Legend Line being discontinued.......?
heiney9
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This is a continuation of this thread that was going off topic.
https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/200086/assembling-a-pair-of-legends#latest
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https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/200086/assembling-a-pair-of-legends#latest
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"Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Puritan Audio PSM136 Pwr Condtioner & Classic PC's | Legend L600 | Roon Nucleus 1 w/LPS - Tubes add soul!
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You should start a news media outlet. This could be your first sensational headline. It'd push Superman Dead.....? to page 2.
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AVS post brought me here.. I hope this isn't true and would find it extremely odd if they did. The part thing is worrying too. I am looking to get a dediicated room and wanted L600s or, be a crazy man and L800s for rears and have 4 L800s in a setup.
IQHomeEntertainment told me they haven't heard anything yet and can still order whatever Legend model.
It's making me wonder if I should sell off my Legend/Reserve mix and just get a different brand so I don't need to worry down the line
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Every speaker model from every manufacturer gets discontinued at some point.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
I confirmed with support Legend line is done. Whats out there is whats left it sounds like. Polk themselves won't restock again.
Out of curiosity, I asked about the Reserve line and said they expect more inventory by May 10th and they are still in production for the foreseeable future.
My personal thoughts are since the majority of the R line performs as well or nearly as well as the L line they just want to sell the line that moves faster. -
Turns out they have been doing a "stealth" closeout for the last year.
It's possible that Polk could decide to have the production company put a better finish on the Reserve speakers for an upcharge without changing anything else. -
How long has it been since the Legend line came out, 6/7 years or so? Doesn't seem to me to be very long but maybe they didn't sell enough of them. Makes me wonder how long they will stick with the Reserve line. If anyone has Legends, and plans to keep them for a long while, they might want to stock some parts...Remember, when you're running from something, you're running to something...-me
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They were released 2019- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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Personally I think the only reason they ever gave any thought to the legend line was because of Stu aka "the Legend" and his intended retirement. He worked on the original SDA series and this was his swan song..
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How long has it been since the Legend line came out, 6/7 years or so? Doesn't seem to me to be very long but maybe they didn't sell enough of them. Makes me wonder how long they will stick with the Reserve line. If anyone has Legends, and plans to keep them for a long while, they might want to stock some parts...
Bingo…The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2800 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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Saying the Legend and Reserve sound close enough is a gross mischaracterization, at least where the L200 and R200 are concerned,and possibly others. Those two hace completely different presentation. You can't even set them up similarly.
Maybe it was a swan song for Stu, but that's not to say they just slapped a Legend emblem on Reserve speakers.
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Agreed they truly sound nothing alike- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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Saying the Legend and Reserve sound close enough is a gross mischaracterization, at least where the L200 and R200 are concerned,and possibly others. Those two hace completely different presentation. You can't even set them up similarly.
Maybe it was a swan song for Stu, but that's not to say they just slapped a Legend emblem on Reserve speakers.
Agreed, and to say they built this speaker line as a send-off for Stu is to not understand how a company works. I truly believe Polk Audio was trying to reclaim some of the prestige that they carried back in the late 80s all through the 90s with their SDA lines and the RTA speakers. Each of those lines, were excellent speakers in their own regard. Unfortunately, the Legends ran up against launching in the middle of a pandemic, where not many people were able to go to shows or other places to listen to them. In my estimation, they sold largely on word-of-mouth from people who are happy with their purchases, even though they bought without hearing them first.
I remember shortly after the legends launched, Polk Audio was doing everything they could to get word-of-mouth out about the speakers. That’s why they offered the 50% off in exchange for a review to Polk Forum members back in the day. Now that the line is coming to a close, perhaps we will see some form of discounting in the future on the product line. Given the state of the economy, interest rates, and other factors, I can see why the Legends did not really have much of a chance coming out of the gate. Five years was a good run , but I bet they did not have another production run made after 2022. Every box I receive from Polk containing a Legend product was covered in so much dust. I swear they got them out of king Tutts tomb.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2800 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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Personally I think the only reason they ever gave any thought to the legend line was because of Stu aka "the Legend" and his intended retirement. He worked on the original SDA series and this was his swan song..
Bingo!!!Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
Every speaker model from every manufacturer gets discontinued at some point.
Except the Klipschorn.
The Thing that Wouldn't Die!
https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?/topic/91045-1940s-klipschhorns/
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That’s sad
I wonder if they will replace with a new lineMagico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R -
Genuine question here...
Has anyone heard of a new line from Polk, period?
Tom
~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
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Last release was the signature elite in September 2023- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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Okay, once again.....if the powers that be decide to cancel this forum and dissolve the company?
TTM before everything is erased. We have a family here that should not be dissolved over corporate profits or mudslinging.
If you close up shop?
Just let me know. The legacy will continue. FWIW.
Tom
~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
The sky is falling, the sky is falling...Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
Please enlighten us on the latest and greatest of Polk offerings....
Until then?
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
Of all of the folks on this board? You don't see the light?
Please tell me this is a daydream and that I am in Kansas...
3 years from now? If this post wears badly for Polk? I'll be happy. Otherwise?
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
I don’t think the brand necessarily goes away, but it won’t look anything like it has in the past. Good, better, best will reach no higher than the entry level stuff and of course sound bars and ear buds… Def-Tech will be the middle ground and Bowers the high end, Polk good/Deftech better/Bowers best. That assumes Masimo holds and does nat start parting out things as they have indicated they are considering.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2800 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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The people who own Sound United currently. Medical company. It's a long, weird story.
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Tom's got me a bit paranoid here. One of you IT folks needs to figure out how to clone this forum just case?
If things go dark, we crowdfund the cost of cloud hosting the post-Polk resurrection!
We have too much history to let it slip away.
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Think medical monitoring company that has its sights set higher than their talent pool can achieve. I have 1st hand knowledge of their incompetence outside of this forum in a totally non-audio related connection I made with the company, by accident...Who's Masimo? Isn't that a surf brand? -
Please enlighten us on the latest and greatest of Polk offerings....
Until then?
Tom
6 months without a new speaker model and you think there's something odd about that...really!?!Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
President of Club Polk -
In general brands keep lines 5 to 10 years. Time flies but it has been 5 years almost.
The past year and a half has been a terrible sellers market in general. While we don't know sales numbers that I am aware of, look at the R200ae limited edition. Even in limited numbers this model ended up being sold at steep discount clearance.- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit. -
We have too much history to let it slip away.
That's all I am getting at. Just in case.
Tom
~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
