Polk L800 Speaker Review: Get the Full SDA Effect!
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Polk L800 Legend review! In our continuing coverage of the Polk L800 speakers, we do a detailed review of this unique product and discuss how to get the maximum SDA (Stereo Dimension Array) effect by optimizing placement and set up. In this review, Matt gives a full account of his objective and subjective impressions of the speakers and provides detailed measurements so you can see how they perform. In our opinion, some other UA-cam reviews simply do NOT understand this product or how to properly set it up to realize the full potential of the SDA technology. This is a must watch video if you're seriously considering this speaker in your music or theater room. We go over recommended electronics to pair with these speakers and placement guidelines that will make or break their performance. Are you ready for SDA? Watch this video to find out!
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Top notch review. Sincere and honest. Love the emphasis that the importance of your experience was the fun of listening to music, not just nitpicking the speaker’s compromises. Well done.
Excellent review! Glad you spent the extra time needed to see what these babies could really do.
Great review I really like the energy that you put into it and those detail about them are great. These are one of my dream speakers for sure.
Absolutely excellent review. Detailed and thorough. Great work👍
You are spot on when saying that todays music could be better for SDA's. The separation of older stereo was what these speakers were designed around. And it really comes thru on them. Plus todays recording engineers are not up to par with the older experts. These speakers will quickly expose a poor recording.
Another thing. When I listen to my older SDA's, they actually sound a bit foreign when first fired up. I believe the brain must adjust for a few minutes to what is occurring with the crosstalk feature. After that it is no going back and a deep rabbit hole.
These newer models are likely better. Other than the ported hole.
Best audio reviewer on youtube. A lot of useful information and no paid bullshit like most others
Terrific review!
Great review Matthew! (I prefer your analytical thinking and looking for the root of things)
I loved the SDA speakers of the 80's....but why do these have to cost so much?
Great test! on the other hand do you think that the Marantz SR 7015 can have such good performances and therefore be able to recommend it too? thank you
Excellent review. But it's POLK
Sounded like you were saying POKE.
LOL 😆 again excellent review.
Thanks Matthew, great info. By your review I'm guessing these would not be good speakers for watching movies? Also, as far as power goes, are these by campable on the back so that you could just hook up two channels from a receiver?
These actually are great with movies and they are biampable. You could do that but the receiver power supply will still be a limiting factor.
As for the movies issue, they project an amazing image. As part of a multichannel system they create an even more dimensional effect than normal. However they are a bit dynamically limited compared to my reference speakers. But my reference speakers have dynamics nearly no mainstream speaker has. So I would say for more than 90% of consumers these are adequate.
Nice,can you guys do a review of the Polk audio RTI a9
I had too google the price while listening and its actually not stupid @ 10k Aus dollar. For what they are.
I’m in search for a new power amp for my L800s. I’d like recommendations of from other L800 owners on what they are using
@@yournightmare9999 any particular model number?
How about we get to hear the speakers?????
The "midrange" drivers are actually mid-bass. Polk also used mid-bass drivers in their vintage SDA systems back in the 90s.
Did you try any movies? How would they work in a home theater setup?
The L800’s shine big on movies and ATMOS soundtracks. The deep bass along with the power port really complete soundtracks. I use them in a 7.4.4 config and the SDA effect really comes into its own removing the need for 9.4.4
Wow that was great...🤔
I'd love to have these, but given the size of my entertainment center, the best I could do is get them to an equilateral triangle. Is it just a waste of money to get these if they are spread out like that?
Yes, go with the L600s instead and save money and space.
@@Audioholics any chance you'll review them?
I have L600 & L800’s, and my buddy has the L600’s on a NAD T778 with two REL subs.
There is no replacement for displacement. The 2x 10’drivers and power port deliver on bass with the right amp that delivers bass. Not all amps are a match for the L800’s.
The 600’s are fantastic, but like all towers to get direct firing loud stereo bass from Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, etc one needs big drivers which is why I purchased the L800s and I still have 4 subs and the L600’s on the rear.
