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5/4/06 at 9:54pm
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

So what do you other R50 owners think? My views are pretty much unchanged after a week or so of use. The one thing these speakers did well was make me appreciate how nice my Fluance sound. This was the first time I ever did an a/b comparison with 2 sets of speakers. I had forced 2 of my friends in on my mini demo, 1 preferred the Fluance while the other seemed unsure, but ultimatly (maybe just to make me shut up?) went with the polks.
I can say undoubtaly that these Polks make the Sonys in our family room sound like a radio alarm clock. For $120 I think this is untouchable for a pair of tower speakers. In fact, I dont know where else you can get floorstanding speakers for $120. Even white van speakers sell for more than that. I do wish I snagged a set of the bookshelfs for surrounds, but im fine with a phantom center.
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5/5/06 at 12:58pm
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

Next time any of these Polk's go on sale, somebody needs to scream to high Heaven in the other forums. I only get down here to the Deals pages about once a month!!! If I came here any more often, I'd have to get a night job to pay for everything.

A pair of R50's for $185 shipped!!! At that price I'd have a pair in every room in the house!
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5/5/06 at 2:57pm
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

It was more like $160 shipped.
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5/5/06 at 3:26pm
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

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A pair of R50's for $185 shipped!!! At that price I'd have a pair in every room in the house!

Are they really that good?
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5/5/06 at 4:39pm
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

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Originally Posted by JeremyErwin
Are they really that good?
What decent tower size speakers can you get for less than $160 shipped for the PAIR??

For that price in my living room, YES!! that good...


Are they the rolls royce of speakers, of course not. But they do sound darn fine in an HT setup. IMHO
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5/5/06 at 5:01pm
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

hey, no problem. Except that I'd rather have one stellar setup than R50s in every room..
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5/5/06 at 5:36pm
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

R50's in every room for me. I dont want to go to the bathroom and have to listen to bookshelf speakers. No way Jose.
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5/5/06 at 6:11pm
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

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Next time any of these Polk's go on sale, somebody needs to scream to high Heaven in the other forums. I only get down here to the Deals pages about once a month!!! If I came here any more often, I'd have to get a night job to pay for everything.

A pair of R50's for $185 shipped!!! At that price I'd have a pair in every room in the house!

Sam: Why don't you just subscribe to this thread?! With e-mails!

You can be pretty sure the R30s and R50s WILL be going on sale again...and it will likely end up getting announced in here! An e-mail subscription would fix you right up!

BTW, if someone sets up some Polk Towers in their bathroom, would you PLEASE post a picture?!?! THAT I've GOT to see!

There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!

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5/5/06 at 6:57pm
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

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Originally Posted by Jimi C
R50's in every room for me. I dont want to go to the bathroom and have to listen to bookshelf speakers. No way Jose.

Meanwhile, over at avsforum:

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On the left side, you can see the entrance to the bathroom. I will have a widescreen flat panel HDTV with audio playing whatever is showing in the main theater. No need to miss any action for a bathroom break. I will not, however, be running surround sound in there.

--Mr. Poindexter describes his home theater.
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5/7/06 at 7:58pm
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

I just set up daily email for responses to this thread, as I am still possibly interested in the R50's as an upgrade to my R30's. After seeing the pic Jimi posted, I have to say the wood look sure is nice. Mine are black and I had thought I would get black R50's if I upgraded.

What would anyone say about the sound difference between the two? I did read the links from above on the comparison, but I would like to hear what anyone says that has experience with them both. I was going to use my R30's as surrounds, but my building (in construction still) would make it hard to use the towers in the rear. Actually, I have not watched anything in a few weeks as my system is down to fronts, sub and center only, and both the couchs and the panny are covered up until construction is complete. I long to crank it back up again, as it is going to be really nice when its done.

Without a doubt I would like to stay informed on the sales as they come and go, I will post if I happen to see anything.
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5/8/06 at 9:05pm
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

I gotta tell you, I dont think we will see the R50's again. While all the other Polk speakers still appear on there site at there regular price. The R50's are missing. If I were to guess I would say they are probably sold out, and with prices like that I have a feeling that were trying to clear out old inventory to make room for new products. I think thats probably it for the R50's. You snooze you lose.
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5/8/06 at 10:06pm
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

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Originally Posted by Jimi C
I gotta tell you, I dont think we will see the R50's again. While all the other Polk speakers still appear on there site at there regular price. The R50's are missing. If I were to guess I would say they are probably sold out, and with prices like that I have a feeling that were trying to clear out old inventory to make room for new products. I think thats probably it for the R50's. You snooze you lose.

