Polk Audio
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Pros
- Polk due to it's larger woofers. Smaller woofers sometimes make for tinny, cold vocals.
- Polk has some good ones (stay away from budget models).
- Polk has some decent value on budget and forget about floor standers in general so you get even more value for your money
- The Polk would be a huge upgrade over your previous Bose and I wouldn't look much further.
- When I want to "bang" I'll turn on my Polk.
Cons
- Other brands to consider: Polk, Klipsch, SVS, and JBL.
- Polk makes some good speakers, but not great subs.
- Parent context: So I recently upgraded my center channel from a Polk S35 to a KEF Q650c, thinking it would be a big step up. Given the price difference, I was expecting a noticeable improvement, but honestly… the difference isn’t as dram...
- I found that some older Polks were terrible at center channel reproduction. They may have improved them in recent years, I don’t know.
Sentiment
9 positive (69%) · 2 mixed (15%) · 2 negative (15%)
Trust + time weighted score: +56% · raw score 54%
What redditors said (10 of 13)
Other brands to consider: Polk, Klipsch, SVS, and JBL.
Polk due to it's larger woofers. Smaller woofers sometimes make for tinny, cold vocals.
Polk has some good ones (stay away from budget models).
Polk has some decent value on budget and forget about floor standers in general so you get even more value for your money
Polk makes some good speakers, but not great subs.
The Polk would be a huge upgrade over your previous Bose and I wouldn't look much further.
When I want to "bang" I'll turn on my Polk.
I went with Polks for the in-ceiling, only because my in-walls were Polk and picked up used and I wanted to match the brand of all speakers.
Personally a huge fan of Polk as my go to all rounder.
Parent context: So I recently upgraded my center channel from a Polk S35 to a KEF Q650c, thinking it would be a big step up. Given the price difference, I was expecting a noticeable improvement, but honestly… the difference isn’t as dramatic as I thought it would be. Reply: I’ve just done a quick comparison of going back and forth between the KEF and Polk. There is the slightest difference which is not worth the additional $400-500