What about if they close the sidewall a couple of inches away or right in the corner, have you tried that
I had them since launched. In my opinion if it's roughly 0.5meters away from the wall, it still produces the magic. It still able to potrait the segregation of the stereo details in the song
Can you better explain what you mean?
@@PoesAcoustics well I'm thinking less time delay the boundary so closed maybe pointing them in, the same with the corners. The cancellation would be more instant less deflection wouldn't have a chance! Because the further they are way the bigger signal area becomes
@@wintenzin are you talking from the back wall or side walls
@@johnsweda2999 side
ok
Only problem with the human ear is everybody is different so its pretty subjective
FYI We absolutely LOVE long reviews !! That's what we are here for and why we love our hobby/passion!! :)
These are beyond my price range but loved the review! Well done.
Matt hopefully you gave Tool - “Chocolate Chip Trip” on these. On regular speakers that cane give me goose bumps.
Chocolate Chip is one of my DAC/speaker test songs. Killer.
That song is bad. Zero musical taste
@@pizzaearthpancakesandother2549 that’s the beauty of music, taste is entirely subjective. Thanks for playing though
I have overloaded mine and replaced the tweeters on one side of the towers using a 600 watt amp at 4 ohms. Polk will sell you replacements at a fair price if things go sideways. The SDA works! My listening place is between the speakers and the SDA totally separates the channels listened to.
Thanks for the review. After owning a few flagship large tower speakers from different brands, I'm really on the look out for a speaker of this quality to be a shade dark and rolled off on top. Overwhelmingly I've found that these large flagship tower speakers try and impress with as you say a 'revealing' top end and ultimately it becomes a huge let down and quickly causes listener fatigue. Who cares about how big and loud a speaker can play if it's just bright when you turn it up. Rant over (and continuing my search for now) :)
Why is there a ticking noise in the background of this video?
Excellent review very well done
Thank you for this review! A lot of people down talk these speakers. You explained it's advantage very well.
Awesome speakers. I heard a pair a 6 months back and I would love a 2 channel setup with them.
I also would love to hear the L600s for my theater setup.
You mention Pink Floyd The Wall, another is Exposed by Mike Oldfield.
ANY of the older rock recordings. The POLK forum has listing of recommender listening and it's good.
I stumbled onto The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys and it was way out there. If it don't sound right you can bet it was a poor recording.
Those are amazing looking ! I always loved the Top of the line polk in love with my 703s pared with me Yammy As-1100
I was waiting for you to show up hope you're in a little bit better place emotionally!😇
@@bigjay1970 Thanks Big Jay ! Got called back to work 3 weeks ago and I have worked 21 nights straight no days off , So keeping busy helps a lil but me woreout ! I'm suppose to have this coming weekend off hopefully ! Just finished the Audiolab A6000 review should be uploaded in a couple of hours 😃 Yes I Poped the hood smile , Hell i eas so woreout i for got I had my worj cloths on lol
I'm aiming for a short review... 27 minutes later. LOL
That’s funny.
Regarding the SDA effect and binaural vs multi-track recordings. I own these speakers and while I love them, there are times when I want to reduce the SDA effect. I don't want to kill it completely by unplugging it. Just to be able to turn it down a bit. If only someone was willing to reverse engineer the circuit then we could design something to do that. Perhaps a box with a knob that could be inserted between the two umbilical cords.
You can unplug the SDA cable
just use an ambiophonic algorithm. You can adjust it to your taste. Mini DSP used to sell one
Grey video but this isn’t just a review it’s educational. Thanks
Would the anthem str be a good amp for the l800
Awesome review. All relevant info that I would want to know in a review was well presented. Well done!
I just got a pair of these. My wife & I were tired of watching the same three channels on cable and we decided to rebuild our sound system. Hands down no regrets! My wife was upset that she missed out on this quality of sound for so long. From quiet to loud the detail never waivers. Go too loud and the detail diminishes. But at this sound pressure level your hearing will be permanently toasted. The base is accurate and will shine even at very low sound levels.
What amp did you pair with the L800’s please? I’m upgrading mine.
