Looking forward to L800 but have concerns, what are your thoughts?

SIHAB · October 2020

ok, who wanted to flick Ron in the ear?

hochpt21 · January 2021

Just got this email...

simm · January 2021

LEGEND L800
POLK LEGEND SERIES PREMIUM FLOORSTANDING TOWER SPEAKER WITH PATENTED SDA-PRO TECHNOLOGY
Good for Benefits
Crisp & clear dialogue with VoiceAdjust®
Make virtually any TV sound incredible
Hi-Res music streaming with Chromecast
3 years warranty

When did the warranty drop to 3 years for these? I thought initially it was 5 years and then another 5 years for registering them..

pitdogg2 · January 2021

what in tarnation is voice adjust®? Hi-Res music streaming with Chromecast ? again what is this? just where do you plug this into on the speakers?

VR3 · January 2021

Polk marketing has no clue what they are selling

pitdogg2 · January 2021

Well that makes me feel warm and cuddly

mhardy6647 · January 2021

I'm just feelin' left out 'cause I didn't get the email!?
I used to get 'em -- wonder why I didn't get this one...

pitdogg2 · January 2021

mhardy6647 wrote: »

I'm just feelin' left out 'cause I didn't get the email!?
I used to get 'em -- wonder why I didn't get this one...

They know dang sure you are not marketable....😀

Emlyn · January 2021

simm wrote: »

LEGEND L800
POLK LEGEND SERIES PREMIUM FLOORSTANDING TOWER SPEAKER WITH PATENTED SDA-PRO TECHNOLOGY
Good for Benefits
Crisp & clear dialogue with VoiceAdjust®
Make virtually any TV sound incredible
Hi-Res music streaming with Chromecast
3 years warranty

When did the warranty drop to 3 years for these? I thought initially it was 5 years and then another 5 years for registering them..

Another web site glitch. The description there is for a soundbar. Warranty is still 5 years or 10 with registration on passive speakers.

ken brydson · January 2021

And 0% financing for a whole 3 months. Sign me up....

F1nut · January 2021

I noticed they are listing their location as Carlsbad instead of Vista.

warren · January 2021

warren wrote: »

BlueFox wrote: »

Ambiguous pricing. Makes it look like $12K for a pair.

This is the post that squelched my buying the L800...

Polk is now offering no interest when you buy the L series !

warren · January 2021

VR3 wrote: »

Polk marketing has no clue what they are selling

I remember when your mom drove you to the Polk meetings, you remodeled your home, went into business.. I’d call you astute . Now Polk is trying with this sales campaign, I hope they succeed as you did ..

txcoastal1 · January 2021

VR3 wrote: »

Polk marketing has no clue what they are selling

Polk should have never cut us installers off through dealer distribution...we were their the soldiers on the ground so the family, friends and neighbors could see what was new in HT and music

Emlyn · April 2021

Rick88 wrote: »

Audioholics posted a review of the L800 a few days ago.

https://www.audioholics.com/tower-speaker-reviews/polk-legend-l800

Good review that acknowledges he didn't have the ideal room for the speakers at only 11 feet wide. Most people would not want to live with huge sound absorbing panels on either side of their speakers. Realistically, the L800s are going to need a front wall that's at least 15 feet wide without obstructions and preferably more when sitting around 8 to 10 feet away from the center point between the speakers. I had a pair of the big original SDA-SRS in a 10 x 10 foot room once and they still sounded good when pushed close to the side walls but they sounded way better in a bigger room.

The L600s would be a better choice for a narrow room.

audioluvr · April 2021

Emlyn wrote: »

Good review that acknowledges he didn't have the ideal room for the speakers at only 11 feet wide.

