Polk R50s

[Pinto]

A few months back I went to Fry's to browse around and I walked out with what I thought was a pair of Monitor 50s, at a great price of $59.00 each. I was comparing speakers in their audition room and they sounded really good, regardless of price. The Fry's guy said he was picking up a pair for his fronts. Well, weeks later I noticed when I saw pictures of the Monitor 50s that they had the silver on the sides and the distinctive "feet" of the Polk Monitor towers, unlike mine, but I figured that mine were just a different "trim style" or something. Well, I finally looked at the back label and lo and behold, they are R50s .

As near as I can tell, the R series were Polk's entry level speakers back in 2000, with the R50s being the top of that line. The two drivers are 6 1/2" (like the Monitor 70s I have up front - and yes, they are real Monitor 70s ), and the tweeter is 3/4" compared to the 1" tweeters in the Monitor series. Of course when I realized this I started freaking out thinking that I had to run out and get some Monitor 50s to replace these, but then I remembered how good they sounded compared to speakers costing 5 times as much. So I guess I'll just chalk it up to serendipity - a happy error.

If you are on a budget and you get a chance to pick some of these up, they are really cheap now that they are such an old series, and the sound can't be beat for the price.

[arush5268d]

Fry's has those for killer prices pretty often now.

Great speakers for a price that you can't beat.