I’d appreciate feedback on your listening experience.
@@Wozzaatwozza Parasound ZoneMaster 2350 350 watts at 8 ohms per channel. Affordable and great Sounding. Rotel RC-1590 preamp and Schiit Loki Max equalizer. My wife is head over heels crazy about listening to music through the system.
@@sk22ng Wife and I are 67 and experiencing the same. LOL
These speakers MUST be heard in person . it's impossible to do justice to the SDA effect on a recording .
What about the L600s? How come no one talks about them?
They are awesome. And we have done side by side comparisons of the R700s and the L600s easily win due to cabinet and crossover design
An electrostatic SDA is the way to go. SDA could have a huge future...but Polk just doesn't get how to use it.
Can I use pair of polk CSI A4 center channel as surround speakers or front left and right??? My intention is to have equal sound should come from all channels..
You guys should compare this against Ohm Walsh omnidirectional speakers. The soundstage is well beyond the speakers and imagining is similar. The center stage stays locked between the speakers no matter your position in your room.
I was just about to buy some nice big vintage jbl 4435's but I'm reconsidering after hearing these.
Fantastic review ,Mathew ! Really appreciate your efforts to share your thoughts on these .
Because of the special placement requirements , would you consider these not being suitable as L and R speakers in a dual music and HT setup ? (Can’t expand the screen size unless it is an AT screen )
Thanks and look forward to more content from you
Ive listened to every top speaker out there and the polk Sda srs speakers are the best ive ever heard I imagine these are awesome I cant wait to hear them
Great review! It’s funny...as I listened to your description of the effect and comparison to normal speakers especially about the wall...you are describing exactly what I have here with my LSiM707s after I set them up with master set. The speakers are gone and the sound is all over the room, wrapping almost behind and 90 to the sides easily on many tracks.
A VERY thorough review of these Polk L800 loudspeakers - the best on UA-cam
At 22:20 "reggaetron" lol. Is that what rasta transformers listen to? Lol. I know, he meant reggaeton. It was funny.
I won’t able to watch this review in full until later but I quickly scrolled through to find the measurements. I see horizontal polar is provided but not vertical. I didn’t see this (nor the horizontal) in the written review link, either. I’m quite interested to see how these behave vertically. Do you have that data?
I apologize if this was mentioned in the review. I appreciate your time.
The method Matt used to measure these speakers indoors is quite complex and thus making it difficult to get accurate vertical response measurements. He may try to take them outdoors before boxing them up to pull additional measurements, time permitting of course.
Hi Erin. The speakers weigh in excess of 120lbs, arrived in the midst of Covid, and have angled baffles. As such, we just couldn’t measure them as we usually do. The only approach I could do, under the circumstances, was an in-room method using Geddes take on nearfield scanning. Basically I use a Legendre spherical extrapolation spliced with nearfield LF data. I then processed the data into that graph with VituixCAD.
Verticals and more data would have been nice but without some big strong help I am not sure I can do that. When I tried doing it in room, once I got past 15 degrees in either direction I got results I didn’t trust. Especially below tweeter axis. I hope to remeasure these in the future to get better results. Since I had Polks own internal data, I felt confident in publishing this much.
I had an easier time measuring the JTR Noesis 212’s then these. Just a big heavy load with a delicate finish.
Great review, thank you
Hi. Which amp or amps did you use the drive the L800s?
I don't listen to digital files. It's vinyl record only, can I get the same effect??
Im about to purchae these for my home theater. I'll be using my Marantz SR815 with an Integrated Amp Marantz PM 8006. 11.2 channel system. 3 PB3000 SVS subwoofers. Thoughts and recommendations please??
Update: Made the purchase and I love these speakers!!!!!
Thanks for the review much appreciated
Couldn't watch this video because of the ticking noise in the background. What is that? Nobody else is bothered?
I don't hear it. Even with the volume up. That means you have good hearing and should get a set of these.
I have SVS ultras how do they compare??
I can share that to my surprise I found the NAD M28 Purifi power amp does not sound as good on the mid & low end as the NAD T777 internal receiver amps, but did sound excellent on the top end.
