[Sound Battle] YOU MUST LISTEN - Polk Audio Reserve R200 vs R100 w/Arcam SA10 integrated Amplifier
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This video is a sound comparison between Polk Audio Reserve R200 and R100 with Arcam SA10 integrated amp.
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0:00 - intro
1:11 - All the way up / Electronic / by Hadar Sopher
1:51 - Bedroom / Soul & RnB, Pop / by Raquel Castro, The Wildcardz
2:34 - Boost Your Power / Rock / by CustomMelody
3:32 - Chemtrails / Cinematic / by Semo
4:23 - Get Ready / Cinematic, Rock, Pop / by Midnight Noise
5:13 - Higher Love / Electronic, Pop / by Ben Fox
6:29 - Is Leroy On It / Jazz, Acoustic, Retro / by Southside Aces
7:27 - Pull Me Closer / Electronic, Pop, Hip Hop / by WEARETHEGOOD,
8:40 - Punkd / Cinematic, Electronic / by Out of Flux
9:41 - Seasons / Cinematic, Classical / by ANBR
10:51 - Star Night / Acoustic, Rock, Pop / Wonderland
11:41 - Time Traveling / Soul & RnB / Sarah Kang feat. Anthony Lazaro
13:15 - Crash and burn / Death Metal / Kissing Candice
14:40 - Magic Show / Death Metal / Kissing Candice
15:37 - Fields / Acoustic Guitar / Livio Bartolo
18:22 - Outro
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Listening again, I'm even more blown away. The detail, tonal balance, and note separation is second to none. Every song sounds so much better, like they've all been remixed, for better clarity, tonal balance, and imaging/soundstage. Even the kick drum on all the songs is tighter and punchier, and the rock and metal songs are so much cleaner and clearer but less edgy and shrill than on other amps, where they're more veiled but also edgier at the same time. And, the clarity and dynamics on the classical piece are the best I've heard from any amp too. I'm astounded by this amp, paired with these speakers. Time Travelling sounds so much more lively and realistic, like a whole new song. I can now hear every nuance and inflection in the voices like never before
And thanks for your work really helps to decide which is the best
If the listening set up keeps changing then it makes doing comparisons really challenging. The beauty of this set up is that you can change the display while keeping the same listening set up !!
Thanks for this!
I agree with the comment below both sound equally good. The 200 just a little Fuller in the mid-range. Paired with a good sub they would both be great speakers. Thanks for the great video!
Liistening to this demo again, the more I really like the Arcam SA10 with the R100 in particular. The R100's slightly more forward midrange works pretty nicely with the Arcam. Maybe they're a tiny touch understated around 3 to 5 khz. with it and maybe not, but the combo is definately more smooth and warm than colored sounding to me, and smoother I think than with the R200
1 R1 with a sub
2 R600
What is the best option?
I twice demoed the Polks at a local store recently, and in both demos I got completely different results. The first demo was running some Dianna Krall (the stock standard cd stores usually play) through a powerful Denon amp. They sounded great. But on the second try, I played some guitar-driven black metal through a bluetooth streamer (from my iphone) into the same amp, the Polks sounded completely flat, muddy and weak. However, when I switched speakers, the music came through perfectly. What a weird thing.
Going back and listening the the R200 with other amps, the AXR85 and 100 come closest to the Arcam, followed by the Audiolab and NAD 316. The 388 sounds positively muffled and veiled in comparison to all of them
I wonder if any of the increased clarity we hear is due to sound reflecting off of the flat screen TV between and just behind the speakers
Wow! The Arcam is so dynamic, punchy, clear, and balanced. And, the stereo balance is now perfect too, with the lead trumpet on the jazz tune dead center, instead of off to the right. Thanks for getting that sorted out! IMO, the 100 sounds a tiny bit shut in and compressed compared to the 200, but it still sounds great. I like the new background graphics too. Now we need to hear the Arcam with other speakers. I think it'll maybe beat the Audiolab, the NADs, and the Cambridges! Even though it's bright and clear, it's so natural and sweet sounding at the same time and never shrill or edgy, and the note definition, detail, resolution, and separation between voices and instruments is better than all the other amps. When Fields started, I was knocked out of my chair! The guitar sounds more real than I've ever heard before, and is maybe more natural on the 100. It sounds bigger on the 200, but the tonal balance isn't as good as the 100. It sounds slightly more hollow and bloated on the 200
Not sure if it's because of the better demo, but I agree with you on the Arcam. It sounds incredible good.
Last month I compared the Rotel A11 tribute and the Audiolab 6000a against the Arcam SA10,. I went with the Arcam.
@@thomasward00 I've always loved their gear. I used to have an Arcam Alpha 7 amp, which i wish I hadn't sold, and my Alpha 7 CD player just died recently, after working flawlessly for 20 years!
Can you test the Arcam with some B&W 606 or 607 speakers.
Can you Compare it to the svs ultra bookshelf speakers?
R200 is more dynamic with wide sound stage with great depth of sound. Polk R200 is brilliant with lush female vocals. Best speaker in any price range. Clear,wide, transparent and sweet.
I love my Arcam SA10
Sure thing, nice gear 👍
To start, I've heard other demo's of this Arcam, and the SA20, and even there I felt midrange fullness wasn't it's very best quality compared to some other amps. Clarity and definition are!!
It also has a fluid quality that is exceptional.
Regarding the speaker siblings, I think the R200 has sounded slightly fuller and more natural in the mids with other amps, and definately with the Audiolab 6000, but never more clear or detailed.
