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expired Posted by Tooturntt3 • Sep 15, 2021
Sep 15, 2021 9:04 PM
Polk Audio TL1600 5.1 Compact Surround Sound Home Theater System with Powered Subwoofer $149
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They are....fine. You have to know what you are buying. If you have a small room and are looking to improve sound quality over your TV's built in speakers, then these will minimally meet your needs. You will not be blowing the doors off, but if you're in a small space you don't necessarily want that anyway. Sound quality is again, fine. Nothing that will blow you away. They aren't great for music - they are better for TV/movies/games. The sub does not hit very low, but it is adequate to add a little depth where the satellites cannot because of their size.
For me, these were a gateway to other things. I've since replaced the subwoofer and LCR. I still use two of the satellites as rear surrounds, and while I do want to replace them eventually they are still serviceable in that regard.
So in short - at MSRP these would be extremely hard to recommend. But if you have a receiver and really want to make the leap to 5.1 and only have $150 to spend (which really isn't much when it comes to audio), you won't get much more for your money than this.
They are....fine. You have to know what you are buying. If you have a small room and are looking to improve sound quality over your TV's built in speakers, then these will minimally meet your needs. You will not be blowing the doors off, but if you're in a small space you don't necessarily want that anyway. Sound quality is again, fine. Nothing that will blow you away. They aren't great for music - they are better for TV/movies/games. The sub does not hit very low, but it is adequate to add a little depth where the satellites cannot because of their size.
For me, these were a gateway to other things. I've since replaced the subwoofer and LCR. I still use two of the satellites as rear surrounds, and while I do want to replace them eventually they are still serviceable in that regard.
So in short - at MSRP these would be extremely hard to recommend. But if you have a receiver and really want to make the leap to 5.1 and only have $150 to spend (which really isn't much when it comes to audio), you won't get much more for your money than this.
That's why I approached my comments on these with the caveat of "if this is how much money you have to spend". I do believe you can't do much better than this for a full 5.1 speaker setup at the $150 price point. My issue with talking about a $300 ($340 to be precise) price point is I think there you start to be better off looking at separate speakers instead of a 5.1 kit. This is especially true if you don't mind looking at used speakers, because with a little patience great values can be found depending on your area.
For me, I kept these speakers for about 6 months before I realized I wanted more. For others depending on use case it might be longer or shorter. I would never give them an unqualified recommendation. But the things I replaced them with were much more expensive so you have to always think about price for performance and the budget you're willing to allot.
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