Getting Polk fever

[Guy Habanero]

I'm not understanding this talk of "too bright". Isn't that like saying; too good?, too much shrimp on my plate? hey, isn't it better to have too much of a good thing? Maybe you can use your amp's tone controls to turn down the treble. You can't add more though if it's not there. I love clear and bright sounding amps and speakers... Am i not getting something here?

 

[Cylontymany]

Some folks just don't like bright! But that's ok for them! I like AT carts but some don't cuz they are too bright! It only depends on what you like so be careful with some opinions...

 

[mars_volta]

Monitor 10 and SDA 2b are favorites.

 

[zappafan2]

I have Monitor 7s and 5 jrs, they are just great sounding speakers that do not cost a fortune.

 

[Rex81]

In my opinion, Polk SDAs are the most undervalued speakers in today's used market. Huge sound quality for the money. If you already have 200+ wpc, that is.

 

[Johnny_Law]

All of the Monitor or SDA lines are high quality speakers ... I have lightly modded SDA 3.1TL, stock Monitor 10a, and heavily modded Monitor 7v2 and love them all. My 3.1TLs are the best all around speakers I've ever owned - driven currently with a NAD C370.

 

[halo71]

SDA SRS 1.2TLs are hard to beat for the "oh crap" factor, but you need a large room to enjoy them. I'm stuck in a cupboard with mine at the moment.

SRS II's and 2.3TLs are often said to be the best Polk speakers just from a clean sound perspective.

Late SDA 1s and 2s are good all-around midsize speakers. Cheap, too. SDA CRS is the bookshelf version.

For non SDAs, Monitor 10, RTA-11T (like a vertical, bigger M10,) and RTA-15TL (listed as having as good a frequency range as the 1.2TL) are all excellent speakers. Also very underrated. You can get 11T's for $150-250 for what was a $1K pair of speakers originally.

^^^THIS!

I'd add the 3.1's to that list as well. But the "lower" model SDA's like the 1C, 2A/B etc are still fantastic speakers as well.

 

[mmickk]

I have a set of SDA2b's and RTA 12c both in great shape. To my ears they sound great with all the varied styles of music I enjoy. I know there are newer and probably "better" speakers out there. I have never been the type to obsess over thinking that I might be missing something and need to constantly chase something that I can't even define. These have just always supplied what I needed, solid good sound that just lets me enjoy the music.

 

[eickmewg]

My Polk SRS SDA 2.3 speakers are wonderful. I've had them since early 1990. I originally got a pair of SDA 1C's which were very nice. The store I got them from had an upgrade option and I rather quickly returned the 1C's and got a full refund to put toward the 2.3's. I've not had to do a thing to them in 25 years. Although, perhaps I could recap the crossovers someday. They sure are heavy suckers!