What's up with the LSi series?
pearsall001
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I've been on different sites, including here & everywhere I look the LSi series are all on backorder. The LSiFX seems to be available though. Is there something going on or are they simply having delays on deliveries? Or maybe Polk is phasing them out to make room for a new version? Anybody in the know!
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I've had a set of LSi25's and an LSiC on order since September 12th and haven't even had a sniff so far. I ordered a set of LSiFX's on October 31st and had them two weeks later. I'm starting to get PO'd now.Speakers: Polk LSi 25, LSiC, LSiFX
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I'm really hoping this means we will see some new models at CES? I am ready to upgrade!
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How long have the LSi series been in the market?
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How long have the LSi series been in the market?
8 or 9 years.
I'd say new stuff is due. Looking forward to it.
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Could it be a new LSi-A series:)Linn AV5140 fronts
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It'll be another 9 years
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Nope.CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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Nope.
Your lack of wordage leads me to believe that something is afoot with the LSi series. Yea or nah & how long a wait."2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up. -
i heard from our polk rep that something new was in the works, but that was 2 years agosetup
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I think we saw this "something new" at the headquarters during the Polk Fest tour last year, but who knows if that was just a design exercise or a production ready product.i heard from our polk rep that something new was in the works, but that was 2 years agoHow long have the LSi series been in the market?
Since winter 2001/2002? Technically, LSi has had some evolution of the series (at least 3 different cabinet finishes?), but if I understand correctly without any modification to the internals. -
I guess they made the LSi's too damn good and are having a hard time to make them better._________________________________________________
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In that case, they should hire me.I guess they made the LSi's too damn good and are having a hard time to make them better."He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche -
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Can they afford you?
Rather... could we afford to buy the "LSi-F" (F for "Face", of course) once you are done with them? -
In that case, they should hire me.
I see the problem there! I think the smart guys don't hire someone smarter than them.
lol Trying out Different Audio Cables is a Religious Affair. You don't discuss it with anyone. :redface::biggrin: -
Sure, I'll hook them up.
Ricardo does have a good point. The LSi's, for their price, are excellent sounding speakers. A total revamp is not really needed, but some tweaking is. Maybe a LSiA series is in order.
As far as drivers go, the woofer could really be improved. Vifa's ring radiator is a great tweeter, but the non-radiator version has greater dispersion and may be a better choice. In fact, ScanSpeak has a nice dome tweeter that is 8ohms and is better all around, but at more than twice the price.
My biggest gripe is the crossover components used. The tweeter caps should be at least Bennics. The cap in series with the mid should be a film cap, not electrolytic. It also wouldn't hurt if the coil in the MP was an air core too. After that, I can understand the use of cored inductors and electrolytic capacitors due to space constraints and substantial added costs involved, even some $10K+ speakers use electrolytics and cored inductors."He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche -
My biggest gripe is the crossover components used. The tweeter caps should be at least Bennics. The cap in series with the mid should be a film cap, not electrolytic. It also wouldn't hurt if the coil in the MP was an air core too. After that, I can understand the use of cored inductors and electrolytic capacitors due to space constraints and substantial added costs involved, even some $10K+ speakers use electrolytics and cored inductors.
Shoot! You just made me puke on my LSi9s. :eek:Trying out Different Audio Cables is a Religious Affair. You don't discuss it with anyone. :redface::biggrin: -
As far as drivers go, the woofer could really be improved. Vifa's ring radiator is a great tweeter, but the non-radiator version has greater dispersion and may be a better choice. In fact, ScanSpeak has a nice dome tweeter that is 8ohms and is better all around, but at more than twice the price.
My biggest gripe is the crossover components used. The tweeter caps should be at least Bennics. The cap in series with the mid should be a film cap, not electrolytic. It also wouldn't hurt if the coil in the MP was an air core too. After that, I can understand the use of cored inductors and electrolytic capacitors due to space constraints and substantial added costs involved, even some $10K+ speakers use electrolytics and cored inductors.
