Matching Older Polks to Center and Sub (2005)

skrol
skrol Posts: 3,378
edited February 2011 in Vintage Speakers
This is information from the Polk Audio web site in 2005 regarding matching older Polk Audio speakers to Center channel and Subs. The info is rather dated at this point but still may be useful.
Stan

Main 2ch:
Polk LSi15 (DB840 upgrade), Parasound: P/LD-1100, HCA-1000A; Denon: DVD-2910, DRM-800A; Benchmark DAC1, Monster HTS3600-MKII, Grado SR-225i; Technics SL-J2, Parasound PPH-100.

HT:
Marantz SR7010, Polk: RTA11TL (RDO198-1, XO and Damping Upgrades), S4, CS250, PSW110 , Marantz UD5005, Pioneer PL-530, Panasonic TC-P42S60

Other stuff:
Denon: DRA-835R, AVR-888, DCD-660, DRM-700A, DRR-780; Polk: S8, Monitor 5A, 5B, TSi100, RM7, PSW10 (DXi104 upgrade); Pioneer: CT-6R; Onkyo CP-1046F; Ortofon OM5E, Marantz: PM5004, CD5004, CDR-615; Parasound C/PT-600, HCA-800ii, Sony CDP-650ESD, Technics SA 5070, B&W DM601
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  • BassFishing
    BassFishing Posts: 26
    edited November 2010
    skrol wrote: »
    This is information from the Polk Audio web site in 2005 regarding matching older Polk Audio speakers to Center channel and Subs. The info is rather dated at this point but still may be useful.

    Thks for the link! Check my original post in this thread and see the Polk link I had found. Seems contradicting, but I'm gonna go with the cs400 per yr suggestion
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,378
    edited November 2010
    I hadn't seen that. They may update the list based on what Polk Audio has available.
    Stan

    Main 2ch:
    Polk LSi15 (DB840 upgrade), Parasound: P/LD-1100, HCA-1000A; Denon: DVD-2910, DRM-800A; Benchmark DAC1, Monster HTS3600-MKII, Grado SR-225i; Technics SL-J2, Parasound PPH-100.

    HT:
    Marantz SR7010, Polk: RTA11TL (RDO198-1, XO and Damping Upgrades), S4, CS250, PSW110 , Marantz UD5005, Pioneer PL-530, Panasonic TC-P42S60

    Other stuff:
    Denon: DRA-835R, AVR-888, DCD-660, DRM-700A, DRR-780; Polk: S8, Monitor 5A, 5B, TSi100, RM7, PSW10 (DXi104 upgrade); Pioneer: CT-6R; Onkyo CP-1046F; Ortofon OM5E, Marantz: PM5004, CD5004, CDR-615; Parasound C/PT-600, HCA-800ii, Sony CDP-650ESD, Technics SA 5070, B&W DM601
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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited November 2010
    interesting document.

    Was there any information on how the matchups were decided?
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  • Audioquest
    Audioquest Posts: 104
    edited November 2010
    Even speakers by the same manufacturer let alone room acoustics make even the same exact speakers sound quite different in varying room locations. I had 5 identical M&K satellites and even with that match, the center sounded different due to height from floor in the center position.

    The newer receivers that have the Audyssey equalizer/mic is very good at matching speakers. I've seen what it could do on a friends weird room using his new Onkyo DHC 9.9 processor and it was amazing how closely it can match different speakers. Even a lot of the cheap receivers use a level of Audyssey now.

    Being that I wanted something budget, I tried a few speakers to match my 2.3's and found that an affordable older Infinity Video 1 matched really closely tone-wise. That recommended CS1000 would be nice but I'd think it would be tough to find one and likely not cheap.
    HT: Polk SDA SRS 2.3 main fronts, Klipsch RC-25 center channel, Polk RTi-150 rears, M&K V1B sub, Denon AVR-5800, Samsung 52" LCD, Sony BDP-S550

    2 Channel: Carver ALS Platinum, Audio Research LS-2B preamp, Counterpoint SA-100 amplifier, Integra CD player, Denon SL7D tt, TC750 phono pre, Nikko tuner
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited November 2010
    There's speakers that aren't on that list.

    I'm working on rebuilding/restoring a cs350ls to go with my m10b's and my Rt/fx's do just fine as surrounds.
    My equipment sig felt inadequate and deleted itself.
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  • greybeard
    greybeard Posts: 60
    edited November 2010
    http://www.polkaudio.com/education/showanswer.php?question_num=63
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited November 2010
    Rivrrat wrote: »
    There's speakers that aren't on that list.

    I'm working on rebuilding/restoring a cs350ls to go with my m10b's and my Rt/fx's do just fine as surrounds.

    Many here find the 350 to be good match for vintage Polks... myself included.:smile:... but I stuck a sl2000 in mine..
    2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's

    Living Room: PC > Marantz AV-7703 > Emotiva XPA-5 > Sonus Faber Liuto Towers, Sonus Faber Liuto Center, Sonus Faber Liuto Bookshelves > Dual SVS PC12-Pluses

    Office: Phone/Tablet > AudioEngine B1 > McIntosh D100 > Bryston 4B-ST > Polk Audio LSiM-703's
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  • 20hz
    20hz Posts: 636
    edited February 2011
    Rivrrat wrote: »
    There's speakers that aren't on that list.

    I'm working on rebuilding/restoring a cs350ls to go with my m10b's and my Rt/fx's do just fine as surrounds.

    I plan to build a cs350 also in my case I will culprit the stuff from a pair of lsfx ..
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