LSi-9 First impression

[Zero]

Got to demo a pair of LSi9's yesterday. What a dynamite little speaker.

Before I continue it may be worth noting that the demo room was incredibly small and rather narrow, very narrow in fact. 12x5 perhaps. The positioning of the LSi9's were fairly poor, a little above ear level and in the corners of the narrow room. On the plus side, the room was insulated with sound obsorbing material. But then again, the sources driving the LSi's was a Sony reciever and a Zenith dvd player. The wire and interconnects were proflex, or something of that nature.

All things considered, the LSi-9s still performed rather well. The demo was done grill off, of course. Distortion seemed non-existant, voices and instruments were beautiful. The sound did seem rather muffled at time, a little *too* controlled for my taste. The cds I played ranged from Josh Groban, Eric Johnson, Yanni, and some 40's ww2 band hits. I was sure to play metarial that carried as little offensive content as possible.

Though this is not a technical review by any means, I would recommend anyone to check out the LSi line. These little bookshelves stand out for their price range. I demoed some RBH that simply could not compare to the LSis at more then double the cost. For the first time, even on poor sources, I could sit back and listen to the music- and not the speaker.

[mantis]

Can't any Polk dealer put them on some good gear????I think we need some people from polk to set up some of these demo rooms .

[Zero]

Mantis,

I, once again, told them running the speakers off seperates would make a huge difference. And once again, I am told that it wouldnt. Perhaps its in the water down here?

[plem]

Hey ATCVenom, do you think they're really a "little speaker" as you referred? Or do you mean as compared to a tower speaker?
Measurements are 15 1/2" H x 8 5/8" W x 15 1/4" D @ 72lbs a pair !!! Certainly larger and heavier than most bookshelves !
I think it's an awesome size for a speaker! They're big but not imposing.

[Zero]

Compared to my towers, they are puny little things. They actually are quite small, but are heavy as hell. I suppose though, you could call the a heavy weight in the world of bookshelves. The RBH bookshelves are about as big, just much lighter.

But thats just me :)

[mantis]

I don't care for the way RBH sounds.The are nice speakers but not for me.

[Zero]

Likewise.

I compared the expensive towers to the LSi's, absolutely no competition whatsoever. But thats just my ears.

[plem]

Atcvenom

Compared to any tower spkr, a bookshelf speaker is"puny"!

[Zero]

haha Well Im not sure, Klipsch makes some relatively small towers. :)