LSi7 sample
A while back I got an amazing deal on craigslist for some polk lsi7's. Today I got curious and opened them up and saw this:
Before going any farther I should say that I dont see any serial number on the back, just the barcoded Polkaudio Lsi7 sticker below the input pins and sticker above them that says "Polk Audio Engineering Sample No. 00-xxxx". Where xxxx are some numbers I will leave undisclosed for the moment.
Don't get me wrong, they sound awesome and I am terribly pleased with their performance. I just didn't expect to see such a careless applying of glue on such a high end speaker, perhaps because they were a sample set? Also the top gloss black section sits about 1/3rd of a millimeter lower than the surrounding bevels making a noticeable lip around the top of both speakers and one of the 4 wood side panels has a lot of chipping on top.
Lip (The flash on my camera really highlights it, it's not very noticeable in person):
Chipping:
I'm mostly posting because I am curious if other people have noticed things like this with their polk speakers or if it is just because I acquired a research sample. I love the sound of them so much I will certainly buy some lsi9's and an lsic to make a 5.1 set regardless of small manufacturing flaws.
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Before going any farther I should say that I dont see any serial number on the back, just the barcoded Polkaudio Lsi7 sticker below the input pins and sticker above them that says "Polk Audio Engineering Sample No. 00-xxxx". Where xxxx are some numbers I will leave undisclosed for the moment.
Don't get me wrong, they sound awesome and I am terribly pleased with their performance. I just didn't expect to see such a careless applying of glue on such a high end speaker, perhaps because they were a sample set? Also the top gloss black section sits about 1/3rd of a millimeter lower than the surrounding bevels making a noticeable lip around the top of both speakers and one of the 4 wood side panels has a lot of chipping on top.
Lip (The flash on my camera really highlights it, it's not very noticeable in person):
Chipping:
I'm mostly posting because I am curious if other people have noticed things like this with their polk speakers or if it is just because I acquired a research sample. I love the sound of them so much I will certainly buy some lsi9's and an lsic to make a 5.1 set regardless of small manufacturing flaws.
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Looks like you got an engineering sample. That's how they usually go - they're hand made not on a production line so the quality usually is very rough. I have many components like that and while they perform 100%, sometimes aesthetically they do not look right because they are pre-production.Main Surround -
Epson 8350 Projector/ Elite Screens 120" / Pioneer Elite SC-35 / Sunfire Signature / Focal Chorus 716s / Focal Chorus CC / Polk MC80 / Polk PSW150 sub
Bedroom - Sharp Aquos 70" 650 / Pioneer SC-1222k / Polk RT-55 / Polk CS-250
Den - Rotel RSP-1068 / Threshold CAS-2 / Boston VR-M60 / BDP-05FD -
Good to know, thanks. Still extremely happy considering I paid 150 for the pair.
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thats one hell of a deal.Main Surround -
Epson 8350 Projector/ Elite Screens 120" / Pioneer Elite SC-35 / Sunfire Signature / Focal Chorus 716s / Focal Chorus CC / Polk MC80 / Polk PSW150 sub
Bedroom - Sharp Aquos 70" 650 / Pioneer SC-1222k / Polk RT-55 / Polk CS-250
Den - Rotel RSP-1068 / Threshold CAS-2 / Boston VR-M60 / BDP-05FD -
Good to know, thanks. Still extremely happy considering I paid 150 for the pair.
Welcome to the Club-Great deal!Linn AV5140 fronts
Linn AV5120 Center
Linn AV5140 Rears
M&K MX-70 Sub for Music
Odyssey Mono-Blocs
SVS Ultra-13 Gloss Black:D -
I picked up a pair of Monitor 5A's a few months back and when I carried them in the house I noticed something rattling inside. It turned out to be a bunch of pieces of glue from when they were built in 1983. It was comical how much glue was in there. But they are built incredibly solid.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
