“The Polk Audio RTI A7 floorstanding speakers are the best, warm and well rounded speakers to have ever arrived in the market for a very long time!” With almost no complaints and glowing tributes flowing in all its reviews, the speakers are great value for money and sure to thrill the owners. Don’t be surprised at all if this is the largest selling speaker of its class. And all you need is the where withal to purchase these speakers that come with a black or cherry wood finish.
Here we explore some of its mind blowing features that have endeared it everyone.
Features
Musical precision and high fidelity make these speakers perfect for home theaters (whether you are using a 5.1 or 7.1) and stereo applications. It has been designed with polymer composite woofers for an accurate bass response (the woofers go all the way down till about 20 Hz and thus almost eliminate the need for a sub woofer), polymer composite mid ranges with high performance durability and dome tweeter made of silk/polymer. The tweeter never seems to tire and it goes on for hours on the end! The whole speaker has been magnetically shielded and so you can safely place it near your television without affecting the picture.
The cabinet is designed as a ‘damped asymmetric hex laminate’ which ensures less audio coloration due to the resonances from the panels. With an overall frequency response of 20Hz-27kHz there is almost nothing that your ears will miss. The embedded PowerPort Plus technology has improved its bass resolution to extreme levels without introducing any distortion. This PowerPort venting system at its rear reduces air turbulence by reducing the air velocity to slow gradually. Thus, the speakers throw a well balanced output due to the dynamic balance that is done through laser imaging via proprietary Polk Audio technology (which eliminates low distortion and ensures a smooth response).With a warranty of five years, these speakers stand to floor anybody who passes their way!
High points
1. It has been built of real wood veneer with looks that will floor everyone. Its curved cabinets and optimal shear damping systems ensure a very stable, acoustically inert atmosphere.
2. The speakers perform well even with low end amplifiers. If coupled with better quality amplifiers (even an entry level Marantz), the performance is awesome.
3. The speakers come with additional high end features like the gold-plated five-way binding posts (with which you can either bi-amp or bi-wire the speakers), adjustable spikes (to provide stability on all kinds of flooring) and an anti-diffraction grille ( for the best 3 dimensional imaging).
Shortcomings
Well, criticism is a must for any review to be complete! And so, for the sake of finding a fault, it can be said that if the amplifiers used are too warm then there is a chance that the speakers muddle the mid range resulting in unclear vocals.
Price
The prices fluctuate a bit but are usually about $649.95 per speaker.
