Polk Audio Monitor70 Series II Floorstanding Loudspeaker (Black) $150 + Free Shipping Newegg

Quote from dc1225 : Do you have a subwoofer w your set up? If you don't, you need one.

YES I do. I don't typically don't listen to music with the sub on, however. I do use the sub for movies and games. The Sony speakers have plenty of bass. Of course they are 8 inch inch woofers.

Quote from dc1225 : Wow super pissed...got home opened up the boxes and the tabs on the grills are broken, WTF! Did anybodyelse receive theirs damaged?

Happened to me, just call Polk & they will send you another grill for free. Faster than doing a RMA w/newegg.

Quote from MIX MASTER ICE : YES I do. I don't typically don't listen to music with the sub on, however. I do use the sub for movies and games. The Sony speakers have plenty of bass. Of course they are 8 inch inch woofers.

What sub do you have?

Quote from dc1225 : Wow super pissed...got home opened up the boxes and the tabs on the grills are broken, WTF! Did anybodyelse receive theirs damaged?

That does suck. Sorry to hear that. I was thankful that mine came in not broken.

Luckily I am able to receive shipments at my place of employment and never had any issues with stuff getting broken delivered here. At home I have had a clearly marked Onkyo box tossed over a seven foot fence onto the concrete surface of my backyard.

A buddy of mine once told me that most shit gets tossed around and broken on the final ride to the delivery destination.

Quote from MIX MASTER ICE : The 70's and 50's I bought I really didn't need, but bought because I wanted them. They replaced Sony SS-MF600 (mains) and Sony SS-F500 (surround sides). Now the Polk speakers do sound nice, but the thing is the Sony speakers also sounded pretty good. I know audio snobs will turn up their noses at Sony speakers, but these really do sound good for what they cost. I bought the MF600's for 70 bucks off craigslist and the F500's for 92 bucks, new from amazon.com. SO I spent 450 bucks to replace speakers that cost me 162 bucks. Was it an upgrade? Yes it was. Was it really worth spending $450? Can't really say it was. If I had it to do over again I wouldn't buy the Polk 70's and 50's and kept my $450. The Polk's sound cleaner than the Sony's, but the Sony's had better bass (8" woofers). I've hooked each up and listened, tweaked and compared. I got an upgrade for sure, just not on par with what I paid.

Well since you can sell the old Sony speakers for some cash it isn't really a $450 upgrade. I do however agree that from where you started this is a miniscule upgrade and not worth it unless you are in love with the Polks.

I think people here get a little too amped up about a deal and don't really comparison shop. I'm not saying these Polks aren't a great deal for the price, but they are nowhere near audiophile speakers and peoples expectations should be tempered. I'd bet most of the people giving these the best reviews have very little experience with good speakers. I think they sound like garbage, but then again I have much more expensive equipment so that is relative. What they are good at is providing a lot of clean volume for little cash, but the imaging and soundstage is atrocious.

Like I said these are very good speakers for being new and the price they are, but if you are upgrading from something besides a HTIB then you aren't going to get much of an upgrade. If you are a really discerning listener a better way to spend your money would be to cruise Craigslist for deals on vintage audiophile grade equipment. The $450 plus another $100-150 from selling your Sonys could land you a very nice setup on the used market. I just saw a Difinitive Tech 5 speaker system with towers that were $2.5k alone new go for $500 the other day. I personally picked up some Polk RT 6 bookshelves which are better than the current RTI series equivelent for only $20. Patience and a discerning ear/eye will land you an incredible system for little coin.

Quote from FBomb : What sub do you have?

I have the Bic RTR-EV1200. Why does that matter? And for this other guy saying the Polk Monitor series sound like "garbage", please take your snooty attitude elsewhere. Go listen to your $1,000 dollar speakers and stay off threads that don't concern you. Nobody cares what you think.

Quote from zpeedster_m : Happened to me, just call Polk & they will send you another grill for free. Faster than doing a RMA w/newegg.

Yeah, thats fine and dandy but man what about any other internal damages from the speakers being tossed around?

Quote from FBomb : That does suck. Sorry to hear that. I was thankful that mine came in not broken. Luckily I am able to receive shipments at my place of employment and never had any issues with stuff getting broken delivered here. At home I have had a clearly marked Onkyo box tossed over a seven foot fence onto the concrete surface of my backyard. A buddy of mine once told me that most shit gets tossed around and broken on the final ride to the delivery destination.

yeah ESPECIALLY if they see that its from NEWEGG it seems. this is like 3rd time I've gotten broken sht from them. I've kept quiet before but man newegg better start blowin somebody down at the post office like jeff bezos does.