This was very surprising.
Update: I later learned that the Purifi version on the M28 only has 16amps of current vs the Purifi 7040 which has 40amps of current. The M28 lacked balls and NAD need an M28b with the 7040 modules.
Good job, Matt. 👍
I own Polk SDA speakers that were built in 1986, I purchased new. They really like power. 500 watts per channel is not too much. But they sound best at medium volume levels away from the wall, with a seating position even farther away from any wall. They need air to breathe! The 'sweet-spot' is equidistant to the two speakers (as far back as placement is wide). These speakers 'trick' the listener into hearing a wider than normal sound stage by each speaker canceling out the opposing channel. Not the best, most precise, nor cleanest speakers in the world, but can be very entertaining with strong right to left recordings like The Beatles or Pink Floyd.
essentially you owned polks for almost 40 years
Good video with solid knowledge well related...and i wouldn't have taken less than 27 minutes if I were you! There is a personal story mixed in with the objective measurements that I really liked. I would like to see more reviews done by your good self. I also have a narrow room, having no choice but to place my speakers within 4" from sidewall and 12" from back wall at 7.5 ft. apart, center to center.
The guy looks like tom from jujimufu
I like your direct approach. Now I'm rethinking. I'm trying to pair two L800's now.
Matthew, much appreciated.
Question; I don't believe I've ever seen a horizontal response set of measurements like that... ie., one can see about 400hz the onset of the typical directivity pattern. However, the longer wavelengths in the octaves below that point, the variance displayed in this graph isn't oftentimes found in directivity measurements.
I understand you stated this measurement graph was the conventional inside facing array. I'm curious what's creating the aberrant behavior down below 100hz.
100hz = 11.3'
1/4 wavelength of 100hz is nearly 3', so how could variances be resolved by the incremental process?
If the measurement data is accurate, that tells me that perhaps the adjacent dimensional array driver's out of band energy may be influencing the result down in the lower octaves.
Thoughts?
I don't believe I've read anything nor am I at all experienced with this latest offering. Also, I've never owned or setup a Polk SDA.
Thanks for the enjoyable and compelling review ... it was interesting and makes me want to check out this effect for myself. Good stuff.
Kevin
Hey Kevin,
I’m actually not sure what you are asking, but SDA was not active in anyway during the measurements. Because of how it works, if you unhook the umbilical cord and send a mono signal to one speaker, it behaves as a normal speaker. The SDA dimensional array is inactive.
The roughness in the bass response is just the norm for any speaker.
If you mean why is the speaker at all directional at very low frequencies, all monopole speakers will be slightly directional at very low frequencies. It’s also possible there is slight measurement artifacts, but because I compared these to real anechoic measurements, I believe them to be accurate.
So no it’s not an SDA effect. First because it’s not turned on in those measurements. Second, because the array wouldn’t be functioning that low in frequency.
However, if you could clarify if you are referring to the response issue as amplitude or directivity related, that would be helpful.
Keep in mind, because the LF response was derived from a specially processed Gated signal and a nearfield measurement, there will inevitably be two things, one is far more resolution than those relying solely on gating, and the other is artifacts from the approach. The artifacts are generally not meaningful though.
@@PoesAcoustics
Thanks for responding
Distilled down a bit more;
the measurements indicate directivity related amplitude variations significantly lower in frequency than should be seen due to wavelength size.
I don't believe I've ever seen amplitude resolution at 10° horizontal variations ... down at 200hz, 100hz, etc, from a loudspeaker with vertically aligned LF sources (two 10"s and the port).
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Having no memory of encountering this before, I was speculating that the adjacent 5" cone from the 𝘚𝘋𝘈 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘦, played a role in it's out of band energy below it's crossover region.
I speculate this despite knowing you had the inter-connecting SDA cable removed.
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Curious as to the cause, I don't believe I've ever seen such a result.
Thoughts?
