The AB505 features:

• Dynamic Balance® driver components for wide response and low distortion
• Wide dispersion design provides even sound coverage throughout the room
• Rotating cam mounting system is the fastest and easiest installation system; there's no pre-assembly. Just go from the box into the wall
• 5-way binding post inputs provide the most secure speaker wire connection
• May be painted to blend in with any wall
• Rough-in kit available for new construction (rough-in kit not needed for installation in existing walls)
• Moisture resistant materials allow safe use in bathrooms, saunas and under eaves outdoors

In just the past couple of years, there has been a remarkable number of new products that have heightened the quality and widened the variety of home entertainment. The development of the compact disc has led to a significant improvement in overall sound quality and convenience to the music lover. Amplifiers have become more powerful and pure. And, of course, Polk Audio has been setting new standards for loudspeaker performance with a wide range of innovative products.

Recently, bringing video and audio together as a total entertainment concept has become an exciting reality. Surround sound systems and sophisticated home theater systems rival the experience of a live concert or a night out at the movies.

High quality music systems and now in many cases video systems are becoming an important part of one's home environment. More and more people are installing sound systems throughout several rooms in their homes, in some cases creating one centralized entertainment room from which other rooms are supplied with music.

To take full advantage of all these entertaining offerings, an entirely new kind of high performance loudspeaker system was developed by Polk Audio.

The Legendary Sound of Polk Can Now Be Heard, Not Seen:

Polk Audio has introduced a new generation of loudspeakers. Loudspeakers that, as always, live up to Polk's reputation for sounding remarkably like a live performance. But this new generation of loudspeakers is designed to be heard, not seen.

Polk's new Architectural Reference Built-In Loudspeakers (AB Series), delivers superior sonic performance without intruding on your living space. Designed to be built-in to your walls and, if desired, painted to match or complement any color of your decor, the AB Series is the perfect solution to delivering high quality sound throughout your home.

The Speakers May Be Hidden, But You'll Recognize the Sound as Pure Polk:

Polk engineers set out to create a series of loudspeakers that, while hidden from view, would reproduce a dramatic sound stage with the energy and depth of concert hall realism.

For each AB system, ambitious performance goals were achieved. The open, 3-dimensional sound that has become a hallmark of Polk is recognized instantly, even in the smallest of systems. Nearly perfect high frequency dispersion makes speaker placement less critical, and a flat frequency response provides endless listening without psychoacoustic fatigue.

Polk's superior components, including midbass drivers featuring trilaminate polymer diaphragms and hemispherical soft dome tweeters, set the AB systems apart from any other built-in speakers currently available. In the tradition of Polk Audio, each driver benefits from extensive research and development using the most sophisticated computer testing programs. As always only the finest grade components and materials are used to insure long term, trouble free operation.

Even in the most basic of systems, the AB Series provides quality bass reproduction. By choosing models with additional midbass drivers or by adding one or more subwoofer systems, one can achieve a truly remarkable sound that dramatically recreates the excitement of a live performance.

Polk's Architectural Reference Built-In Loudspeakers have been designed for easy installation into existing structures as well as new construction. Many Polk dealers have created home environment listening areas to demonstrate the superior sound of the AB Series. Ask to listen to these remarkable new loudspeakers.

You'll hear but may not see...the next generation of loudspeakers

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