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Hi, cheap, how are you? This is just a Brazilian speaking to you, looking for content that doesn't exist in Brazil. Help me, please. Can I composite es35 with es15? 🤔
FYI: On that subwoofer, the low pass filter knob is inoperable when using the LFE input. The Low Pass Filter is only for when you are using the summed L/R channels for your signal.
In general this is a good thing, I've got a small Dali sub that does the same (C-8 D). It allows you to hook up a HT receiver and a 2-channel system to the same sub if they're in the same room, such as mine.
Thanks! - I've been been going in circles for years- spending days, adding speakers to my cart, checking reviews, removing from cart, giving up and waiting for a few months, then repeating the cycle. I'm upgrading from a $200 soundbar, I'm sure even the cheapest speakers would be an improvement, but everything I looked at was enough of an investment to lock me into analysis paralysis. Your review finally got me to drop the bundle into my cart and click 'check out' - so thanks for ending my misery. Now I get to look forward to a real home theater setup!
Haha wow, love that! "Analysis paralysis" thats my new favorite phrase. That's definitely me when shopping around for stuff like this (or stuff for my car)
@nomad122 Bro, I'm not even into dedicated sound systems about a week ago. I just have a $200 Sony soundabr with sub. But I recently imported some CDs from Japan and was looking for an affordable cd player with speakers (Sharp XL-BH250). Now I'm looking into spending damn near $2K into an Onkyo system just to listen to CD music 😅 I was like, "If I'm gonna be spending ~$250, then I might as well go all the way."
Wow great review! I just bought the ES50's and ES35 before seeing this review, and I love them really love your idea of mounting the ES15's (wow they look much bigger than I thought) on a tv mount arm. I want to replace my existing rear surrounds with the ES15's - I love the aesthetics of the ES series, the ES35 just looks gorgeous and sounds the goods too!
Great review, I've got a complete RTI system in my basement short of a sub, and like you I feel like they do great with movies. But with music they lack in some areas. Keep up the hard work and honest reviews, the channel is awesome.
Thanks for your review. I mounted mine using Velcro. I got the Polk S20's and they're really big but the Velcro is working great, they've never fallen off, LOL
I have Polk Audio LSiM709 cherry bookshelf speakers powered by an Dayton AudioHTA100BT tube amp accompanied by an SVS 12" pro 2000 sub woofer hooked up to my computer. I absolutely love how it sounds in my little computer room.
awesome review! love the way you pointed out the sub issues. great advice to spend your 400 on something else like the emotiva or svs sb1000. also, do they still make the T15 bookshelf stands???? haha!!!!
Loving my Polk ES20s in my secondary system with an almost unnecessary 10 inch sub. Powered with a yard sale purchased Onkyo 150 watt 510 amp and Onkyo 310 preamp. Keep up the great work Randy.
Hi Randy, I stumbled upon your channel the other day and I’ve gotta say I’ve watched probably like 30 of your videos so far and I really like the way you present your content! I’ve always been into audio but recently found my self wanting to really learn more of the finer details when it comes to refined audio and HT so pretty much I’m a noob here. In multiple of your videos I’ve heard you reference certain terms that I’m just not familiar with and was wondering if maybe you could put together a video explaining some of these terms and show casing some of the hardware associated with it and how it all works, like Dacs, pre amps, bi amping and bi wiring. How to use a high pass filter and how to determine you actually need one and where would it go? I hope you see this comment and I hope to really see a video breaking down all this stuff for noobs like my self thank you!
I got the ES20 front and ES35 center and some old sony for rear which I think will change to ES10s. ES15 are just too big for the rear wall. Running with a Yamaha RXA1080 and it sounds great for a mid sized room. I had space issues for a large center so S35 sounded the best for the size. Great review!
NIce review as always! I had the S60's first a bit bright to me, so I skipped these (ES Line) and got the R700's. I'm with you on Polk stepping up their game, the new Reserve is something special.
I was also looking at the Polk r700s. Do you know how wide the cabinet is on that model? I know it says their almost 13 inches wide with the outrigger feet but I only want to know how wide the cabinet is.
I run a ES15 LR, SS, RS and ES30 centre, really love em, though I do find my AVR (Denon X 1600) lacks the power to really wake them up. Would it be wise to run a all ES 60 tower home theatre setup? To get true full range or atleast close for all channels. Would like to know what you think, would like to see a video about it too, if you could cover this topic, haven't see others cover it. Cheers. Good video.
