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Was bouncing around the local high end show over the weekend (Capital Audiofest) and wandered into the Polk room where they were playing their $1,500 per pair bookshelf speakers. Powered by Bel Canto gear they were pretty darned stunning. Not sure if it was just the euphoria of finding a good value product (after spending time with Tidal, MBL and other products that cost more than nice cars earlier in the day) but I was really stunned by how good these speakers were. My current $1,500 speaker of choice is the Nola Boxer, but I think I could live with these as well. Anybody else had any experience with them?
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Polks are one of the few remaining American speaker manufacturers that are real gems when it comes to affordable high end. Thanks mainly to them manufacturing cheap speakers, they are able to maintain a high end line where they can put their love and passion and produce outstanding musical instruments. Their LSi line has been very successful, and LSiM represents a further evolution build on what they've learned from LSi. I'm still sticking with my LSi15 based system, and curiously looking at Polk's LSiM 707 floor-standing speaker. Unfortunately, I was only able to audition them in the showroom type setup, where I could not form a concrete opinion on whether they will be a worthwhile upgrade from LSi15 or whether I should look for other high end brands. Especially since now I can afford much higher price range... One wrinkle I have with Polk LSiM, is that like LSi, they are made in China.
Having said that, Polk LSiM are worth a listen, regardless.
Surprised that in these lean times there are local High End shows. I am optimistic.
Cheers
Bill
Stereophile's report on attendance was not encouraging:
http://www.stereophile.com/content/capital-audiofest-2012151summing-show
Happy listening,
Jim
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