@@FOH3663 ok I double checked to be sure I’m not nuts. James Larson has confirmed we see this kind of variation with our outdoor groundplane polar measurments we have done on subwoofer’s. We also see it with Klippel and anechoic data. It would seem, in theory, like this would be correct. But beyond 100hz we do see that monopole LF sources show some slight directionality. We also see that they show some amplitude variation. Why? Who knows. It could be diffraction effects at very low frequencies. Interactions with the port. I also wouldn’t put too much weight into this as I didn’t measure them outside. These were too big and heavy and I didn’t have help from the manufacturer to stick them out in a field on a 6’ + stand.
I didn’t use normal gating for this so there is much higher resolution at low frequencies, but it also uses a multi-pole LF model much like Klippel does so it’s possible it over-simplified things. I asked Earl Geddes, who wrote the software, why his basic model showed such a different response from that or my nearfield and he said the extrapolation model represents the field with a set of poles. That he simplified the LF model since the room contributes so much. I then took that raw data and blended in the nearfield response. That likely means the variation was from the far field Legendre extrapolation. I hadn’t paid any attention until you brought it up.
When I have some time I will maybe play around with a subwoofer to measure it using this technique and see what happens. Maybe there is a slight error being introduced? Or maybe it’s normal. I just am not sure.
Thanks for this conversation.
Agreed
A solid interaction, and admittedly, I failed to respond back in appreciation for the last detailed submission from him.
The takeaway likely being adjacent boundary loading presenting local variations, etc.
It's appreciated.
Very new to the higher end speaker game. Hoping to get some clarification: I listen to mostly live recordings on digital, cd, and vinyl that are heavy on guitar solos. Would the high end brightness issue come into play too frequently on these when using the tech?
did you listen to pearl jam?
Regaetron? Is that a music based Transformer? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I have the old sda 1b's
😉👍
Geddes $3200, well I don't know about that
Great review Matt!
XTC without DSP seems a compromise. Would be great if Prof. Choueiri, Princeton and Theoretical started lowering prices of the Bacch4Mac...
I basically agree with you on this. This method works surprisingly well but an active DSP method is better yet. I think there is something to be said for using active cancelation drivers but DSP is still a better approach.
Still, don’t write these off. It’s impressive what they do. If Polk gets serious about this, I am sure they could introduce an affordable DSP option.
we want to hear the speakers NOT You.
Then goto a dealer and get a proper demo instead of being delusional thinking you can get a demo on youtube through your airpods.
why bother with a projector if its gonna be so small
which avr i purchased to run speaker polk audio rti9
@Audioholics What are the best recommended amp for this speakers? Thank you for your help and time!
Di you buy your AMP?
You keep saying Poke , but its Polk !
How this compare to kef R11?
Hmmm I wonder if they need to be as close together if you turn the SDA technology off? Just curious
No. But if you're going to turn off the SDA, then get the L600s instead.
Your a super star for audiophiles. Thanks for all your hard work.
Awesome review. Looking forward to more from you.
What is the ticking sound?
Thank you for the good explanation about these speakers ... Clear and honest.
👍😉
What about using room correction like Audyssey? Do you still recommend that and if so should you remove the SDA cable until correction is finished?
Just get typical speakers if into Audyssey. The SDA effect is engineered into the speaker design to simplify things.
Excellent review dude!
La solución mas practica pero mas costosa para producir, 2 agudos 2 medios
abiertos en angulo para un mejor soundstage
Cual amp estas usando?
The first time I listened to Pink Floyd's "The Wall" on my SDA-1Cs back in 1988, it blew me away. There is a track in which a woman comes back to his place and goes from where they were into the bathroom and makes a remark about how it is bigger than her apartment. When she walked out of the room on the track, it was like she walked out the door of my barracks room and was talking from the hallway.
Still have the speakers though they are starting to show their 32 years of use.
Pink Floyd - one of my turns... Great song.
Try The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking, it’s fantastic.
I still have the 1Cs I bought new around 1990, still used daily. I've upgraded the tweeters but otherwise still stock.
Need lovely 😍💋 💝💖❤️
Well done.
Would these be good rear channel/surround channel speakers 🤔
haha for sure. This would make a killer 4.0 system!