I have their old s55s towers bi-amped, they absolutely sing. Give them power and they will sound great. ELAC Debut 10 on the bass. Do I want the L600s, oh yes, IF I COULD FIND A PLACE TO LISTEN to them, I will buy if I like... But I digress, what I have now sounds great.
I have three of the ES20s for LCR and cross them over at 60Hz. I'd like to cross them at 50Hz, but my Marantz receiver only allows 60Hz or 40Hz. Maybe I'll try them at 40Hz. Also running two RSL Speedwoofers and Fluance Signature surrounds on the wall. Sounds awesome to me and having identical speakers up front produces a seamless wall of sound which I've never been able to produce with a dedicated center speaker. I've found that using a bookshelf speaker produces higher quality off axis sound so viewers not sitting directly in front of the center speaker hear dialogue better. At least that's been my experience in comparison to a dedicated center channel speaker. Of course, I had to buy two pairs of the ES20s to get three of them up front, so I have a spare just in case.
Where do the RTi series fit in with the new Polk line up? I have a newly built theater room built around the RTi line and now have a little bit of regret I didn’t go with the Reserves despite a lack of dipole speakers in the line up.
Would you recommend this over the ES30? Also any opinion on mixing the ES35 with either the Emotiva B1 or the SVS Primes? Or should I stick to the same speaker family?
I want to use the ES15's as my front speakers. I have limited room (8 inches) from the top of my cabinet to the bottom of my TV. Can the ES15's be laid on their side? If so should they be woofers outside or inside?
loved this vid i always liked the polk audio lines wasnt crazy about the t15s liked the price but i went with the t20e for bookshelf speakers prob simular to the t15 lol thanks my friend for doing this...
I just got the Vsx 305. … how do I turn on and turn off Dirac. I’ve DL the pioneer control phone app and did the full calibration. I just don’t know how to switch Dirac on and off to compare.
I find, that the ES 35 Center sounds CLEAR, but it sounds like a TIN CAN! For Music and for cinema. I tested it at the same time with the the Canton gle center, the Audio Monitor Bronce Center, the Heco AuroraCenter ,and the Magnat Signature 5 Center. They All Sound warmer, More lively and, Not like a Tincan. The polk es 35 is very clean, dont get me wrong, but it sounds metal-ish...and becomes fatiguing very fast. couldnt find better words, probably bc im a German. If you want a more natural Sound, get the Magnat Signature 53 Center.
Moved to a smaller place and now I have my Pioneer BS22 as my mains in my bedroom, the Polk S55 are back in the box, debating on taking them out but may be overkill for the size of the room
I'm running S20 and S35 mains. S10 rears and RC60i in the ceiling. Got a HTS12 to handle the bass duties. System works like a charm. On the S35 I find the bass to be super sloppy so I cross them at 100Hz... Cleans up everything. S20s are beasts S10s can legit be used as fronts in a small room. Overall great system.
I cant say it any other way. The Polk sub is trash for $400. 100 watts rms and cheap parts. Spend $49 more and get the RSL Speedwoofer 10S mkii that has a 400 watt RMS 1020 watt peak amp. 10" aluminum driver with cast basket. 40lbs. Actually plays down to 20hz! It's been measured by Audioholics and others. Randy, you really should review one. Your viewers will thank you! As of now they are on backorder but more are coming in. Free shipping, 30 day trial.
I was looking at that sub when It was on sale, I ended up going for the bic f12 for a budget sub. Im glad I did. Too many negative reviews especially for the cost
Do these sound better than the Rti series? I have a pair of Polk Rti10s but was looking at the ES50 55 or 60s to get a more modern look in my living room. Thanks!
Sadly, most of your recommendations are not available in Europe. Some products should be available on paper but are always sold out. But Polk has generally good availability here, they work together with Amazon and have most products constantly in stock, they are even doing a couple deals each year. So that's great.
hi I have up graded to the Denon 4800h and I am thinking for and I was thinking of Polk Signature Elite ES60 Tower Speaker and the Polk Audio HTS 12 Powered Subwoofer and SVS prime center would this be a mistake Im 50/50 music and movies
Can the S35 be used as LCRs for a 120" screen? I'm looking for on-walls that are low profile that won't distract when watching movies (currently have RTiA9 and CSiA6 which are underutilized anyway and are in-your-face big).
Ive read more than a few reviews of people using the Polk ES/S35's as an LCR set up.. -(I can use myself as a LCR/C.L.R;)- And the written reviews all seem to be VERY happy using that set up w/a dedicated subwoofer for the lower end... Takes up ALOT less space thats for sure! ~Take care...;)
I’m currently running s35 center, s15 fronts and s10 rears. I went with them based on the size and looks. Learning of the es series, is their any notable difference in switching some components to es?
