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I purchased this center channel speaker to revitalize my old home theater setup that had been in storage for a few yrs. So I set up my old Marantz SR96 along with it's DP870 digital processor upgrade and fired the mother up! Wow! My intent was to purchase some bookshelf Satellites and a sub woofer to finish out the speaker system. I didn't do that, after hearing this speaker and comparing it's frequency response to some of the bookshelves I was looking at I decided that this speaker was the perfect tonal match to use thru out the system, After all, this is what is strived for in home theater speakers, with there 55 to 25 Hz response range and 20 to 120 watt power handling capability and a 10 in. Polk powered sub I got what I was looking for and saved myself many $$$.$$ in the process. For those of you who are proclaimed audio expert's and intent on the top of the line and your proud of the amount you spent on you speakers this is not for you. For those of you who want a great sounding living room home theater system for, if you shop around about four hundred and fifty bills, I am pretty sure you will be satisfied. To finish it out I bought some 2 in. PVC pipe and parts and made myself some speaker stands and mounted them vertically with the tweeter at ear level, I painted them gloss black and called it done. Now I am back in the movie experiencing business in stead of just watching. P/S Polk should pay me for this.Read full review
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I bought this partially because of my respect for the Polk name, but am very disappointed with the sound quality. With the size of the drivers, and the enclosure design the high frequency sounds should be much better. I cannot recommend buying this item.
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I am very satisfied with the Polk Audio CS1 series 11 center channel speaker, I am using 180 watt per channel receiver with this speaker and it sounds good very good for the price. As far as if the sound is soft or hard or ? I can't tell it just sounds clear.
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I have been into home theater for 20 plus years and started with modest beginnings. As time goes by and my desire to keep improving my systems (I have setups in each bedroom and family room) I look for the best bang for the buck. PolkAudio has always been a good mid range product from 2 channel systems to full home theaters. This CS1ii is built in line with its older sibling the CS1, a great center speaker to build a 5.1 or even a 9.2 setup around. The dialog is natural sounding and can handle the bangs and booms along with a sub. The design is the biggest bonus as it allows you to place the speaker above or below the screen and not lose any clarity. If you really care about how home theater this center channel speaker is a good place to start.
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This center is great. We're able to hear dialogue much clearer now. I'm picking up audio details I had never heard before. Top Gun happened to be on when I was setting it up. During the opening on the carrier (with Loggins' Danger Zone playing), I could hear small clanks and scrapes from the planes and service crew equipment. I've seen this movie 20 times on "bigger" theater setups but never have those small details pop out like that. I feel like I can appreciate more of the endless hours the movie sound techs put in now. The price for this quality of a center exceeded my hopes of value for the money.
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