@@Audioholics Would you use the sda interconnect in that kind set up?
I thought you said 4.5’-5’ feet was the optimal distance apart but at the end your saying 8’... I’m confused..
It’s based on distance to the listening position. It’s not a fixed number. So in my narrow room with short listening distance of 8’ you want to be about 5’ apart. Less could be even better. If your listening distance is a more normal (for a speaker this large) 12’ or more. You can get into wider spacing.
The thing to keep in mind is that you want to avoid strong sidewall interaction and they want to be closer together than they are from you. 25%-50% differential is ideal. They can be father apart if the room is wider, but they will always be their best if they are farther from you than they are apart.
Here is an example: your room is 12’ wide and 30’ long. You can sit 17’ away from the speakers. Even though you are very far from the speaker, you will want a solid 3’ from the sidewalls. That means the speaker should still be a close 6’ apart.
Now let’s say your room is 18’ wide and 20’ deep. In this scenario, you could listen at a distance of 15’ from the speaker. Having the speakers at a distance of 8’ to up to 12’ apart would all be ok.
Let’s say the room is wider than long, day 20’ wide but only 18’ deep. In this scenario, you want some distance between you and the back wall, so I would t sit any more than 15’ to 16’ back from the speaker. Even though the room is really wide, I would not place the speakers any farther than 12’ apart. Maybe closer even.
Let’s go more extreme. It’s a 20’ wide room but you only have 15’ of depth. In this case, an 8’ listening distance makes a lot of sense. As such, a 5’ distance apart could also make the most sense.
@@PoesAcoustics Isee. Thank you for the detailed descriptive reply. With my rf7iii I have them roughly 9’ apart becasue of my room they have to be this far apart or else it would block entry through the hallway to the bathrooms and about 12 from my listening position and a width of the room at about roughly 13’. And I fee this is the best positioning Ives had yet for them tho it might not be the most proper way for them yet the soundstage is vast and lovely and they sound superb. Before I bought them I was thinking about getting the legends but I’m kinda glad I didn’t for how hard they are to get working properly and my inexperience at this point I am at on my sound journey. But with the way you described the way they sound it’s very tempting. Tho I think my next speakers would be some jtr’s. Do you have a review of those speakers if so where can I find it?
@@daveycrockett5738 those are very different speakers. So don’t worry about the issues. It actually sounds like the Polks could have worked ok in your scenario. They would have been at the edge of what I found to be ok.
www.avnirvana.com/threads/jtr-noesis-212rt-review-and-measurements.6779/
There is my JTR Noesis review for a prior group I worked with. I have a new JTR review coming on the Noesis 110HT.
In my opinion they are a much better speaker than the Polks. They are much more sensitive, capable of far higher output, and very linear. They used to be voiced a little bright for my taste but I’ve influenced Jeff apparently in my reviews and he has changed the tonal balance a bit in his designs to be even more neutral or even a little on the warm side (in a good way, not colored way).
@@PoesAcoustics ya I was just telling you how I have mine set up. Are they really when ever I upgrade I’m going to be upgrading to a pair of jtr. The captivator4000ulf lp just arrived but it’s been sitting in the garage because my friends are busy and I don’t wanna pay $400 for movers to move it up in my room. Should be able to get the help to move it Monday. And awesome thank you will look into that review. You do great reviews.
Do you have a review of klipsch rf7iii?
Enjoyed this review quite a bit. Great stuff.
Andrew Robinson also did a very good review of these.
Yes, but our conclusions are much different which is likely do to set up. As mentioned in this review, you can't place these speakers as far apart as conventional speakers otherwise it hinders the SDA effect.