Not really. I'm running S55's with the S35 centre and an HTS12 sub with S20e as surrounds. I've tried the S20e's as fronts in a two channel stereo setup, and couldn't really notice any audible difference from the Signatures Series 55's. I don't think there will be that much of a difference with the es series either. I've heard that they are on the warm side of neutral. The twitter on the Signature series is at around 2.5khz while it's 2khz on the es series. So some of the top end will bleed into the midrange, which is said to make the midrange a little leaner. But there isn't much difference elsewhere. Although they say the bass extension is a little tighter on the es series. I'm happy with my Signature Series. Thus it won't make sense for me to chase such subtle differences.
@@Lalosalamanca1122 S20’s have unbelievable bass extension for their size, even without a sub, but with a sub they sound better with incredible imaging. However, the S55’s at full range coupled with the bigger cabinets sound much better! with a subwoofer… they become killer!!!🔥 But they are much bigger and will take up a bit of space.
This stuff confuses me so much my problem is I don't have a good center speaker and my two front right and left or like a '90s model Sony 10 inch floor model speaker I thought about getting rid of the 10-inch ones and putting bookshelf speakers because my amplifier is only a 100 w 60 left and right 50 for the center and 20 suround sound I'm disabled and I have no way to buy anything I'm on able to play with what people give me so the options are kind of slim but is there anything you could suggest
I think he would suggest to do Eq. He had a video about it I watched and that is all free stuff that you can learn to play with that some people feel is fun to fine tune to your preference. Others might suggest spealer positioning near or very far from walls as it effects bass/muddyness, also move the center in different positions up and down and distance to you as I think they measure how different speakers have loss of frequencies at certain distances. I think some old cheap avr's can be used as amps. Maybe put the highest watts to the center. On dolby mixes some avr's have an option I think called center spread that sends additional sounds from the center to the L/R mains to provide a larger center sound, I've tried it and it works.
I have a couple of question for all of you sound lovers. If I have a pair of good active speakers, would an external dac/am would mess with the speakers, should I get just a DAC no amp? What do you recomend to improve sound if I have active speaker but no dac? I listened CDs and some wav files on my computer.
@@Pete.across.the.street I have Eris Presonus 4.5, use the 3.5mmm jack out of the laptop to the rca in of the speakers, my laptop has an optical out, so I am looking to improve the sound with an external dac, I was wondering if a Dac/Amp would be too much or just innecesary, or maybe a small dac (altough Ive read the cheap ones are bad)
Any comment or concern with off-axis listening using that center? All sorts of chatter about “MTM” style speakers (or in this case “MMMTMMM”) causing problems.
It's bullshit, just made pads. Speaker shoud look same place where head is. It's best small high center. I have es55 on front and es35c on center. It's very good on 20 m2 size room. And don't look stupid on small rooms.
My big home system contains S50E, S35E, S15E and a HTS10 ... I remind a review that stated that the Signature E(uropean) models are not only optical ( same black cones ) pretty similar to the Elites ... and all that you say sounds like that too.
The HTS I managed to blend in nicely for music ... and it still works out for movies. I anyway don't like watching movies and shake the whole house down like some people do ...
Better off getting the JBL Studio series speakers that are on crazy discount. The tweeter and bass drivers will out perform this Polks. You can start with the 580's. $600 for the pair.
@@cheapaudioman That's why I said....the 580's and up. The larger cabinet...larger and more drivers....does the job. Plenty of spunk top to bottom. The 530's are great for near field or surrounds.
For the love of Jesus you need to look into the Peachtree nova 300. It’s the best of the best and less than $2,000. What is your “Cheap” threshold anyways?
@@cheapaudioman If I end up buying it, I’ll send it to you first to review for the betterment of the community out there. Just don’t forget to send it back to me😃
I can vouch that the Nova 300 is a great integrated. I was begrudgingly in agreement with Randy that my KEF LS50s might be the snowflakes he claims they are…until I paired them with the Nova 300. It turned the LS50s into a joy to listen to!
You love the multiple drivers? Seriously???...that center speaker...what a disaster..the clueless marketing design of hey...more drivers look cooler...so lets put a lot of them...lobing issues be damned!
