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Just buying a pair of ES60s, i actually wanted the ES55s but the same retailer was selling the ES60 for £100 less than the 55s

Both of these models use what polk calls a cascading 2 way crossover, which other manufacturers call a 2.5 way. Say the main crossover is 2500 hz. Tweeter gets everything above 2500, and the top 6.5 driver gets everything below. (I think polk uses 18 dB/octave slopes.) The top 6.5 driver will have a natural rolloff (less output) at lower frequency. The second 6.5 driver gets crossed over around 500 hz to boost output only in that rolloff range. In the case of the s60, both the lower 6.5's get crossed over at the same frequency, so still a 2.5 way despite having 4 drivers.

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Great vid, appreciate the honest personal experience with these speakers. It would be an interesting confirmation of what you said about the speakers' different methods of handling sound (how the tweeter on the 55 being given more responsibility than on the 60) if we had the actual crossover frequency settings for both speakers.

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One other thing: you describe the S55s as if they’re three-ways. They’re not. The drivers both have to handle all the bass and mids, with the tweeters taking over the highs. The S60s have some sort of frequency-splitting going on where the upper driver takes a lot of the mids, without burdening the lower two with any of that duty while they’re thumping out the bass. It’s not another electronic crossover, but somehow achieved through tuning.

Posting again here. I’ve been listening to my S55s for a year, and even without having the S60s at the same time, I feel like the mids are a bit weak in the S55s. I’m fine with the bass, and I have to dial down the treble a bit for it not to be ear-splitting. I’m going to sell my S55s and get a set of S60s. In other words, you were 100% right. I will go as far as to say if you can’t afford the S60s, charge them and stretch to get them, so you don’t have to do it later when you miss the mids. Until then, I’ll just keep the treble turned down a bit.

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If anyone watching is connecting this to a amplifier. If you have the option a+b. Bi wire and plug tops into top and bottom into bottom four connectors on each end. Will separate the frequency better and sound absolutely amazing. I'd recommend the Yamaha amplifiers the 500 and 700 best bang for your buck. Will sound amazing. Unless you have a really expensive receiver they not sound as good since lesser receiver will only max amp on a specific band not the whole frequency range will not sound as clear as a amp witch deliver the voltage across entire frequency. Hope this helps

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A 3 way speaker crossover is much better than a 2.5 way.

Is this Polk signature series bagged any award so far? If yes please name that. Thanks in advance to whoever helped me to find the answer.

Are these informations true for the s60e and the s55e?

I just bought a set of S55s. Amazon had them refurb'd for $260 ea, so about $520 for the pair. No refurbs available on the S60s, and they are $450 ea / $900 pair. They're almost double the cost of the S55s; not a small stretch. Even without refurb, you're talking $660/pair for the S55 vs $900/pair for the S60. 36% more expensive. You make an excellent point though, about just because these are bigger, they don't actually require more power to play or to sound better. That means that there's no real concern about too much speaker for the room; just play them with less power and enjoy. I wish I hadn't seen this video; now I'm having buyer's remorse, even though I haven't gotten the S55s yet! (To be honest, I'm satisfied with my current Klipsch RP-160M, but the Polk S55 won't have to work as hard in the lows, so I'm sure they'll sound better)

I have two pairs of the monitor 70s... Would the s60 be an upgrade?

bro i can only afford s50 for now....are they worth the money....jumping from pioneer bs 22 l r bookshelves to polk s50...in a small room...is my upgrade plan worth ??? il be using them as fronts in 5.1.2 atmos setup with denon x1600h ??

What about the S50? Are they always left out because they are the cheapest option and bottom of the line?

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Polk audio signature series vs RTi series... Which should I go for....? Please suggest me...

Seeing the size like that was very helpful. Thanks for the review of the sound.

LSim series or signature series which one best?

