Polk Audio T30 Home Theater Center Channel Speaker - Vocal Clarity, Deep Bass Response, Dolby and DTS, Home Speaker, Single, Black

Compact, and decent sound at an affordable price. I feel they are better quality sound that what more sound bars can offer. Fits well upon the fireplace mantle. Using very standard no-frills amplifier.

I purchased these Polk T15 bookshelf speakers to upgrade my sound in my home office/gaming setup. I must say that these little bookshelf speakers punch well above their weight class. They being powered by a Fosi Audio M331 tube amp that puts out about 100 watts per channel. The sound profile is a more of a U shape which is great for a variety of music. In movies, dialogue is a little muffled when listening at low volumes. While the frequency response goes down to 50hz, it's not going to rattle the pictures off the wall. In most cases, the bass is just fine for a 5.25" driver. If you need booming bass you can add a subwoofer to the setup. I was able to purchase these speakers on sale. For the price, they are worth every penny. However, if they were closer to MSRP, I would pass on them (purchased for $120usd). Overall, I am happy with my purchase. The work well in a small room. Their size allows them to work as desktop speakers. If you can find them on sale, it would be worth the purchase. Pros: Great sounding, big sound from a small package. Crispy highs, tame mids, and solid bass. Allows for the use of banana plugs. Classic aesthetics and compact design. Great value if you can find them on sale. Cons: Struggles with frequency under 60hz. Dialogue gets lost at low volumes. Grills are not magnetic. Vinyl wrap looks cheap.

Polk audio has been around for a long long time, and continues to deliver quality audio equipment! I needed bookshelf speaker to replace my small tower speakers because my wife didn't like seeing the towers anymore. So it was important for me to get as much sound as possible from the bookshelf speaker. I read a lot of professional reviews, but most only reviewed higher end speakers in the $300+ range. I found a couple of reviews that mentioned these Polk bookshelf speakers as only decent! I'm so glad that I've found purchased these speakers for under $120 pair. The sound quality is amazing. The vocals and mids come thru very clear! My old towers can't even come close to the vocal clarity! The Bass is excellent for such a small speaker. The bass is nearly the equivalent of my old tower speakers! It is unbelievable the amount of sound that comes out of these small speakers! The Power they can take is incredible, they don't distort when I crank up the wattage from my Yamaha 100 watt receiver! Build quality is very good, and should last a long time. Easy to setup, you can put the provided rubber feet on, or hang on your wall. Easy to connect to your receiver with the screw down posts, but wish they were brass instead of plastic. I dare you to find a better sounding bookshelf speaker for the price!

I thought I was paying 75 bucks for these, when I bought them thru amazon, however somehow the price increased to 100 bucks without my noticing and I did not find this out until after they had shipped. These are actually pretty decent speakers, at 75 bucks a good deal, at 100 well that is about what they are really worth - I would not pay more than that. These are 'high efficiency' speakers, meaning that they are louder in comparison at the same volume knob setting than mid and low efficiency speakers. These speakers share the characteristics of other 'high efficiency' speakers in that they sound better at lower volume settings. However, these speakers can get quite loud, but at higher volumes they start to lose definition (meaning that they start to sound a little muddy and lose their crispness). All that being said, I should tell you how I am using them. I am playing them with a Pioneer SX-450 receiver, which is rated at 15 watts a side (but this receiver is somehow louder than modern receivers rated at two or three times the watts). I am also using and old BSR 15" subwoofer for this setup. This setup sounds GREAT for low to mid volume level classical music, jazz, and rock. At higher volumes (when the volume knob on the SX-450 goes past 1/3) these speakers can clearly handle it, but they start losing their nice tight mid range definition, that they had at lower volume levels. For people that just like sheer volume and do not particularly care about hi-fi, these speakers can get VERY loud, you could probably give yourself ear damage before you blew them up. A general advantage of high efficiency speakers, an advantage that these speakers have, is that they sound crisp and tight under low volume settings. I really like the way these speakers sound at lower sound levels and with the sub-woofer. In conclusion, if you are interested in hi-fi, I would NOT try to use these as primary front speakers without also using a sub woofer. These speakers are rated at 100 watts but they will not be hi-fi if fed with more than 20 watts or so. 20 watts of clean un-distorted power is actually quite loud, though. These speakers are a steal at 50 bucks, a good deal at 75, and you got what you paid for at 100. I give these a four star rating because WTF happened, was I not paying enough attention, between purchasing them for 75 bucks on amazon and then somehow I was billed 100 bucks for them - I clearly missed something which may have been completely my fault. I hope this does not happen to you.

Great set of low end high bang for buck speakers... Remember to order two as they're sold seperately... Love the sound though recommending adjusting bass etcetera... Look pretty decent too. Enjoy.

So I moved to a new apartment and was setting up a home theater \ sound system in a relatively large room. Initially I decided to just go for a big mainstream brand Soundbar + Sub. Bad idea - the sound quality of these mainstream systems just really isn't great. Sound quality in movies was very ordinary with the vocals being drowned out by music and SFX and for the music it just sounded flat. So I returned that system and decided to do the sound properly - but still wanted to keep it on a budget. I picked up the Pioneer VSX-932 on a special and 2 of these babies and wow what a difference it made. Even just with a basic 2 speaker stereo setup - basically the same ball park price as the Soundbar I started with - the quality just insn't comparable. These have such a greater depth of sound and wider range. Watching movies now there are sounds I previously never even noticed show up clearly on these speakers. Dialogue is clear and they have stronger base then the previous setup - even without the addition of a sub. Clarity across the whole range is so much better and music also sounds much better - with a richness and warmth that was completely absent on the sound bar. For those on a budget - these really do the job! Will likely build mine out with sub and eventually the full Polk 5.1 setup. Highly recommend - you will struggle to find anything else with as good "Bang for buck"

I got them on sale and would buy another if they do, used them for side 7.1 speakers and worked great. Looks good as well and you don't need a mount/bracket. For us the notch in the back was good enough to hang on a screw. They look good and for the money do the job just fine.. Not having to buy a bracket was a bonus plus fits tighter to the wall. For rear channel I would get a pivot bracket or something...

Its super build quality and sound. Am really surprised

Excellente finition, son excellent pour une enceinte centrale. Un poil trop aigus, à corriger donc avec votre ampli home cinéma. Vu le prix il ne faut pas hésiter une seule seconde, elle est aussi qualitative qu'une enceinte 4-5 fois plus cher.