Polk Brings Their A Game

zingo

I was thinking about this last night and thought I would share. A lot of people really like B&W speakers because they use "trickle down" technology. So when you buy a pair of 602s, it has similar tweeter technology to a pair of 705s, and on and on. That's a good thing, and they get a lot of fans that way because they are offering a good product at a good price.
However, if you can buy a pair of Polk speakers and get the exact same tweeter in a pair of $350 Monitor 5 Jrs as in a pair of $3000 SRSs, that's a deal! Trickle down is great, and I know Polk uses it, but when you can get some of the exact same components, no matter where you buy in the speaker chain, you have a fantastic product and a great value. Just my .02...

jakelm

When you have figured out a good crossover network for particular drivers, there is no sense in changing anything. Just go more or less.

Also allows to buy parts, in bigger bulk, for a better price.

zingo

It's a smart way to run a business, for the seller and the consumer.

heiney9

This is lesson well learned in the automotive industry as well. No use making several different parts for the same application if you can make just one work in many applications. For some auto manufacturer's that was a hard lesson to learn.

jakelm

I noticed this also with my B&K amp. The same parts and case is used for multiple applications. B&K just added channels or removed channels, depending on that amp specs.