Polk Audio Rm5400 Home Theater Speaker Systems
Polk Audio Rm5400 Home Theater Speaker Systems
USER REVIEWS
[Feb 28, 2000]
Philip
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Price (599 bones from CC) and great quality
Weakness:
Rear speakers are quite large. I must say, I think I did a good thing by buying these speakers. They came in white which allows me to blend it in with my wall. The rear speakers are quite big but manageable. I did have a problem with the manual that it came with. It recommended that you tie the receiver to the subwoofer and then the subwoofer to the front channel speakers. Why? That just seems like a way to distort your sound some more. I went against the manual and did it my way and it still sounds great. But, overall, it was a great buy and I would tell anybody to get these if they are looking for a good priced system (if they still make them). |
[Mar 04, 2000]
Andrew Fournier
Audiophile
Strength:
Deep Bass with on distortion. Amazing voice clarity and great
Weakness:
Surround speakers could've been matched to the front speaker better.
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[Dec 10, 1999]
Bryan Whisenhunt
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
clairity and seperation
Weakness:
small sub Well, I just purchased this set and hooked it up to a Pioneer VSX-D906S (100 x 5) and have been throughly impressed, esp for home theater. The seperation and the clairity eps for the rear is exceptional. I was a little worried with the sub only being an 8" but it seems to compliment the rest of the system nicely. I haven't had it very long, so I'll update this later, but for now, the speakers have met and surpassed what I was expecting. |
[Jan 09, 2001]
Philip
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Great Price for system, Great Sound, available in white, great tech support staff
Weakness:
Rears are a bit big I have posted on here before and said that these speakers are great. I also posted earlier that I thought the manual was being dumb for fixing the configuration so that the reciever is hooked up to the sub and then from the sub to the front speakers. Well, I owe Polk Audio a big apology. I have been blowing my sub several times throughout the year and I originally thought it was that I was playing to loud. After the 3rd time of taking it back to Circuit City, I called Polk to see what else could be going on. They told me that the line input that I was using should not be used unless the front speakers are different. So I was shocking my sub this whole time. Deepest regrets. Oh well, I have a 1 year warranty so I didn't spend any money on this. Just some embarrasment. I guess that's why I'm not an Audiophile. My friend from N. Houston told me to do this so it's his fault. :-D Just kidding friend from N Houston if you are reading. |
[Dec 28, 1999]
Greg Brown
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
clean sound, looks good
Weakness:
suround speakers bigger than most got these for $500 on a deal with Polk and my company. Replaced a CS Ensemble with passive subwoofer. I was never really happy with the Ensemble. It has a clean sound just not very detailed. This is a denfinte improvement. Powered sub has much better bass. Much more detail in music. Center speaker is also an improvement over Cambridge Soundworks. Similar Products Used: CS Ensemble |
[Jul 12, 2000]
Richard M
Strength:
Nice heavy fronts/center. Powerful 8" subwoofer.
Weakness:
rears are ugly and awkwardly shaped. Subwoofer turned off during movies until I changed the front/center size settings on my reciever to small, no problems since. I really enjoy this system. I have had no problems whatsoever with the system or it's performance. |
[Jan 24, 2000]
Tony Roca
Audiophile
Strength:
Price, Included Wall Brackets, Sound
Weakness:
Included Wall Brackets Amazing Speakers. The only complaint is the fact that the included wall brackets are not adjustable. Very sturdy construction, except for the speaker grill on the two front satellites. After they come off (easily) it is almost impossible to put them back on. Great 5.1 set foe the money. I picked them up at Circuit City for $699.00. The salesman told me that they took them out of the sound room because they sound just as good, if not better, than other towers which cost 3 times as much. Similar Products Used: JBL SCS120, Klipsch Quintet |
[Jan 10, 2000]
Bill
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
small footprint with matched front componets. good price for the perfomance
Weakness:
rear speakers a little weak i have these speakers for about 6 months and im very happy with them. i have them powered with a sony reciever and dvd player. if you can still find these i highly recomend them. Similar Products Used: bose, jbl |
[Jan 06, 2000]
Barry
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Great speakers, very well matched. small physical package
Weakness:
sub woofer not shielded I have these speakers connected to a pioneer vsx-608 Similar Products Used: None |
[Jan 29, 2000]
dat
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Well matched, neat, stylish design,price, performance
Weakness:
wall brackets, sub is very large Picked these up a CC the other day. These are the best speaker set I heard in showroom. Got these hooked up to an HK receiver and THX monster cable for the sub. The sub is excellent, no bottoming out. Delivers tight, deep bass. This system rocks! |