Polk LS90

zarrdoss
zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
edited February 2009 in Vintage Speakers
has anyone listened to these? how do they sound?
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  • DollarDave
    DollarDave Posts: 2,575
    edited February 2009
    Yes, a few of us own them. We like the way they sound - I would say good balance and able to handle gobs of power. What are you looking to use them for? H/T or 2 channel? What are you, or would you, be driving them with?
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited February 2009
    mainly 2 channel and I always use a sub no matter the speakers bass response, I have an Onkyo receiver dont really know the model # puts out decent power or a Sony STR DA2 ES and use them in my main. Are these pickey on power?
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited February 2009
    Is $450 in excellent condition a good price for these?
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  • DollarDave
    DollarDave Posts: 2,575
    edited February 2009
    That's what I paid for mine from a club polk member about a year ago. I would do it again in a heartbeat. Mine are Rosewood and they are beautiful, I have had the maple which were faily decent to look at, but I have alway been partial to the black ones and would pick those up for my H/T and move my Rosewood to one of my 2 channel systems if I had the chance. Maybe just me, but a guy's 2 channel should scream elegance and the Rosewood do that.

    Short answer - yes, you will enjoy them for years. Go pick them up. The plastic surrounds can come loose, but a little super glue will fix that.
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited February 2009
    DaveMuell wrote: »
    That's what I paid for mine from a club polk member about a year ago. I would do it again in a heartbeat. Mine are Rosewood and they are beautiful, I have had the maple which were faily decent to look at, but I have alway been partial to the black ones and would pick those up for my H/T and move my Rosewood to one of my 2 channel systems if I had the chance. Maybe just me, but a guy's 2 channel should scream elegance and the Rosewood do that.

    Short answer - yes, you will enjoy them for years. Go pick them up. The plastic surrounds can come loose, but a little super glue will fix that.

    These are the black ones I have some SDA SRS 2.3 for the main HT so these would go in the 2 channel room and replace the SRS 2B's
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited February 2009
    does anyone know the ohms/power ratings on these?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,746
    edited February 2009
    If it were me, I'd put the 2.3's in the 2 channel rig with a decent amp, not an AVR and use the 2B's in the HT rig.
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited February 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    If it were me, I'd put the 2.3's in the 2 channel rig with a decent amp, not an AVR and use the 2B's in the HT rig.

    I took your advise and put the 2.3 in the 2 channel room and hooked them up to a yamaha amp/ preamp and what a difference. One thing I have noticed is the Sda line are real particular of the rooms acoustics. Everything has sounded better in my partially finnished basement than my living room, I also got the L90's today and what an awesome speaker those are. Those replaced the 2.3's in the main theater/ music room and I have no complaints.
    Thank you everyone for your advise!
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  • stubby
    stubby Posts: 723
    edited February 2009
    zarrdoss wrote: »
    does anyone know the ohms/power ratings on these?

    Polk lit says they are "compatible with 8 ohm ouputs". Are they actually 8 ohms? I doubt it. probably closer to 5 or 6. Polk had to put that on there because most people were buying cheaper AV receivers that were limited bandwidth in the amp department.

    They were rated to handle up to 250 watts. That seems a bit low to me. Oh yeah, they were rated at 90dB sensitivity. THAT seems OK.

    stubby
    SRS 3.1TL
    Harman Kardon Citation 5.1
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited February 2009
    I also picked up a CS350LS center today to match these now my HT sounds awesome!
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  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,861
    edited February 2009
    zarrdoss wrote: »
    I also picked up a CS350LS center today to match these now my HT sounds awesome!

    its a fantastic center and matches the 90's perfectly..........and they make a great front 3
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited February 2009
    yes they do, and got it for a hell of a price.
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