's? Hmm... wonder why.
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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited August 2005
    There aren't any Fry's where I live, but doesn't Fry's typically sell products well below MSRP? I would think that wouldn't make Polk or their other retail partners very happy. Of course, they would have known about that before selling them there, plus Fry's still has RTi's.
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,583
    edited August 2005
    Last time I checked, my Frys had the LSi. Ill take a look again next time I go there.
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited August 2005
    I noticed that also last Friday on my trip to Fry's. No LSi's anywhere.
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  • phuz
    phuz Posts: 2,372
    edited August 2005
    Ditto. I've noticed this at all 3 Fry's in Houston.

    I'm kinda glad about it.
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,583
    edited August 2005
    phuz wrote:
    Ditto. I've noticed this at all 3 Fry's in Houston.

    I'm kinda glad about it.

    Glad? Why?
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited August 2005
    But what about the Tannoys?? Does anyone know anything about the Fusions?
    "SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • SniperREX
    SniperREX Posts: 930
    edited August 2005
    Joey_V wrote:
    Last time I checked, my Frys had the LSi. Ill take a look again next time I go there.

    Me too, they had LSi15, LSi9, LSi7 two weeks ago.


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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited August 2005
    I wish I had a Fry's near me. They seem to be giving away Polk gear all the time for a song and a dance!
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  • Ron Temple
    Ron Temple Posts: 3,212
    edited August 2005
    Just the Rs, the other sales are Polk sponsered.

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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited August 2005
    That would still be sweet. I plan on using the R's as surrounds. CC has em for $100-120 but Ive heard of Frys having them down to $30 each or something.

    I guess I could always order them off their website but I prefer not to.
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  • wlrandall
    wlrandall Posts: 440
    edited August 2005
    MacLeod wrote:
    That would still be sweet. I plan on using the R's as surrounds. CC has em for $100-120 but Ive heard of Frys having them down to $30 each or something.

    I guess I could always order them off their website but I prefer not to.

    Word of caution-if they appear at Outpost on sale, Fry's won't honor it instore. Fought this battle and lost...
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited August 2005
    fireshoes wrote:
    There aren't any Fry's where I live, but doesn't Fry's typically sell products well below MSRP?
    Fry's is like Crutchfield......full MSRP most all of the time on their stuff with the occasional blowout.
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  • gregure
    gregure Posts: 871
    edited August 2005
    I heard some of the smaller Tannoy Fusions run off an Adcom amp in a dealer near where I live. Wasn't too impressed. They had a nice smooth sound, but the sound stage was pretty thin. There are other speaker manufacturers out there who can pack a lot more sound into a speaker of that size.

    Still, what matters most is what you think of them, and if you like what you hear, and can get them at a good price, why do you need us to tell you they are a good buy?

    In a smaller room, they would probably perform like some decent bookshelf speakers. That is my assessment of their sound. Very musical though.
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited August 2005
    gregure wrote:
    Still, what matters most is what you think of them, and if you like what you hear, and can get them at a good price, why do you need us to tell you they are a good buy?
    Very musical though.

    I wasn't asking about pricing or whether they were a good deal, sorry for any confusion. I wanted to know if anyone had ever had more than a 5-10 minute in-store demo or not and what they thought of the sound and maybe what other brand they would compare the sound to. Also I would be looking at either the smallest tower with the 1 driver and tweeter (R30 type) or the 2 driver/one tweeter (R50 type) tower. So you think that the BS you heard was very musical??? That's what I look for, seeing that I'm 80% music and 20% movies.

    Thanks
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    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • h4ma
    h4ma Posts: 10
    edited August 2005
    The LSi's are being swapped out because the wood grain finish on older version of the LSi's looks cheap and where the wood grain connects to the speakers, there's a visible separation. The newer version's of the LSi's has a more smooth, clean, continuous look to it.

    From what I'm told, the packaging for the old LSi-12's and the new LSi-12's were identical, except for a yellow sticker on the bottom-side of the packaging to indicate it was a newer model. Unless every salesperson in the country knew to look for that sticker, both models would be sold to the customer. Imagine going home to receive one old model and one new model with two different style finishes of the LSi-12's. So.., polk recalled all LSi's to sort out the mess. Atleast, that was what I was told at Fry's when I had to disconnect and package every single LSi speakers in the store to be sent back to polk.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited August 2005
    LSi-12?

    Is there a speaker in the LSi line up that I'm not aware of?
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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,583
    edited August 2005
    LSi12 is a bookshelf with 3 5.25 drivers and a vifa tweeter.

    LOL...
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  • h4ma
    h4ma Posts: 10
    edited August 2005
    oops. i was thinking of the flagship floorstanding speakers, but the rti-12's came into mind when I wrote that. bah.
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