Hi, cheap, how are you? This is just a Brazilian speaking to you, looking for content that doesn't exist in Brazil. Help me, please. Can I composite es35 with es15? 🤔
I def appreciate your $$ invested, TIME, expertise & HONEST reviews unaffected by flashy corp marketing WANK! Funny Story: Id just recently purchased a pair of Polk S60 mains, not knowing anything about Bi-Wired speakers, but aware of speaker break-in time, I'd wired up the Polks, set the pairs of terminal jumpers aside & was so SAD when hearing the sound quality compared to my JAMO 809's-(Your previous review swayed the JAMO purchase-THANK YOU;-HIGHLY recommended)- -They sounded SO POOR in comparison to the $400 JAMO 809's, so the JAMOS got swapped back & the $1,000 Polks relegated to the speaker room of diminishing returns as rather stylish & large weights to keep the carpet from floating away..;) Few weeks later I'd decided to buy a set of WBC bi-wire jumpers & give the Polks a re-go-(VERY WELL MADE, in Japan IIRC?-$24)- I RE-wired up the Polk S60's as mains w/the WBC jumpers & was absolutely AMAZED @ the sound quality!!!-(Yes, I'd read the instructions packed w/the Polks when unboxing, but they were VERY vague as to the Bi-wire process)- -Now Im extremely HAPPY with the Polks, the JAMO's got moved to rear stations & just today I'd just purchased a Polk S35 Center Channel for $150 @ Polk Audio closeout, which not long ago they'd retail for close to $300-$350ish!. Excited to see what it'll sound like! -Currently have a "BIC America/Acoustech FH6-LCR Formula Series" as my center-(GREAT speaker so far)-But would like something slimmer/smaller, so the Polk S35 fits those requirements.... One question I'd like to ask: WHY did Polk decide to RETIRE the S60 line-up all together? -Weird being how it was just rather recently introduced & hadnt seen a longer, multi-year production run? So consumers would "up-grade" & buy the Polk ES line instead?....
I've heard stories about certain sections of EU having complained about the whole Signature Series line up being a little bright for their liking. Hence the introduction of the SE & ES models (Europe). And they are said to be on the warmer side of neutral.
@@cheapaudioman you deserve it , I will continue to help ! Congratulations on achieving your goal, your fun to watch and provide great reviews , thanks Randy fro Kent and Risat
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Hi, cheap, how are you? This is just a Brazilian speaking to you, looking for content that doesn't exist in Brazil. Help me, please. Can I composite es35 with es15? 🤔
Another great, honest review! As always, your honesty is refreshing. Honest without being dismissive! You are a gem!
FYI: On that subwoofer, the low pass filter knob is inoperable when using the LFE input. The Low Pass Filter is only for when you are using the summed L/R channels for your signal.
In general this is a good thing, I've got a small Dali sub that does the same (C-8 D). It allows you to hook up a HT receiver and a 2-channel system to the same sub if they're in the same room, such as mine.
Thanks! - I've been been going in circles for years- spending days, adding speakers to my cart, checking reviews, removing from cart, giving up and waiting for a few months, then repeating the cycle. I'm upgrading from a $200 soundbar, I'm sure even the cheapest speakers would be an improvement, but everything I looked at was enough of an investment to lock me into analysis paralysis.
Your review finally got me to drop the bundle into my cart and click 'check out' - so thanks for ending my misery. Now I get to look forward to a real home theater setup!
Haha wow, love that!
"Analysis paralysis" thats my new favorite phrase. That's definitely me when shopping around for stuff like this (or stuff for my car)
Same. My budget goes from $800 to 5k, down to 1.5k....Its insanity
@nomad122 Bro, I'm not even into dedicated sound systems about a week ago. I just have a $200 Sony soundabr with sub. But I recently imported some CDs from Japan and was looking for an affordable cd player with speakers (Sharp XL-BH250). Now I'm looking into spending damn near $2K into an Onkyo system just to listen to CD music 😅
I was like, "If I'm gonna be spending ~$250, then I might as well go all the way."
@@dangeros31 😂
Just bought the ELAC C6.2 Center, it´s a beast! Love it so much!
I have the ES55s and ES30. Crossed over at 80hz, they sound great!
Wow great review! I just bought the ES50's and ES35 before seeing this review, and I love them really love your idea of mounting the ES15's (wow they look much bigger than I thought) on a tv mount arm. I want to replace my existing rear surrounds with the ES15's - I love the aesthetics of the ES series, the ES35 just looks gorgeous and sounds the goods too!
My entire home theater 7.2.4 the Polk LSIM series I love it!
Great review, I've got a complete RTI system in my basement short of a sub, and like you I feel like they do great with movies. But with music they lack in some areas. Keep up the hard work and honest reviews, the channel is awesome.