Maybe, but not necessarily.

In the meantime, The R15s are back on sale for $49.98/pair.

There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!

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5/9/06 at 9:17am
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

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Originally Posted by Mike Frezon
Maybe, but not necessarily.

In the meantime, The R15s are back on sale for $49.98/pair.

nuh uh

i see 116 a pair.
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5/9/06 at 11:08am
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

It's amazing the difference 11 hours can make!

As Jimi noted earlier: you snooze, you lose.

These changes come and go so quickly at Outpost that anyone really interested in something would almost have to know to check everyday.

There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!

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5/9/06 at 11:14am
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

Another thing that's weird about the Oupost site. You can click on my link above and see the R15s (currently at $116), but if you do a searh on the site for R15...you get nothing. It's like they don't exist. I can find the R30s (currently $99 apiece)...but not the R50s.

That's another reason I think the R50s just MAY show up again some day.

There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!

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5/9/06 at 2:29pm
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

Do they ever discount centers or subs?
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5/9/06 at 6:34pm
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

I believe I've seen the Polk CSi215 for $69.99. Maybe it was $89.

It currently is at $161. http://shop3.outpost.com/product/446...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG

There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!

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5/12/06 at 8:17pm
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

the link says 39.99 for me!
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5/12/06 at 9:35pm
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

In case there's any questions, it's THIS LINK to the pair of R15s.

Anyone interested better jump in soon. Two Polk R15s for $39.98!

Thanks, Miki!

There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!

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5/13/06 at 6:54am
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

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Originally Posted by Mike Frezon
In case there's any questions, it's THIS LINK to the pair of R15s.

Anyone interested better jump in soon. Two Polk R15s for $39.98!

Thanks, Miki!
i was gonna get them last nioght, told myself if they were still on sale this morn i'd get them.

still on sale as of 10 am est.
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5/13/06 at 1:57pm
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

And they're even still on sale this afternoon.

Pull the trigger, Tony?

There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!

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5/13/06 at 2:42pm
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

I paid a li'l over $40 for the Cherry R15's on ebay, that is a heck of a good price though. I just need the cherry center and the sub and I am all Polked out, 7.1 style.
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5/13/06 at 7:30pm
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

I'm still keepin' my eyes open for the Polk Center to go on sale, too...but I'd prefer black. Hmmm...a Polk sub. Wonder if I could get THAT by the wife!

A question for all the speaker gurus who check in here: is the CSi25 a good match with R30s and R15s?

There's Jessie the yodeling cowgirl. Bullseye, he's Woody's horse. Pete the old prospector. And, Woody, the man himself. Of course, it's time for Woody's RoundUp. He's the very best! He's the rootinest, tootinest cowboy in the wild, wild west!

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5/14/06 at 9:06pm
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

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Originally Posted by Mike Frezon
And they're even still on sale this afternoon.

Pull the trigger, Tony?


yes i did.

they will be a second set for surround sound.
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5/15/06 at 5:09pm
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

Lock and Load, R15's $39.98 limit 1 pair per household...
http://www.outpost.com/entry?site=op...06&sku=3292811
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5/15/06 at 5:35pm
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

CSi25 uses the same speaker configuration as the R15. Perfect match.
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5/16/06 at 7:54am
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

Finally ordered my pair to complete my Polk HT system, anyone have any suggestions for a reasonably priced speaker stand for these R15s?

Thanks,

Frank

BTW, I ordered the R15s on Friday and received on Monday, talk about quick shipping.
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5/16/06 at 9:43pm
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

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Originally Posted by Frank Laudicina
Finally ordered my pair to complete my Polk HT system, anyone have any suggestions for a reasonably priced speaker stand for these R15s?

Thanks,

Frank

BTW, I ordered the R15s on Friday and received on Monday, talk about quick shipping.


These are what I use when setting up many HT systems.... http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshow...45&rak=240-762

Excellent quality at a very good price and on sale to boot.
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5/17/06 at 6:32am
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Re: Polk R15s on sale again...

Reginald, thank you for the tip on the speaker stands, they are exactly what I was looking for.

Frank
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