Everyone's a toilet engineer these days.CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint. -
"He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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The LSi-9s are almost unbeatable in their price range and really don't need all those tweaks...just a GREAT source, Nice Pre/amp, and good cabling...with the appropriate accessories they will hold their own with speakers costing 3 x 4 times their price. I also disagree about the Vifa tweeter...again with the right synergy they'll do very well.
I prefer the 9s to the rest of the series because crossovers, bass drivers and amps in the towers could use some attention.
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I think LSi9 vs 15 is a matter of preference. I for example, preferred LSi15 after comparing their sound to the sound of LSi9 with a Sub. In fact, I deleted Subwoofer from my HT/Music setup once I introduced LSi15 to my system.
I'm excited about any kind of upgrade news of the LSi series. Polk sound is very addictive and I have been unable to move off the Polk brand for more than a year ever since. Even after higher priced speakers from Sonus Faber and Monitor Audio I moved to LSi speakers when they were introduced. LSi married signature Polk sound with a higher quality tweeter/drivers and better cabinet.
By the way, as far as LSi revisions, poster above mentioned 3 but I've only aware of two versions of LSi speakers. The original one used black laminate and poorly finished wood panels on the sides - which really made speakers look cheap in person. The second revision, which I got from Tweeter, has a real piano black lacquer finish applied to wood and a smoothly finished wood sides that are most likely finished in veener (I don't think they are actually solid piece of wood). I don't know if it's true or not, but Tweeter sales guy at a time told me that Tweeter made Polk put these cosmetic upgrades as a prerequisite for them to carry LSi speakers along with Sonus, Martin Logan and other high-end speakers that they sold. If this story is even partially true than in my eyes, that alone justified Tweeter existence. Too bad they are RIP. -
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pearsall001 wrote: »Your lack of wordage leads me to believe that something is afoot with the LSi series. Yea or nah & how long a wait.
you should have said "your lack of knowledge" leads me to believe...
personally, I think Polk needs a line of speakers just under the LSi myself more geared toward music than home theater.PolkFest 2012, who's going>?
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danger boy wrote: »personally, I think Polk needs a line of speakers just under the LSi myself more geared toward music than home theater.
You mean like...the LSi series? =0 They're pretty affordable already. -
I think if anything, Polk needs to create a reference product above LSi - pull all stops. It has enough expertise, brand power and ingenuity to do just that.
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Good quote Bernal,
Remember Matt Polk set about a bit like Henry Ford and the Model T, i.e., to make 'affordable' quality speakers that would provide the best sound for the price paid...it really wasn't about 10K plus speaker but speakers that sounded better than their price.
And I think Polk continues this tradition...I think LSis are near the limit of the price range already.
I also agree with danger boy above..about a more 'musical' speaker in the Rtis price range. I see a return of the 6.5/1 inch/6.5 with a more laid back tweeter than the RTIs and a heavier better engineered cabinet for bass, and maybe a passive radiator, etc.
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Hell, Polk could make $20,000... $40,000... or even $100,000 speakers if they wanted to. It's not a question of engineering prowess or resources. It's a question of buyers. Who is going to buy that stuff? Selling loudspeakers in the hi-fi world isn't easy, especially when you have 'Polk' in your name.
BINGO!!! Polk is about sellingLOTS of speakers to put in peoples homes, not putting a few very expensive but non-selling speakers in a few egocentric peoples homes that the majority can't afford & wouldn't want anyway.
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...By the way, as far as LSi revisions, poster above mentioned 3 but I've only aware of two versions of LSi speakers. The original one used black laminate and poorly finished wood panels on the sides - which really made speakers look cheap in person. The second revision... has a real piano black lacquer finish applied to wood and a smoothly finished wood sides...
The "laminated" version have been finished in two different ways. The earlier ones had smooth front and sides, and had raised tops that continued with the angle of the wood panels.
What looks like another reflection along the side and front at the top is actually that beveled edge.
My 15's are the same, too, quite ugly when you look closely.
Almost immediately somebody must have had a good idea to make tops smooth and flat, and move the seams to the front and back (I heard the term "picture-frame back") where they are less visible behind grills.