Yuryev is describing a 4-way crossover (6:40). I highly doubt that it is (and I doubt that he's confident about it because he does hear what I'll describe below). I haven't checked at the Polk Audio website, but I'd bet that it's a quasi 3-way. A quasi 3-way is simpler in design (usually means cleaner) and is like an extended 2-way, not quite a 3-way. I'll explain this as best I can. So a simple 3-way means three completely separate (divided) frequency zones (with the appropriate driver or driver group for that range). Doesn't matter how many drivers per zone. Point is that there is no frequency over-lapping. A quasi design overlaps. Canadian PSB speakers take this approach. So why would you want that? First let's look at a standard 3-way design. For this speaker to be a standard 3-way would have the tweeter handling just the highs (say 2,000 Hz to 20kHz), then (in this case) the top 6-inch driver taking care of the mids only (say 200 Hz to 2,000). Note, there are no mids in the tweeter whatsoever. Middle "C" on a piano (everyone knows middle C) is 261 Hz. That's the middle of midrange. Tweeter starts at 2,000 Hz, which is the top octave (top 12 notes) of the piano. Finally, the bottom two drivers would be grouped together as one driver (research wired in 'series' vs. wired in 'parallel')(from the crossover perspective) to handle just the lows (20 to 200 Hz). This is easy for the amplifier to drive because it 'sees' one load across the frequency spectrum. A 4-way crossover design complicates things, requiring the two bottom woofers to be ungrouped, with maybe the bottom woofer going down to the bottom of the frequency range, while the one above it carries 80 to 200 Hz. I highly doubt that it will be like that for soooo many reasons. How much low output can a single 6.5" driver deliver? Two is better and three is better still. The drivers are the same size, after all. If the bottom driver was a 15", then yeah, a 4-way maybe. Secondly, for a 4-way to maintain the same audio purity as a 3-way would increase the complexity, cost and size of the crossover with no guarantee for an improvement. That's basically the gist here. The quasi 3-way could be the best for sound in this case, but might be a bit more difficult for a receiver (not a quality 2-channel amp, mind you) to handle at high levels for a long time. But don't worry about it. Here it is. The top two drivers work as mentioned above (and in the video) in terms of the first crossover point at 2 kHz. But instead of the top 6" driver playing down to to just 200 as we would have in a 3-way design, letting the bottom two handle the bottom end, it goes all the way down with them. That means two things for the bass: deeper and more dynamic. So far it might seem like I'm talking about a 2-way design if you assume that the bottom two drivers are also meeting the tweeter and playing the mids as well with the top 6" driver. But no. The bottom two are capped off at 200 Hz (playing up to the 3rd A on the piano, a few notes below Middle C). So the mid frequencies won't be stretched in the vertical plane through all three drivers. Anyway, no one does it like that; usually only the top 6" driver gets that duty. That means better and taller vocal imaging, and more realistic soundstage. Not only that, but vocal dynamics improve because it is easier for the amp to focus its power in that frequency range to one driver alone, instead of delivering its power across a wider range. So that's a quasi 3-way. It's quasi because of the overlapping; the three 6.5" all play down to the bottom together, but the bottom two leave it to the top 6.5" alone to carry on to the tweeter at 2 kHz. Bonus: While the quasi 3-way can often present more load (impedance) to the amplifier (because the amplifier sees three speakers from 20-200 instead of two), if your amplifier can handle a 4 ohm load then you'll get more current draw, and that means more wattage. That means, again, better dynamics because three drivers are handling the lows. Thus they are individually working less in trio than in dual. That means the woofers do not have to travel as far. This means that they can travel a bit faster, start and stop faster; dynamics. And if you've got the amp, the drivers still have the available cone movement on tap if asked. Party time slam! So if your amp has muscle and you have a quasi 3-way, it could be better than the standard 3-way or 4-way all parts being equal. How can anyone easily tell what kind of crossover design it is? The tip is to note how many unique driver sizes there are. So it's not likely a 4-way because, as I mentioned, it's expensive, but mostly because we don't see four different driver sizes.

Great Video! How do you like the S35 center channel? Have you tried anything else?

From what i understand, you state that the s60s are a 4way speaker and the s55s are a 3 way; yet polk specifies that both speakers are 2 way. Hmmmm. Crossover point is at 2.5k.

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If S55 60 are then one might not subwoofer.. Center S30 is better or s35

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Thank u so much..the only video wich helped..

Can any one tell me the double magnet or single magnet in polk signature s55 speakers?

Do you think it’s a good idea to bi amp these speakers ?

The S35 center channel up there seems off to me. Does it work well? I am preferring the S30 Center over that. Anyone have opinions on those Centers?

What is the RMS watts on S60 and S55?. Seems like Polk is hiding this info on their specs. Thank you.

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I just bought a pair of the S 60 for my Onkyo 100 watts per channel but I don’t know why they distort on high volume. Any suggestions ?

I paid £23.99 for these off Amazon and think these are great value. I listen to tunes through them and it sounds okay to me. Not as nice as my old Seiheisser or AKG Y50s but these earphones are very inexpensive. Perfect for use cycling or answering a call whilst driving

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if YOU GET THE s60 YOU NEED A POWERFUL AMP. AT LEAST 300WATTS PER CHANNEL RMS THE S55 YOU NEED A 200 WATTS PER CHANNEL AND 2 SUBOWOOFERS. AND ADJUST THE EQ IN YOUR RECEIVER, THE QUALITY OF YOUR SOUND ALSO DEPENDENDS THE QUALITY OF YOUR AMP. I LIKE DENON RECEIVERS AND EMOTIVA AMPS.

Hi, I have an s50e, can you recommend the change to the s60e? or better the rtia7?

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Darn! Now have to go exchange the s55

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Great review ! Agree completely

good for the price www.amazon.com/dp/B07WVXT75D

S55 + sub vs S60? any thoughts? I'm rebuilding my HT, and will prob get a S35 center as well for the slim profile under the TV. I'm thinking that with that handling much of the vocals, the S55 will be sufficient. But your review makes me doubt that...

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Beats X are defective, I regret my purchase. But good video

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