Clear, detailed, well-projected sound.

Very few dealers; no bass below 30 hZ.

An excellent value. I was shopping for new speakers that are full-range, but of the tall-narrow variety, since this is the only kind that can successfully fit into my living room. I replaced Definitive Technology BP2000 speakers with the Polks and feel this made a major improvement. Most untypically, I bought them without listening, because Polk dealers that carry them are ludicrously far apart. But I felt that Anthony H. Cordesman is the most reliable audio reviewer I know of, and he raved about them. I have not been disappointed. They are also fully magnetically-shielded, which a surprising number of well-reviewed speakers that might otherwise be suitable for AV installations are not. The only drawbacks are: (1) lack of dealers; (2) okay, but not special, cabinetry [they won't exactly give the Sonus Faber folks restless nights...], and (3) no output below 30 hz. My old BP2000s went down to 27 hz, but I was very happy to give up the 3 hz for a major improvement in clarity and focus of sound. Even apart from improving the rest of the spectrum, down to the 30 hz limit, the subwoofers of the Polks are much tighter than those in the Def. Techs. Also, the power handling is excellent and I never feel that the speakers harden up at any listening level that is safe for my ears (I have not tested them at crazy levels). Another plus: the speaker terminals are true audiophile-grade heavy, metal posts, not the plain-plastic units found on many other speakers in this price range. But somebody really needs to tell Polk that having Circuit City as your main dealers is a disaster, if you are trying to sell products to audiophiles. To boot, CC stores don't even carry this model, because it's relatively pricey. Note that the MSRP that is advertised by Polk refers to per-each, not per-pair. At an actual selling price of $1800 per pair, they simply can't be beat.

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Definitive Technology BP2000.

Celerity, imaging, depth of sound stage, open airy sound to the music and most of all they are so sonically pleasing

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Let me start off by saying I could not be more pleased with the Sli25. They are the best peace of hi-fi equipment I have purchased towards upgrading my system. I was so impressed when I auditioned them at my local hi-fi store. I was amazed at the sound that was coming out of the Sli25 compared to their ticket price. Detailed and open came to mind, but most of all musical. I bought the Sli25 and got them home and integrated into my system. They sounded even better, I could hardly believe it. With my better amplification and cabling they came alive and opened up even more. I started listing to a verity of music from my collection. I heard such detail and depth that I never heard before on my system and few systems I have auditioned costing three times the price. Thing opened up and the Sli25 reviled so many levels and depth to the music I was astonished. The Sli25 sounded great on every thing from Deaf Leopard’s Vault, Prince’s little red corvette, George Benson’s the best of Benson to Patricia Barber’s classic Cafe Blue. I have been shopping for new speakers for the past three years. I have found a few I really liked but they are all in the $10k range and above. The Sli25 are the first set of speakers that has all the sonic quality’s of the upper market speakers I love but at an affordable price. Still, $2,999.95 is a far amount of change but for what you get sonically, it’s the hi-fi bargain of the century.

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RTR 400D, B&W 803 & 802