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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Manufacturer: Polk Audio Catalog: CE Color variation: Black Media: Electronics Variation: Black Oak Model: AM5025-A Ean: 0047192110544 Upc: 047192110544  Tip: compare prices with similar consumer electronics |
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| Polk Audio Monitor 50 Floorstanding Tower Speaker System Black - The newly reborn Monitor Series is classic Polk: a quality-built, affordable line of high performance loudspeakers for music and home theater. They are highly efficient, so they can be driven easily by unpretentious receivers, and they are voice matched for lifelike surround sound environments. The Monitor Series boasts a stylish look that complements today's flat screen technology, with wood grain finishes and mod Titanium faces, and beefy stabilizer feet on the tower models. Built for speed, sound quality and value, the Monitor Series is a great introduction to high performance sound. Efficiency - 89 dB Crossover - 2.3kHz, second order high and low pass Inputs Dual (bi-amp) 5-way binding posts Cabinet Size 35 H x 7 W x 9-5/8 D / Weight - 26 Lbs Speaker Wire not included Using the Monitor 50 for front and rear channels make n excellent choice when seeking a superb 5.1 channel home-theater surround sound |
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Written on May 29, 2008 Summary: Decent sound, perhaps my setup is too weak... These are well built, and look good. Overall, there is little bass, but I purchased a separate subwoofer anyways. What I want from these speakers are very clear and loud Highs and Mids. They are very clear. But I'm not sure if they are getting maximum power (older Pioneer amp), as I would have prefered these speakers to be louder.  Written on May 24, 2008 Summary: Great bass, nice appearance I was replacing crummy, but reliable large old RCA speakers. These L/R Polk speakers fit in nicely around my Samsung LCD. I can't have too loud sounds because I'm in an apartment. I actually had to turn the bass down on the Onkyo receiver because of these speakers! They fill the room better and sound richer. I got a Polk CS1 center speaker with these and they all sound great! Good for a budget, but not budget-sounding. Written on May 15, 2008 Summary: Not bad at these prices... The Polk website lists these babies at a whopping four hundred sixty bucks MSRP...now if you're paying anywhere near that, I'd say you're nuts because there's far better speakers available at that pricepoint. Luckily the street prices on the Polk Monitor line keep dropping, perhaps due to fierce competition from both high-quality Internet-direct manufacturers like av123, Ascend, SVS, Hsu, etc. and as more speakers are now produced in cut-rate China, such as the Usher Audio S-520. At the one hundred thirty bucks shipped each price that Amazon currently has them at, however, this is an excellent value---mainly because these being floorstanding rather than bookshelf speakers, you don't have to spend any money on speaker stands, which would start at around eighty to a hundred bucks and negate any price advantage of bookshelf speakers. The Monitor 50 is basically identical to the Monitor 40 in terms of not only having the same two 5.25" mid-woofers and 1" silk tweeter, but surprisingly the much larger cabinet of the 50 does not seem to give you any extra bass extension: both the 40 and the 50 are listed by Polk as going down to 57Hz, which means that having a powered subwoofer is highly recommended, especially if you are using these speakers for home theater (DVDs)---and particularly if you watch a lot of big-budget action flicks where the subwoofer really makes or breaks your system, particularly in a large open space. For critical music listening, the Polk Monitor is decent, but hardly anything to write home about. That's "critical music listening"---wherein one sits in front of the speakers and listens intently to the nuances, details, balance and tonality of the musical output, in contrast to casual listening where you're perhaps preparing a meal in the kitchen at the same time, or dusting the furniture, etc. Critical music listeners, look elsewhere, and be prepared to spend at least two hundred fifty to four hundred dollars for a truly good pair of bookshelf speakers such as the Infinity Beta 20s or Ascend CBM-170s. For everyone else, meaning those who mainly watch DVDs, TV, and play video games, the Monitor series will be plenty adequate. The silk tweeters give you decent detail, the 89db sensitivity means that you don't need some massive super-powerful amp to drive these, and the double-woofer d'Apollito (midwoof-tweeter-midwoof) design of the Monitor 50 and 40 will give you a nice full midrange and room-filling output. Written on May 15, 2008 Summary: Quality sound for the price I love the speakers, great sound and affordable prices. I would definitely recommend this speaker. Written on May 9, 2008 Summary: The best speakers for your money, PERIOD! All those silly companies like Bose, Altec Lansing, and Orb, promise to deliver big sound in tiny little speakers, and they just can not match the sound quality of a good tower speaker from a reputable company like Polk, Infinity, JBL, or Klipsch. If you're looking for the best bang for your buck, look no further. I listened to all of the Polk Audio Monitor lines at a local retailer, and I can tell you the 50 gives you the biggest bang for your buck. The bigger, more expensive ones all use the same tweeter, which is what gives you the crisp vocals and the clear sounds when listening to music, so the only thing you will gain by purchasing the more expensive models is more bass. However, most of you will buy a subwoofer anyway, so bass is not really that important. These speakers sound awesome when paired with my Velodyne 12 inch subwoofer, and all those tiny little speakers pale in comparison to the big sounds of a Polk tower speaker! |
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| Our price | - | - | $126.52 | - | - | - |
| List price | $229.95 | $199.95 | $239.95 | $229.95 | $499.00 | $4.99 |
| Lowest used price | $89.12 | $62.12 | $100.00 | - | - | - |
| Lowest new price | $129.90 | $81.64 | $99.99 | $119.95 | - | $0.01 |
| Refurbished price | - | - | - | - | $299.99 | - |
| Catalog | CE | CE | CE | CE | CE | CE |
| Color variation | Black | Black Oak | Black Oak | Cherry | Black | Black |
| Media | Electronics | Electronics | Electronics | Electronics | Electronics | Electronics |
| Includes batteries | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Variation | Black Oak | Black Oak | Black Oak | Cherry | - | Black |
| Model | AM5025-A | AM1515-A | AM1055-A | AM3022-A | TXSR606B | HDMI-2M |
| Box size | - | - | 10 Inch | - | - | - |
| Ean | 0047192110544 | 0747192110604 | 0747192110642 | 0747192110512 | 0751398008092 | 0410000100189 |
| Upc | 047192110544 | 747192110604 | 747192110642 | 747192110512 | 751398008092 | 410000100189 |
| Native resolution | - | - | - | - | - | 1080p |
| Special Features | - | - | - | - | - | HDMI connection(input) to HDMI connection (output), Male to Male connection, 6 Feet Length, High Resolution Gold Plated Connectors, Digital Signal of Picture and Sound (Audio Video), 480p - 1080p resolutions | 7-channel sound, Transfer of full digital video and sound, Reviewed 5-Stars by Amazon Customers |
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