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In Reply to: RE: Athena vs Polk Audio posted by donntn on November 14, 2010 at 06:33:29
I'm assuming your Athena's are not a current model as it is not listed on their site. Anyway, they probably already sound better than the Polks. I have never been impressed by Polks up to their largest floorstander, LSi-25s which for close to $3k had muffled non distinct bass as well as no real clear midrange. They were driven with NAD Master Series.
I would look further than Polk since for similar money you can do much better.
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The current non-powered Polk lineup is anything but poor and muffled. The stand-mounted speakers he was asking about are very competitive in their pricerange, and have received rave reviews.
I was comparing a newer pair of 25s powered by the NAD master series that a friend owns to my VAC-Counterpoint-Clearfield Continental setup. The Clearfields were designed and built by Von Schwiekert when he worked for Counterpoint in the 90s. Although the CFs don't go real deep, the bass is more accurate and detailed that the Polks. As far as Midrange goes, the CFs smoke the Polks without trying. The Polks did have a reasonable top end but I also found it fatiguing after a long listening session when compared to my CFs or my Dynaudio both using a good silk dome tweeter.
There are so many other good speakers out there than Polks but just like Bose, they are heavily advertised and people go by name recognition when they don't want to do proper research.
Maybe the 25s would have sounded better driven by my system than the NAD.
Hi, HiFi
Thanks for your response. The Athenas ARE an older line. I think I'm going on around 7 yrs with these. Athena was bought out by Klipsch about five or six yrs ago. Anyway, just hoping to get some ideas on a good sounding, accurate & musical speaker (bookshelfs) that might match well with the NAD 3150. Budget around $500. Suggestions?
thanks again
Don
Listen to PSB Image B6.Good review in Stereophile.I think you like the Canadian sound.
If you do not mind used(preowned) speakers,you could get very good speakers for $500 on Agon.
Happy hunting.
Bill
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