Quote from FBomb : That does suck. Sorry to hear that. I was thankful that mine came in not broken. Luckily I am able to receive shipments at my place of employment and never had any issues with stuff getting broken delivered here. At home I have had a clearly marked Onkyo box tossed over a seven foot fence onto the concrete surface of my backyard. A buddy of mine once told me that most shit gets tossed around and broken on the final ride to the delivery destination.

Not really true. I work for UPS. A box like the Monitor70, which is large and fairly heavy, isn't going to be thrown around. A box like this will likely be on the floor in a trailer, with stuff stacked 8-9 feet high on top of it. The person stacking the trailer will just sit the box which ever way works best, so it may be on it's side. The weight of the packages on top can be quite a bit, which crushes down on the box, causing the grille to break. Plus a package will likely be loaded and unloaded to different trailers 2-5 times before it finally gets to it's final stop. That's why you see a lot of people say their grilles or grille posts are broken, despite the box not being smashed or heavily damaged.

Quote from MIX MASTER ICE : Not really true. I work for UPS. A box like the Monitor70, which is large and fairly heavy, isn't going to be thrown around. A box like this will likely be on the floor in a trailer, with stuff stacked 8-9 feet high on top of it. The person stacking the trailer will just sit the box which ever way works best, so it may be on it's side. The weight of the packages on top can be quite a bit, which crushes down on the box, causing the grille to break. Plus a package will likely be loaded and unloaded to different trailers 2-5 times before it finally gets to it's final stop. That's why you see a lot of people say their grilles or grille posts are broken, despite the box not being smashed or heavily damaged.

I can tell you that from looking at one box, its been stepped on, thrown around, squished, you name it.

just contacted polk. they werent happy. they said newegg need to switch carriers. its happening way too many times.

Quote from dc1225 : I can tell you that from looking at one box, its been stepped on, thrown around, squished, you name it. just contacted polk. they werent happy. they said newegg need to switch carriers. its happening way too many times.

Well if you think FedEx would be any better, then you might be highly disappointed..lol. These boxes weren't designed to be shipped individually. What Newegg needs to do is pack the box in a proper shipping box, with padding and cushion......which is how most smaller items come from places like newegg or amazon.

Quote from MIX MASTER ICE : Not really true. I work for UPS. A box like the Monitor70, which is large and fairly heavy, isn't going to be thrown around. A box like this will likely be on the floor in a trailer, with stuff stacked 8-9 feet high on top of it. The person stacking the trailer will just sit the box which ever way works best, so it may be on it's side. The weight of the packages on top can be quite a bit, which crushes down on the box, causing the grille to break. Plus a package will likely be loaded and unloaded to different trailers 2-5 times before it finally gets to it's final stop. That's why you see a lot of people say their grilles or grille posts are broken, despite the box not being smashed or heavily damaged.

That could very well be. I am just speaking from my personal experiences.

Just for the record, when the Onkyo receiver was tossed over my fence it was delivered by FedEx.

Quote from MIX MASTER ICE : Well if you think FedEx would be any better, then you might be highly disappointed..lol. These boxes weren't designed to be shipped individually. What Newegg needs to do is pack the box in a proper shipping box, with padding and cushion......which is how most smaller items come from places like newegg or amazon.

The box for M70's are huge, & i doubt Newegg's gonna put a huge box into a enormous one. Shippers toss them around, hence reason for insurance & us sd'ers doing RMA's. FYI my grill was cracked but unfortunately the same impact also scuffed up the speaker. Luckily I rec'd a undamaged replacement.

I scored on a fry's RTi12's & on 1 tower the diffuser was cracked. I'm on the east coast & somehow got these shipped even when they are supposed to be local clearance only. I called Polk & got free replacement part & $20 off my original fry order (should have asked for $100 off).

Quote from zpeedster_m : The box for M70's are huge, & i doubt Newegg's gonna put a huge box into a enormous one. Shippers toss them around, hence reason for insurance & us sd'ers doing RMA's. FYI my grill was cracked but unfortunately the same impact also scuffed up the speaker. Luckily I rec'd a undamaged replacement. I scored on a fry's RTi12's & on 1 tower the diffuser was cracked. I'm on the east coast & somehow got these shipped even when they are supposed to be local clearance only. I called Polk & got free replacement part & $20 off my original fry order (should have asked for $100 off).

Well Polk shouldn't ship these with the grilles on. They should wrap up the grilles in foam and padding inside the box, which would go a log way to preventing the grille posts from breaking. When they are attached to the speaker and pressure put down on them they crack. Then cover the actual speakers with a think piece of cardboard over the front face of the speaker. And again, no, boxes this large aren't "tossed around." Dropped maybe, but not tossed. Having the grilles unattached would also help reduce breakages from trauma caused by a drop.