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@Audioholics - Gene, in the written review, You mention, "the Dominator MX" speaker from the movie - "Ruthless People". As it turns out, the Screenwriter, was a Co - Worker (Dale Launer) , when We both had Audio Sales Jobs, at the West L.A. store of the 'Federated Group', back in the late '70's ... Judge Reinhold's character describing the Woofer - " 18 inches, of Thigh - Slapping Power." ! lol The Other movies to Dale's Credit, are : "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels", and "My Cousin Vinnie" ! Where He wrote, Marisa Tomei's Academy Award winning - lines e.g. As She stomps the ground, like a metronome - "My Biological Clock is Going Like This !" Anyway, I just wanted You to know; that Crazy Material from the movie's "Hi - fi" shop scene, came from Real Life Experiences. Who says that Truth ISN'T Stranger, than Fiction ??? Cheers ! ;-)
haha nice. thanks for sharing. BTW this was a preview article. Written review will be coming.
@@Audioholics - Gene, I'm glad It was able to give you a laugh. As for the article,
I understand. I'm looking forward, to reading the final copy.
btw - Here's a strange coincidence, that may interest you.
Sandy Gross, of Golden Ear (and before that, Definitive Audio, & co-founder of Polk); was a "childhood" acquaintance. As We both raced " Slot Cars" at ( wait ! )
"Polk's Hobby Shop", (32nd St. & 5th Ave.) in NYC !
The Hobby was so huge back then. That Coast to Coast; a circuit of Slot Car Races was organized. Sandy was so successful at building & racing Slot Cars.
That eventually, He and a friend; were able to obtain Multi - Million $$$ sponsorships, from various Manufacturers of Slot Car Kits & Components !
That's how He was able, to help finance Polk Audio; after He met Matthew Polk,
while attending Johns Hopkins University. Life is Weird. ;-)
@@RoaroftheTiger dude I loved slot car racing as a child. All your stories are worthy of an editorial on Audioholics. Let me know if you're interested.
@@Audioholics- I don't see, 'Why Not'. But, I must warn You. I started my "audio journey" in Vietnam in 1969, working with the "Army & Air Force Exchange System" - the PX . That's a long story. For It also involved, being attached to a unit of the Royal Thai Army (That alone is NUTS !) ... But after I returned Stateside - I worked both in NYC market (various retailers & Rep Co. - Sales Trainer) & Los Angeles ( "Music & Sound" of CA. - with Mel Schilling, & John Iverson ! , Federated, and lastly, Technics - when "Panasonic West" was transitioning out a old distributor, to take control of it's product lines, in California.) And Yes, besides all the interesting gear; What a "cast of characters" ! After reading this, If your still interested. I'm open. ;-)
no thanks, Ill keep my JBL L100's.
Legends!
Yeah good one! A month after this you're wanting to buy them, asking if they do ok with classic rock and your as3100 on another channel! BUSTED.
I will keep my sonus fabers!
Loool..i have L100 and for used jbl 4367 and new Polk L800..polk eats all jbl..
There are a fair number of contradictions in this video. Which is find is typical of most “audiophiles”.
“I consider my self to be a mini bass head”
“These speakers sounded bass heavy, but they measured flat. So it’s probably that I listen to a lot of thin systems”.
“There are better speakers when it comes to modern pop music, because it doesn’t take advantage of the SDA technology.”
“I listened to a lot of pop music with these speakers”
Not contradictive in the context of someone reviewing many speakers and testing the genre to make said observation/statement.
Good that you discuss a lot to explain everything... but i supposed it should have been much better if you conducted an actual sound test...it will speak a thousand words than just oral elaboration.
You mean recording the speaker so you can hear that. We have addresses that before. It’s a bogus and useless test. You aren’t hearing the speaker. Just the interaction of the colored microphone with a non-natural pickup pattern in my room. Nothing can be extrapolated from that.
Excellent take on these.Over 34 years ago I had the Polk SDA CRS+ which looked nothing like these but they also had to be front facing with no toe in. I loved them for years but when home theater became a thing I found they just didn't work as fronts in a 5.1 system so I sold them.(Wish I still had them for dedicated music listening) Never thought this SDA tech would ever resurface. I wonder what kind of job these do in Home theater?
Practically off topic, but I have Polk RT55i as fronts in my 7.1 setup. They sounded like crap with 15 degrees of toe in and way above their $$$ when I faced them straight. I don't believe they share any components with your SDAs or the ones in this review, so maybe it's a Polk design commonality?