LSi15
"It's an impressive system."
"...especially in my large room, the added solidity and seamless musicality of the LSi15s made music listening something special. Out of all the impressive components that make up this system [LSi15, LSiC, LSi7, PSW650] these floorstanders are something special."
"If you're looking to provide superlative musical performance and an impressive home-theater system for your immediate gratification and long-term pleasure, this one fits the bill. At $4000, this system [LSi15, LSiC, LSi7, PSW650] isn't inexpensive, but it's less than the price of a lot of high-end stereo pairs. For performance like the LSi system's, $4000 isn't just a bargain, it's a catch."
Wes Phillips
onhometheater.com, February 2002
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"[The Polk Audio LSi15 is] an amazing bargain...I am a little stunned..."
"The upper octaves are among the smoothest and most detailed at all levels of dynamics that I have heard; they certainly outperform most speakers costing more than twice as much...outstanding accuracy, detail and nuance..."
"...the new Polk LSi series provides exceptional value for money...[it is] a speaker any music-lover with a real-world budget should consider."
Anthony H. Cordesman
The Absolute Sound, April/May, 2002
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"The LSi15s are a stunningly elegant and graceful adition to any listening room."
"In addition to musical strength, this system provided well resolved highs, transparent midrange and resolute bass."
"...rejoice! The LSi15s provide sonic delights akin to high-end systems that employ higher-end electronics... these new LSi15s are veritable gems with which to play back sound that offers loads of musicality at a moderate cost."
The Inner Ear Report
Volume 14 #3 - 2002
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"...the most attractive property this speaker possesses is its top-to-bottom coherence. But, as I listened to disc after disc through the LSi15, it began to dawn on me that I have seldom heard a flatter, less-colored top end."
"For acoustic music, the LSi15 is almost as perfect a speaker as I've heard under $3500."
"In its current LSi series of loudspeakers -- and most specifically in the LSi15 -- Polk is making the finest speakers it has ever manufactured. The LSi15 is an honest design that benefits from the solid engineering and construction that a huge company, such as Polk, can lavish on a project when it sets its mind to it.
The LSi15 sounds balanced and natural, and it's more accurate than many "exotic" speakers that cost a whole lot more. It is good looking and easy to drive. You can certainly spend a lot more on a speaker -- and I'd be the last to suggest that you couldn't buy a better-sounding loudspeaker -- but you'll have to search long and hard before you find one as good as the Polk LSi15 anywhere near its price."
Wes Phillips
OnHiFi.com July 2002
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Excerpted from a review of a system comprised of LSi15, LSiC and LSi7
"The new Polk Audio LSi range is positioned as their 'top of their line.' Product goals were based on high quality throughout - sonic performance, aesthetics, build quality and reliability.
There's no question that Polk has met it's goals with these new products; the new tweeter which, almost magically, reproduces a wonderful blend of sweetness, richness and detail, the new, unique drivers reproduce the mids and lows with accurace and authority regardless if you are listening to music or a movie soundtrack. The cabinet, finished in high gloss black and wood is both handsome and robust and boasts intersting solutions for mounting the drivers and tweeter which are connected via high quality dual gold connectors.
It is rare to find such precision, even to the smallest detail in a loudspeaker at these price points and difficult to find any weak points.
The numbering system (Valutazione)
1. Aesthetics - 8 -- a classical line with high gloss and wood materials, the size is rather large (LSi15)
2. Connections - 8 -- Optimal quality dual input connectors allow bi-wiring / bi-amping
3. Construction - 9 -- Robust, attactive cabinetry with exclusive components - difficult to find any weak points
4. Positioning - 7 -- The side-firing LSi15 woofer makes it ideal for use in mid - larger size rooms
5. Audio Quality - 8 -- Superb new tweeter, almost a true subwoofer in the LSi15
6. Quality / Price - 8 -- The components, and overall quality are in line with the performance."
AF Digitale (Italy)
September, 2002
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"...from the standpoint of timbre, the impression of the LSi15 is remarkably natural and not noticeably different from the new Quad electrostatic...low frequency extension is remarkable...a very convincing performance which is not easily found in this category of product!"
Audio Review (Italy)
September 2002
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"[T]hese speakers left me with only one impression: yummy...[T]he LSi15s sounded tremendous. The LSi9stook me by surprise; [they were] sharp as a pin, sonically brilliant."
AudioEnz (New Zealand)
Demember 2002
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Winner of "Top Audio Award" for best multi-channel loudspeaker for 2002, at Top Audio & Video Show, Milan Italy.
Top Audio & Video Show, Milan Italy
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"...the Polk LSi15 gets this year's nod for a moderately priced speaker whose innovative ring tweeter and overall sound quality are a real breakthrough in affordable high-end products. Upper octaves and midrange are outstanding in comparison with many speakers costing more than twice as much, and the bass is very good...Remember the days when the high end was still affordable enough to be fun? Well, they are still here!"
Golden Ear Award winner 2002
Reprinted by permission
The Absolute Sound
December 2002/January 2003
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"With acoustic music, the LSi15s had an enveloping sense of presence I've never heard from any speaker even approaching their price point. Their seamless integration of the entire musical spectrum is startlingly even-handed and natural. Feed 'em some hard-driving rock'n'roll or soul or jazz and they'll roar like a lion; feed 'em a soothing folk air and they'll purr like a kitten. And no matter the musical material, the LSi15s delivered its letter and spirit intact.
That's not just pretty good for a speaker under $2000/pair -- that's pretty good for a speaker.
But factor in price and it's darn near miraculous.
So, for living up to the highest ideals of the audiophile sensibility, the Polk LSi15s deserve to be one of onhifi.com's 2002 Products of the Year. And for doing it at such an eminently affordable price, they deserve to be huge."
Wes Phillips
OnHiFi.com
January 2003
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