I don't think they lack much in music. The RtI s are audiophile grade in my opinion ✌️
Thanks for your review. I mounted mine using Velcro. I got the Polk S20's and they're really big but the Velcro is working great, they've never fallen off, LOL
I have Polk Audio LSiM709 cherry bookshelf speakers powered by an Dayton AudioHTA100BT tube amp accompanied by an SVS 12" pro 2000 sub woofer hooked up to my computer. I absolutely love how it sounds in my little computer room.
awesome review! love the way you pointed out the sub issues. great advice to spend your 400 on something else like the emotiva or svs sb1000. also, do they still make the T15 bookshelf stands???? haha!!!!
Loving my Polk ES20s in my secondary system with an almost unnecessary 10 inch sub. Powered with a yard sale purchased Onkyo 150 watt 510 amp and Onkyo 310 preamp. Keep up the great work Randy.
I have the Polk Audio RT 5 for height speakers and they work well with my niles amp on my 11.2 denon 4311ci system.
Hi Randy, I stumbled upon your channel the other day and I’ve gotta say I’ve watched probably like 30 of your videos so far and I really like the way you present your content! I’ve always been into audio but recently found my self wanting to really learn more of the finer details when it comes to refined audio and HT so pretty much I’m a noob here. In multiple of your videos I’ve heard you reference certain terms that I’m just not familiar with and was wondering if maybe you could put together a video explaining some of these terms and show casing some of the hardware associated with it and how it all works, like Dacs, pre amps, bi amping and bi wiring. How to use a high pass filter and how to determine you actually need one and where would it go? I hope you see this comment and I hope to really see a video breaking down all this stuff for noobs like my self thank you!
Thanks! Great idea
You should have a look at the Polk audio HTS12 subwoofer
Awesome my Sunday just got better
Glad to hear it
Thanks for dimensions, I’ve been trying to figure them out. 24x4.5x6
Great honest review, Randy. I appreciate you pointing out the weakness of the Sub. Also pointing out competitive options.
Polk has needed to redo thier subwoofer line and I would love to see a medium to high end Reserve Subwoofer!!
thanks, Steve
I got the ES20 front and ES35 center and some old sony for rear which I think will change to ES10s. ES15 are just too big for the rear wall. Running with a Yamaha RXA1080 and it sounds great for a mid sized room. I had space issues for a large center so S35 sounded the best for the size. Great review!
Grate review. Been waiting awhile to see someone finally review this setup.
NIce review as always! I had the S60's first a bit bright to me, so I skipped these (ES Line) and got the R700's. I'm with you on Polk stepping up their game, the new Reserve is something special.
I've been very impressed with all of their new line
I was also looking at the Polk r700s. Do you know how wide the cabinet is on that model? I know it says their almost 13 inches wide with the outrigger feet but I only want to know how wide the cabinet is.
I run a ES15 LR, SS, RS and ES30 centre, really love em, though I do find my AVR (Denon X 1600) lacks the power to really wake them up. Would it be wise to run a all ES 60 tower home theatre setup? To get true full range or atleast close for all channels. Would like to know what you think, would like to see a video about it too, if you could cover this topic, haven't see others cover it. Cheers. Good video.
According to Polk's site, the surround bookshelf included with that package is the ES10, not the ES15.
They sent the Ed 15’s to me. Weird
I have their old s55s towers bi-amped, they absolutely sing. Give them power and they will sound great. ELAC Debut 10 on the bass.
Do I want the L600s, oh yes, IF I COULD FIND A PLACE TO LISTEN to them, I will buy if I like... But I digress, what I have now sounds great.
I have the polk psw1118'' subwoofer for my bedroom desktop/pc audio. I think it sounds good but I really don't have alot to compare it to.
I have three of the ES20s for LCR and cross them over at 60Hz. I'd like to cross them at 50Hz, but my Marantz receiver only allows 60Hz or 40Hz. Maybe I'll try them at 40Hz. Also running two RSL Speedwoofers and Fluance Signature surrounds on the wall. Sounds awesome to me and having identical speakers up front produces a seamless wall of sound which I've never been able to produce with a dedicated center speaker. I've found that using a bookshelf speaker produces higher quality off axis sound so viewers not sitting directly in front of the center speaker hear dialogue better. At least that's been my experience in comparison to a dedicated center channel speaker. Of course, I had to buy two pairs of the ES20s to get three of them up front, so I have a spare just in case.