True but at least he made the effort to set up the speakers and room treatments necessary to hear the SDA magic. I can't stand it when a component is reviewed in an inadequate situation.

mpitogo · November 2021

So after living with my L800's since Nov 2019, I can say hands down the best speakers I have ever owned and so much fun! I made changes to the room orientation I used to have it on the wide wall of a 15'x25' room, I changed speaker placement, its now on the shorter 15' section of the wall and its even more amazing. I have in room response measurements from the main listening position and typical forward left/righ and rearward left/right from both original wide wall location and short wall location. The bass extension is now much deeper and flatter extending down to a reasonable 24hz and I can attest to feeling it in my back, even at low volumes.

I have a pretty decent set of cans but man the same source material on the L800 is just sublime. I started listening to the 2021 re-release of Radiohead KID A MNESIA, wow!!

Anyway, I am actually moving to a new house and hope to try to recreate that magic. It's a real PITA but thankfully I kept all the boxes for nearly everything except stuff like LSi25, DSW microPRO3000 era and older.

Mike Reeter · November 2021

mpitogo wrote: »

So after living with my L800's since Nov 2019, I can say hands down the best speakers I have ever owned and so much fun! I made changes to the room orientation I used to have it on the wide wall of a 15'x25' room, I changed speaker placement, its now on the shorter 15' section of the wall and its even more amazing. I have in room response measurements from the main listening position and typical forward left/righ and rearward left/right from both original wide wall location and short wall location. The bass extension is now much deeper and flatter extending down to a reasonable 24hz and I can attest to feeling it in my back, even at low volumes.

I have a pretty decent set of cans but man the same source material on the L800 is just sublime. I started listening to the 2021 re-release of Radiohead KID A MNESIA, wow!!

Anyway, I am actually moving to a new house and hope to try to recreate that magic. It's a real PITA but thankfully I kept all the boxes for nearly everything except stuff like LSi25, DSW microPRO3000 era and older.

I would imagine the L800's are singing the praises of the accompanying gear you have ahead of them...WELL DONE

Emlyn · November 2021

I am thinking the ideal room size for the L800s is 15 to 16 feet wide by 20 to 25 feet deep with solid walls without windows, doors, fireplaces, bookshelves, etc on either side. To me they benefit by having at least a couple feet behind them and a few feet behind the listening spot.

Thanks to mpitogo for sharing the early experience with these. It made it easier for me to justify purchasing mine when the price first dropped.

nooshinjohn · November 2021

My room is 19’6” on the long wall, 15 feet on the short wall with 4 feet behind me.... should be a great fit.

mpitogo · February 2022

Bring this back to life. I recently moved from NJ to TX and our new house has almost 2x the square footage. The new room its going into is technically 17W x 19L x 23H but its all open so much bigger, we'll see how it goes. Can't wait to set it up. We've been here 4 weeks.

pitdogg2 · February 2022

Congrats on moving to a "free" state...

Milito · February 2022

Congrats and welcome to Texas!

Emlyn · February 2022

23 foot high ceilings is pretty impressive. I'd get a remote controlled helicopter and fly it around.

The 17' by 19' is ideal for L800s in my opinion as long as the sweet spot can be set where you want it to be in the space.

pitdogg2 · February 2022

Emlyn Posts: 3,320
1:05PM
23 foot high ceilings is pretty impressive. I'd get a remote controlled helicopter and fly it around.

I'd turn on the ceiling fans and see how good you are at turbulence

mpitogo · February 2022

Can't wait to blast it, will need to figure out acoustics. I had acoustic treatments in my old house which was a 15x25 room but only low traditional 7' Northeast ceilings.

mpitogo · February 2022

Pics of progress still trying to figure things out but it’s now making sounds after 2 months boxes. Took wide angle shots to show the setup area vs space relative to the speakers. Wife and daughter now say they’re small speakers… implying I need bigger ones to fill the space.

stangman67 · February 2022

Clearly grande utopia evos are the appropriate sized speaker for that space

stangman67 · February 2022

Hi I bet those things are gonna sound great. Jealous of that MAC gear too

nooshinjohn · February 2022

I do not envy your task of creating a decent soundstage in that environment. BEAUTIFUL house however...

Looking forward to L800 but have concerns, what are your thoughts?

Comments