Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site SCIRTP.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!rti-sel!SCIRTP!ned From: ned@SCIRTP.UUCP (Ned Robie) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Looking for medium expensive speakers Message-ID: <189@SCIRTP.UUCP> Date: Wed, 26-Jun-85 20:40:57 EDT Article-I.D.: SCIRTP.189 Posted: Wed Jun 26 20:40:57 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Jun-85 01:27:41 EDT References: <488@gitpyr.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: SCI Systems, Research Triangle Park, NC Lines: 24 > I'm in the market to spend ~$2000 for a pair of speakers. I listen > to all sorts of music, and I in any case what I listen to today may > not be anything like what I listen to next year (and I'd like the > speakers to last at least that long :-). I've got a Carver Receiver > that I'm really sorta happy with, so telling me to change my other > equipment isn't the answer I'm looking for. > > Roy J. Mongiovi. Office of Computing Services. User Services. > Georgia Institute of Technology. Atlanta GA 30332. (404) 894-6163 > ...!{akgua, allegra, amd, hplabs, ihnp4, masscomp, ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!roy I purchased a pair of Polks (the big ones with the tweeter mounted on the top) a couple of years ago and have been very pleased. They have great bass response and very clean mid and high ranges. My only complaint is that the mid and high ranges sound a bit too distinct. But I think they have fixed this in the newer models by using a lens on the tweeter. Polk has more models now than 2 years ago and I don't know if the quality is consistent across the line or even if the quality has been maintained. In any event, they're worth checking out. BTW, my speakers are 4 ohms. Some amps may have problems or not perform as well when driving 4 ohm speakers (as opposed to 8 ohms). -- Ned Robie