Sometimes I wonder where that kind of base comes from with such small woffers I have something similar of those towers
I do like the pioneer speakers
Where do the RTi series fit in with the new Polk line up? I have a newly built theater room built around the RTi line and now have a little bit of regret I didn’t go with the Reserves despite a lack of dipole speakers in the line up.
Pyle is good my dad has one and uses older speakers for it
What reciever do you recommend for this speaker setup for home theater. I'm not familiar with the DRAC calibration you mentioned.
Would you recommend this over the ES30?
Also any opinion on mixing the ES35 with either the Emotiva B1 or the SVS Primes? Or should I stick to the same speaker family?
I want to use the ES15's as my front speakers. I have limited room (8 inches) from the top of my cabinet to the bottom of my TV. Can the ES15's be laid on their side? If so should they be woofers outside or inside?
loved this vid i always liked the polk audio lines wasnt crazy about the t15s liked the price but i went with the t20e for bookshelf speakers prob simular to the t15 lol thanks my friend for doing this...
of course. The new XT speakers are pretty solid
Do you think these are worth an upgrade from the older RTI Series of speakers?
How about compared to Jamo Concert 9 Series C 97 II? Would you still pick polk for home theater?
I just got the Vsx 305. … how do I turn on and turn off Dirac.
I’ve DL the pioneer control phone app and did the full calibration.
I just don’t know how to switch Dirac on and off to compare.
I find, that the ES 35 Center sounds CLEAR, but it sounds like a TIN CAN!
For Music and for cinema.
I tested it at the same time with the the Canton gle center, the Audio Monitor Bronce Center, the Heco AuroraCenter ,and the Magnat Signature 5 Center.
They All Sound warmer, More lively and, Not like a Tincan.
The polk es 35 is very clean, dont get me wrong, but it sounds metal-ish...and becomes fatiguing very fast.
couldnt find better words, probably bc im a German.
If you want a more natural Sound, get the Magnat Signature 53 Center.
Moved to a smaller place and now I have my
Pioneer BS22 as my mains in my bedroom, the Polk S55 are back in the box, debating on taking them out but may be overkill for the size of the room
Room size?
@@Lalosalamanca1122 it was prolly like 12x12
Thanks!
You bet!
I owned the S35 for a brief while. Found it to be extremely hollow and not up to the job. Is this new slim line center better?
Good stuff man. Appreciate the feedback.
I'm running S20 and S35 mains. S10 rears and RC60i in the ceiling. Got a HTS12 to handle the bass duties. System works like a charm.
On the S35 I find the bass to be super sloppy so I cross them at 100Hz... Cleans up everything. S20s are beasts S10s can legit be used as fronts in a small room. Overall great system.
I have te es20 as main stereo speakers , what center should y buy to pair whit es20s? The es30 or es35?
I cant say it any other way. The Polk sub is trash for $400. 100 watts rms and cheap parts. Spend $49 more and get the RSL Speedwoofer 10S mkii that has a 400 watt RMS 1020 watt peak amp. 10" aluminum driver with cast basket. 40lbs. Actually plays down to 20hz! It's been measured by Audioholics and others. Randy, you really should review one. Your viewers will thank you! As of now they are on backorder but more are coming in. Free shipping, 30 day trial.
I was looking at that sub when It was on sale, I ended up going for the bic f12 for a budget sub. Im glad I did. Too many negative reviews especially for the cost
Do these sound better than the Rti series? I have a pair of Polk Rti10s but was looking at the ES50 55 or 60s to get a more modern look in my living room. Thanks!
Good stuff as usual. Cheers
Thank you! Cheers!
Sadly, most of your recommendations are not available in Europe. Some products should be available on paper but are always sold out. But Polk has generally good availability here, they work together with Amazon and have most products constantly in stock, they are even doing a couple deals each year. So that's great.
Is the elite es35 center speaker better than the polk cs400i?
My room is very small 8 square meters but i want a 5.1 with Polk loudspeaker 4×ES 10, ES 35 and HTS 10 is that possible in my room?
hi I have up graded to the Denon 4800h and I am thinking for and I was thinking of Polk Signature Elite ES60 Tower Speaker and the Polk Audio HTS 12 Powered Subwoofer and SVS prime center
would this be a mistake Im 50/50 music and movies
Could i use the ES15 in front and the ES10 as surround(back) for a 5.1 setup?
or don´t they match the sound for movies??
Greeeetz from the Netherlands
The 12 in version of that sub is actually way better
How about the Yamo concert series compared?
What if I use E20 for front and ES10 for rear?
Can you review the JBL 570/580/590 towers
Not sure the lfe input is the best for music....
