Thanks, Hoping for great thing from them!
I did manage to wrestle them into place myself without a getting a hernia. They have a fairly narrow profile from the front, but are quite tall at 47". Knew the wife would point that out to me when she got home.
I've been a/b 'ing them a bit this aft against the speakers they're replacing- JBL Lsr6328p's w/ Lsr4312sp sub. I need to get better amplification for the Polks (just have an old 100w/channel integrated powering them) to make it a more fair test. The Polks are a very nice refined speaker with a little fatter sound through the midrange then the studio monitors. Maybe that's a 4-way vs. 2-way thing? Idk. The monitors are more forward-sounding with more detail and "smoothness" I guess you'd call it. Not sure. I've been listening to these JBL's for a couple of years now and have grown quite fond of their "sound". I've listened to a lot of hi-end hifi speakers (Harbeth, Totem, Paradigm, PSB, B&W etc.) and really haven't heard any that I'd say shamed these monitors/sub. The Polks sound very good, but I hate to say it ...the JBL's might be a squeaker preferable to me. I sat my wife on the couch with her eyes closed and asked her to pick which speaker she preferred as I played the same song through both setups (sub off). She picked the JBL's everytime, crap!
I think it's the difference between a scalpel and a dinner knife, you know? The monitors let you hear so deep into the music.
These Polks image like no tomorrow though, just listened to Pink's "Try" and the piano triads at the beginning of the song are just floating in midair halfway between me and the speaker...surreal!
It's all good, the Polks are staying here and I certainly like how they play...maybe moreso with better quality amplification! I wanted a speaker that sounds fantastic with looks to match. Got it with these as they look like works of art, the fit and finish is that good. My livingroom doesn't look like a dorm anymore to boot, which was my original reason for taking the JBL's out.
