Good Purchase | Polk Audio Monitor 50 2-Way Floorstanding Speaker (Single, Black)

Great sound,great value | Polk Audio Monitor 50 2-Way Floorstanding Speaker (Single, Black)

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	• Polk Audio Monitor 50 2-Way Floorstanding Speaker (Single, Black) Polk Audio Polk Audio average customer review:based on 35 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Mucho bang for the Buck

The Polk Monitor 50 tower speakers are just terrific for the money. The highs are clean and well defined and the bass is substantial without being overbearing. Polk definitely has another winner on it's hands with these. Some reviewers have complained about weak bass, but I don't see that as being true. Unless of course you're a head banger and you like your bass seriously and artificially augmented. Then, just add a sub-woofer. These are very nice sounding speakers for a really terrific price. Matched up with the Polk CS1 center channel speaker and you have the perfect surround speakers (at least for the front). Add the Monitor 30's or 40's for the rears! Highly recommended.

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Good Purchase

I'm no audiophile, but I did a lot of research, and for the price Amazon is offering these speakers, they are hard to beat. The material quality is good (again, especially considering the price point). Shipping was free and I had the speakers in four days. Set-up was easy (they're speakers, after all) and they sound quite good. In the various reviews I have read, some complain that these speakers need a sub woofer, as they don't have enough bass. For normal listening, they strike me as just fine. The Monitor 60 and 70 add more drivers and thus more bass, and also more dollars to the price.

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Great sound,great value

Great looking and great sounding package. Very prompt delivery. These speakers are the fronts for a 7.1 system, with all Polk drivers. They are driven with 110 W per chl. Sony ES with all digital input sources. You cannot beat the sound for the price. Great job Polk and Amazon.

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Polk Audio Monitor 50

Let me first try to identify my hearing. I'm certainly not an audiophile. (I don't even understand some of their vocabulary!) But neither do I consider myself to have a tin ear. When Amazon put these on sale, I jumped. I had been using Polk's R150s for my front L and R speakers. While they cost less than half the price of the M50s, I really wasn't satisfied with their sound. For me, the difference between the R150s and the M50s is dramatic, well worth the additional price. I'm sufficiently pleased with their performance that I don't feel the need to search for further improvement. I think that I have found my "sweet spot," balancing cost and performance. I rather doubt that if I invested in Polk's (and I have been a fan of Polk Audio for a few years now) costing twice as much, I'd be able to discern a significant improvement in the sound over the M50s.

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Great for the price

I paid $99 each for these speakers shipped. For this price, they are really great. I have them bi-wired with some overpriced monster cable speaker wire I had to buy at the local AV chain store because that's all they sell now. I did most of my listening through a panasonic blu-ray disc player, outputting the sound via an optical cable to my Onkyo old school 5.1 DTS receiver for the decoding. I've watched about a dozen movies and listened to many albums. I also do some listening with the old ipod.

These speakers will satisfy all but the most discerning ears. The treble is clear and I think it is just right. Some speakers have a brighter treble that some listeners really desire (klipsch speakers for example), these are more neutral sounding which I feel is more natural. The treble is in no way muted or muffled, it's just right. They are ported, which means certain bass frequencies will be accentuated and there will be a slight loss of detail as compared to most completely sealed cabinets. This port helps to make the speakers sound more full for home theater, but I find it undesirable for music as it over-accentuates certain lower frequencies. Certain bass notes will really resonant, while others taper off quite a bit. The frequency range is just low enough to vibrate your couch just a bit, but definitely lacking for any music that is bass heavy. They almost will work for rock, but if you like your kick drums to shake your walls, you will need a sub. In fact most people will want a sub. If your idea of rocking the house is turning up a beatles track, they will do just fine. I would guess the sound level tapers off heavily at about 70hz. They do say they go down to 56hz I believe, but I doubt they are pushing much air at all at 56hz. The mid-range is good. Vocals have above average air and presence while piano and guitar sounds good, but mid-bass lacks punch and dynamics. They seem to image fairly well, but it's hard for me to tell in my current residence because my room is an odd shape. Though the manufacturer describes these speakers as requiring only small amplification, I think they really benefit from high quality amplification. My Onkyo receiver is certainly not a high-end amp, but I definitely think these speakers will sound better with amps that can drive them more dynamically and at louder levels. Watching Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds live on blu-ray was quite a treat. There's very little low bass in this show, as it is all acoustic guitars. Vocals were great and the guitars sounded very nice (I play guitar and know what a guitar should sound like live). You could easily discern the different guitars and point them out in the soundstage. Dave's voice sounded really great through these speakers. Treble was just a touch bright on this recording for me. Note that I was listening to this disc in 2 channel mode, not in surround sound, so as to really hear only the sound of the front speakers.

So, to summarize: These are GREAT for movies, but you will want a sub. For Music, they are just above average, but when you factor in how little they cost, they are very nice for the price. They have a neutral natural treble and mid-range, with a mib-bass that I wished was more dynamic, and bass response that accentuated certain lower frequencies and wasn't as clear and low as I would like, but that's what you get with ported speakers. I really think these speakers will reveal a crappy source (crappy ipod, or cheapo cd player, or your typical receiver you will find in best buy that is just average).

I think if you want to noticeably do better than these speakers, you are looking at spending at least about $500 a speaker. So yeah, when you factor in the price, these are a home run.

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sold individually * video-shielded * bass-reflex design * frequency response 57-24,000 Hz (-3dB) * handles up to 150 watts * warranty: 5 years *

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