Can the S35 be used as LCRs for a 120" screen? I'm looking for on-walls that are low profile that won't distract when watching movies (currently have RTiA9 and CSiA6 which are underutilized anyway and are in-your-face big).
Ive read more than a few reviews of people using the Polk ES/S35's as an LCR set up..
-(I can use myself as a LCR/C.L.R;)-
And the written reviews all seem to be VERY happy using that set up w/a dedicated subwoofer for the lower end... Takes up ALOT less space thats for sure!
~Take care...;)
suggest me a good surround speakers
I wonder what is a better tower , the polk audio es60 or the klipsch rp800f since they are about the same price currently .
The Klipsch are selling for about $1000, while the Polk are around $600. Pretty big gap
Nice!
I used to have Polk S50 towers which did have good bass. Once I heard the difference in detail and clarity vs Elac B62, I sold the polks.
I’m currently running s35 center, s15 fronts and s10 rears. I went with them based on the size and looks. Learning of the es series, is their any notable difference in switching some components to es?
Not really. I'm running S55's with the S35 centre and an HTS12 sub with S20e as surrounds. I've tried the S20e's as fronts in a two channel stereo setup, and couldn't really notice any audible difference from the Signatures Series 55's. I don't think there will be that much of a difference with the es series either. I've heard that they are on the warm side of neutral. The twitter on the Signature series is at around 2.5khz while it's 2khz on the es series. So some of the top end will bleed into the midrange, which is said to make the midrange a little leaner. But there isn't much difference elsewhere. Although they say the bass extension is a little tighter on the es series. I'm happy with my Signature Series. Thus it won't make sense for me to chase such subtle differences.
@@Turtleback8024s20 with sub or s55 with full range which is best for music???
@@Lalosalamanca1122 S20’s have unbelievable bass extension for their size, even without a sub, but with a sub they sound better with incredible imaging. However, the S55’s at full range coupled with the bigger cabinets sound much better! with a subwoofer… they become killer!!!🔥 But they are much bigger and will take up a bit of space.
The 10s are designed to be used as surrounds.
This stuff confuses me so much my problem is I don't have a good center speaker and my two front right and left or like a '90s model Sony 10 inch floor model speaker I thought about getting rid of the 10-inch ones and putting bookshelf speakers because my amplifier is only a 100 w 60 left and right 50 for the center and 20 suround sound I'm disabled and I have no way to buy anything I'm on able to play with what people give me so the options are kind of slim but is there anything you could suggest
I think he would suggest to do Eq. He had a video about it I watched and that is all free stuff that you can learn to play with that some people feel is fun to fine tune to your preference. Others might suggest spealer positioning near or very far from walls as it effects bass/muddyness, also move the center in different positions up and down and distance to you as I think they measure how different speakers have loss of frequencies at certain distances. I think some old cheap avr's can be used as amps. Maybe put the highest watts to the center. On dolby mixes some avr's have an option I think called center spread that sends additional sounds from the center to the L/R mains to provide a larger center sound, I've tried it and it works.
I have a couple of question for all of you sound lovers. If I have a pair of good active speakers, would an external dac/am would mess with the speakers, should I get just a DAC no amp? What do you recomend to improve sound if I have active speaker but no dac? I listened CDs and some wav files on my computer.
@@Pete.across.the.street would my actice speakers be damaged if I use another amp on them ?
@@Pete.across.the.street I have Eris Presonus 4.5, use the 3.5mmm jack out of the laptop to the rca in of the speakers, my laptop has an optical out, so I am looking to improve the sound with an external dac, I was wondering if a Dac/Amp would be too much or just innecesary, or maybe a small dac (altough Ive read the cheap ones are bad)
@@Pete.across.the.street thank you a lot man
Any comment or concern with off-axis listening using that center? All sorts of chatter about “MTM” style speakers (or in this case “MMMTMMM”) causing problems.
It's bullshit, just made pads. Speaker shoud look same place where head is. It's best small high center. I have es55 on front and es35c on center. It's very good on 20 m2 size room. And don't look stupid on small rooms.
Sir I am from nepal but not available polk product in our country.
Yoooo, Coke Zero is dope. I can’t stand drinking soda out of mugs, has to be glass.
My big home system contains S50E, S35E, S15E and a HTS10 ... I remind a review that stated that the Signature E(uropean) models are not only optical ( same black cones ) pretty similar to the Elites ... and all that you say sounds like that too.
The HTS I managed to blend in nicely for music ... and it still works out for movies. I anyway don't like watching movies and shake the whole house down like some people do ...
why does my es35 sound too low? I m using a denon s760h
Do you have the es 35 on top of your entertainment stand?
