How long will the Lsi line be around?

[begbie]

I've been reading up on them for about a year. How long will their line-up continue? 2 yrs? 4yrs? What's been Polk's trend?
It'll be a bummer if you build your system one piece at a time and then Polk discontinues their line-up before you complete the Lsi line.

[LiquidSound]

My question is, what will the next series of lsi's be like. I bet they will be magnificent. Polk doesn't strive to always come out with a new next style for the sake of looks. They've shown this with the incredible steps of the rt line. They find a good thing, and stick with it. Call up Polk and ask how long the last intsallment of the rt line has been for sale. That will give you an idea.
Anyway, onsidering how incredible the reviews have been, they should be around for a while. The lsi 15's recieved yet another great review by mantis here. (http://clubpolk.polkaudio.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5009&highlight=victory)

[mantis]

Yes I agree,
I feel they will be around along time to come.I don't see any need at this time to try to improve anything about the Lsi line..........But yes I have told a lie.....COLOR MAN COLOR...that black is ..welll I don't like it,cherry is real sweat but I think they need to offer more like rosewood,Walnut,Maple,Silver and white,and any other custom wood color anyone could want or need to blend in with there decor......Thats what I thinkPolk should work on in this line.......And one other thing......bring back the effin carpet spikes from the rt line with the thumb wheel's.......I hate the carpet spikes on the Lsi's they suck.you gotta get under there to adjust them.I'm a tweaker and it takes me hours/days/even months of dickin with them in order to get them exactly right.The Lsi carpet spikes make it difficult.I liked my rt10000p's spikes ten times better.
Thats all I don't like about them....period

[begbie]

Mantis

Yeah, i'm not into the ebony either but how do you like the cherry color? I've seen the lsi15's at the local hi-fi shop and I feel their too light in color. I've seen a few digital photo shots which seem to show a deeper rich look. That's what I prefer.

[LiquidSound]

Wow...silver lsi's would be my choice in a heartbeat. A classy silver with light streaks of dark in it. Also a nice deep blue. I'm even picturing a tye dyed version for the dead heads. heh.

[mantis]

Now you guys are talkin....we need to address this with Polk.You know the center and rears only come in black?????how boring...Come on Polk we need more colors!!!

[joe logston]

polk going to have a hard task to out do the lsi-line, but they are going to work hard at it, and will have something better in the future. but it will be a long time i think.

the next thing i think they are going to have is a real good sub.

i hope

[mantis]

Yes they need an Lsi caliber sub..and in colors man pretty colors

[RuSsMaN]

All is well and good with the LSi....but I'm waiting for the triumphant return of S-freakin-D-A......

[Aaron]

All is well and good with the LSi....but I'm waiting for the triumphant return of S-freakin-D-A......
Hopefully they'll use the LSi drivers....

Aaron

[saganized]

Originally posted by mantis
And one other thing......bring back the effin carpet spikes from the rt line with the thumb wheel's.......I hate the carpet spikes on the Lsi's they suck.you gotta get under there to adjust them.

Good post, Mantis. I experienced the same thing, though propping them up on one side while making the adjustments helped. After that, just minor tweaking was necessary.

One BIG problem though...a few spikes bent!! :mad: I wonder if Polk would send me about 5 more, since it's likely they'll get worse? Do bent spikes matter, as long as things are nice and level--and stable?

Anyways. I love the cherry, too. And I finally got rid of the old monster Bush entertainment center, in favor of a Bell'O (AVSC-2051MC). The new A/V stand is very easy to assemble, and simple in its looks. Nothing complicated about it, and I like that.

Next I hope to get a 32" Sony WEGA. Ahh, isn't debt a wonderful thing?

[LiquidSound]

A revamped set of SDA's with lsi drivers. I'd trade a vital organ for a pair.

[Zero]

saganized,

looks good. What cables are you using for those pups?

[MxStYlEpOlKmAn]

they need to have the color of piano glossy black...man that'd look awesome...heck while their at it make the drivers green...lol...and the tweeter blue...LOL!

[saganized]

Originally posted by ATCVenom
looks good. What cables are you using for those pups?

Thank you, ATCVenom. The pic isn't very good; it doesn't really do them justice. They're without question the best loudspeakers I've ever owned. Mantis wrote them up well, and I can't add much to what he said, except that I'm enjoying the heck out of my Pure Moods series CDs.

I'm using an older Carver HR-752 receiver with Monster Z2-R biwires, with banana plugs at the speaker. I'm thinking about Mantis' earlier suggestion to use spades, though, so the cables will lay nearer to the floor.

At the receiver, I had to use Monster Flex Tips, trimmed down a bit and "wiggled" into the receiver's snap fittings (unfortunately, Monster doesn't make an angled pin connector for the Master Tips).

I found a distinct, positive improvement after switching from the standard, clear-jacketed Monster Cable. It was worth the extra cost.

Thanks again.

[Zero]

Once again Saganized, a very nice rig. Sure would love to hear it, you dont happen to live in Virginia do you? hah

How much did the Monster Z2-R Biwires sell for? I am looking to upgrade the speaker cables soon, but I desire something that will last for a long......long time.

I currently have Monster Referance as my interconnections...they seem to be adequete.

[saganized]

Close...California. :( I got the Z2-B's for $199.95 through an outfit called OneCall (http://www.onecall.com/PID_13759.htm). No tax, free shipping. (Forgive me, I called them "Z2-R's" earlier; that was wrong.)

I'm also using Monster interconnects (Interlink 250's); they were $24.95 for a package of 2 through the online military exchange catalog. They also made a pleasing difference in sound. :)

[jdelan]

Originally posted by saganized

Next I hope to get a 32" Sony WEGA. Ahh, isn't debt a wonderful thing?

Dude! You need to get something. That TV is so small...My eyes hurt just looking at it!