The R100's sound very slightly less full in midrange and bass, and a touch more forward around 1khz than their big bro's, but not by a lot at all to me. Again, strictly for me, I think other amps may suit them slightly better from a midrange tonality perspective, but I think there is a nice reassuring consistancy in sound between the two models, and I basicaly like them both..and the Arcam.
Nice comparison E Project! Level matching and balance are excellent too.
The yamaha s801 push the R200 way better than arcam 10,20 the arcam 30 works better cause you need 100watts to really push the R200
Keep this setting and volume level E, better than all the other old vids!
On a side note, on Time Travelling the vocals seems a little recessed (backwards?) on the 200 next to the 100. In fact the vocals on the metal tracks confirm this. I definitely like the 100 more tonality wise. But power handling wise and at higher volumes the smaller sibling would start to lose composure quick.
The more I listen, the more I warm to the 100, and agree iwth you that it's even more blanced than the 200, which is very evident on the metal and acoustic tracks. The 200 is just a tad more dynamic, I think. You really can't beat either one at their price
@@DougMen1 i guess the smaller drivers are better suited for midrange production or that lower crossover on the r200 isnt doin it any favour
@@-MarkWinston- I've always felt that a 5.25" woofer on a two way bookshelf has better midrange than a 6.5" woofer. They just don't have the bass of a 6.5". But, I'm not a big bass head anyway. I'm more into rich mids and clean highs. My Diamond 9.1s have plenty of clean and punchy bass for me, which is actually better with my cheap class D amp than my AB ones. Maybe the class D amp is less affected by the low impedance dips that Diamonds all have than class AB amps. Because frequencies become very directional when the length of the waveform approaches the driver diameter, a smaller woofer will have better dispersion, and better in room response at the top of its range than a larger woofer. So, even when we sit in the sweet spot, we still hear the overall room response. That's why MA blew it by moving up to an 8" woofer on the 100. They should have stayed with the 6.5" that they used to have on the larger Bronze bookshelves. But, Wharfedale somehow messed up the corssover on the 12.1, because its midrange is clearly inferior to the 12.2
@@DougMen1 that is probably due to how 'undersized' wharfedale's woofers are. My 12.2's woofer measures more like a 5 inch woofer (center of rubber surround to the other) and the 12.1 more like a 4 inch one. I have never seen a woofer with a smaller surface area from any manufacturer for a given size.
@@-MarkWinston- So, they fudge the numbers and measure including the frame? That's new, because the woofers on my 9.1s really are 5.25 or 5.5".
R100 is more V or U-shaped. R200 is more neutral and therefore can sometimes sound dull with certain tracks.
1 R1 with a sub
2 R600
What is the best option?
Gostaria de ver o Arcam com as MA Bronze 100. Também deve ficar muito bom.
Já as 12.1 e 12.2 com Arcam nem deve ficar muito bom. Deve ficar muito quente e passar da conta.
R200 + Arcam SA10/20/30 VS 12.2 + NAD 388 please... 😆😆😆
Or do 12.2 vs R200 with the Arcam
sure, noted, thanks
I have the SA10 in my bedroom, can't decide between B&W 606 S2 or Paradigm 200B, I do like the fact that the 200B is made in Canada.
Paradigm and B&W are both bright, but the Paradigm won't have the big midrange dip or excessively shrill treble of the B&W, IMO
@@DougMen1 Do you think the Paradigm will pair well with the Arcam?
@@thomasward00 I haven't heard them together, but there's no reason to think that they wouldn't be a great match. Of course, it's best if you can hear them together yourself.
Nice little Amp for the R100 but it's a bit under powered for the R200. Should have used the SA20.
🤔🎶🎶🎶🎶R200 ✌🏻👍👍👍👍👍✌🏻😊🇵🇱
is it possible for you to demo the R200 with the Legend L200?
thanks, I will try~
@@eprojectEllie or R200 vs L100
Paired with a sub witch do you recommend for home theater?
O Arcam SA10(imagina então os SA20 e 30)casou bem melhor com as Polk do que o NAD C388.
Caixas mais neutras com integrado mais quente. Ficou bem melhor que usar caixas e integrado neutros.
As R100 com mais agudos e menos graves do que as R200.
The R200 needs at least 100watts amp to push them im using the yamaha s801
Depending on roomsize, you can't really go wrong here. Polk really build some nice boxes with a balanced, nice and open sound. Imo, the R200 outperforms the R100 (duh), but the R100 is closer than I thought. The Arcam does a fine job too, impressive.
Great demo E Project, keep this level please.
Thanks for the tips!
The SA10 is only $880 and is only 50w/channel. It's a little monster!
The internal ESS DAC is great, better than my Schiit Modi 3+
@@thomasward00 That's barely a price increase in 22 years! I paid $600 for the 40w/channel Alpha 7 amp in 1999, which is clearly inferior to the A10, and had no DAC
@@DougMen1 But the Alpha 7 was made in the UK.
@@thomasward00 So what? It still wasn't as good. It was just made by higher paid workers (hopefully)
r100 would win if it coupled with a fast sub.
я купил бы r100 и не мучился
No surprise here, R200 sounds more open, cleaner, has more bass. It's better than the R100 in every way.
Yeeeaah..They're not better in every way🙂
Actually r100 is faster and more precise on mid to high. And low end is trivial to compensate with some subwoofer. R100+sub is better than r200+whatever. Mids without overstrech do belong to r100.
Sembra che le R100 suonano meglio delle R200 con la musica rock