Gettin' all up in your magnetic grilles...
New video!!!!
Audiophile grade? Like miltiary grade weapons? Haberdashery.
What does a hat store have to do with anything?
@@cheapaudioman
Nice. Haha.
@@cheapaudioman I call balderdash on the haberdashery
unfortunately On my 2nd system, I have the T15.
What is the difference between Polk Audio S50E and Polk Audio Signature Elite SE50?
6 driver center? Its official the people runing Polk have ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE how sound works.
wish polk send me one of these for a review
Hardest working man on RUclips....on a Sunday no less!
I wish "InexpensiveAudioMan" was as easy to say. "Cheap" can have a negative connotation. But I get where you're coming from. :)
Better off getting the JBL Studio series speakers that are on crazy discount. The tweeter and bass drivers will out perform this Polks. You can start with the 580's. $600 for the pair.
I thought the studios were thin sounding. At least the 530’s. Harsh in the midrange
@@cheapaudioman That's why I said....the 580's and up. The larger cabinet...larger and more drivers....does the job. Plenty of spunk top to bottom. The 530's are great for near field or surrounds.
For the love of Jesus you need to look into the Peachtree nova 300. It’s the best of the best and less than $2,000. What is your “Cheap” threshold anyways?
Send me one, Robert. Threshold moves around a bit depending on the product
@@cheapaudioman If I end up buying it, I’ll send it to you first to review for the betterment of the community out there. Just don’t forget to send it back to me😃
@@Fidelity_Sound I really enjoy the warm sound of Marantz. Sounds like I better double think my decision of Peachtree.
I can vouch that the Nova 300 is a great integrated. I was begrudgingly in agreement with Randy that my KEF LS50s might be the snowflakes he claims they are…until I paired them with the Nova 300. It turned the LS50s into a joy to listen to!
@@Fidelity_Sound what speakers did you use?
You love the multiple drivers? Seriously???...that center speaker...what a disaster..the clueless marketing design of hey...more drivers look cooler...so lets put a lot of them...lobing issues be damned!
Hi, cheap, how are you? This is just a Brazilian speaking to you, looking for content that doesn't exist in Brazil. Help me, please. Can I composite es35 with es15? 🤔
I def appreciate your $$ invested, TIME, expertise & HONEST reviews unaffected by flashy corp marketing WANK!
Funny Story: Id just recently purchased a pair of Polk S60 mains, not knowing anything about Bi-Wired speakers, but aware of speaker break-in time, I'd wired up the Polks, set the pairs of terminal jumpers aside & was so SAD when hearing the sound quality compared to my JAMO 809's-(Your previous review swayed the JAMO purchase-THANK YOU;-HIGHLY recommended)-
-They sounded SO POOR in comparison to the $400 JAMO 809's, so the JAMOS got swapped back & the $1,000 Polks relegated to the speaker room of diminishing returns as rather stylish & large weights to keep the carpet from floating away..;)
Few weeks later I'd decided to buy a set of WBC bi-wire jumpers & give the Polks a re-go-(VERY WELL MADE, in Japan IIRC?-$24)- I RE-wired up the Polk S60's as mains w/the WBC jumpers & was absolutely AMAZED @ the sound quality!!!-(Yes, I'd read the instructions packed w/the Polks when unboxing, but they were VERY vague as to the Bi-wire process)-
-Now Im extremely HAPPY with the Polks, the JAMO's got moved to rear stations & just today I'd just purchased a Polk S35 Center Channel for $150 @ Polk Audio closeout, which not long ago they'd retail for close to $300-$350ish!. Excited to see what it'll sound like!
-Currently have a "BIC America/Acoustech FH6-LCR Formula Series" as my center-(GREAT speaker so far)-But would like something slimmer/smaller, so the Polk S35 fits those requirements....
One question I'd like to ask: WHY did Polk decide to RETIRE the S60 line-up all together? -Weird being how it was just rather recently introduced & hadnt seen a longer, multi-year production run? So consumers would "up-grade" & buy the Polk ES line instead?....
I've heard stories about certain sections of EU having complained about the whole Signature Series line up being a little bright for their liking. Hence the introduction of the SE & ES models (Europe). And they are said to be on the warmer side of neutral.
Thanks!
Wow, Kent! Your support of the channel means a lot to me.
@@cheapaudioman you deserve it , I will continue to help ! Congratulations on achieving your goal, your fun to watch and provide great reviews , thanks Randy fro Kent and Risat
Kent and Rosa. Lol 😂