LUCIDD
100+ Head-Fier
- Joined
- Dec 17, 2009
- Posts
- 122
- Likes
- 14
Quote:
lol... the P4's are small there are lots smaller--- I really don't wanna mention Bose and other HTIB type satellites as comparing them to the P4's is like comparing *#$p to gold [some exageration for effect]... the P4's freq response is far superior to anything close to its size. -- just try finding anything that has anything close to a response of: 58Hz-22kHz +-2db, and you'll get speakers double-tripple its size and also double-tripple its price! I got my Klipsch satellites prior to the P4's introduction... or else I would have gotten the P4's instead. I do realize that specs don't really tell you how they sound... but checkout some of the reviews for them - and they do have 30day return policy if you're in the continental US.
I checked out the Polk speakers... I'm sure I've auditioned them before at a Visions store [Kef and HK makes something similar too] - and as they did sound ok... using them for monitors would be disastrous for stereo imaging. They are designed as surrounds - which is why they have the second midrange driver face a different angle. This design is abundantly used for surround speakers - Klipsch has larger versions with the same type of anging for the rear speakers. This design is good for surrounds - cuz often times, the rear speakers in a 7.1 surround system is outputing "surround-background" noise. But - for fronts?-I'd say they'd work - but not well. Furthermore, checkout its overall freq. response: 130hz-20khz +-3db !!! Huge gapping difference to the P4's.
Anyways... you can tell I wish I had them... but for now, the Klipsch reference series are good nuff.
Originally Posted by shuttleboi /img/forum/go_quote.gif Are the Audioengine p4 speakers the smallest passive bookshelf speakers on the market? What do you think of speakers intended to be the rear speakers in a home theatre system, like this: Polk Audio - Rears / Surrounds |
lol... the P4's are small there are lots smaller--- I really don't wanna mention Bose and other HTIB type satellites as comparing them to the P4's is like comparing *#$p to gold [some exageration for effect]... the P4's freq response is far superior to anything close to its size. -- just try finding anything that has anything close to a response of: 58Hz-22kHz +-2db, and you'll get speakers double-tripple its size and also double-tripple its price! I got my Klipsch satellites prior to the P4's introduction... or else I would have gotten the P4's instead. I do realize that specs don't really tell you how they sound... but checkout some of the reviews for them - and they do have 30day return policy if you're in the continental US.
I checked out the Polk speakers... I'm sure I've auditioned them before at a Visions store [Kef and HK makes something similar too] - and as they did sound ok... using them for monitors would be disastrous for stereo imaging. They are designed as surrounds - which is why they have the second midrange driver face a different angle. This design is abundantly used for surround speakers - Klipsch has larger versions with the same type of anging for the rear speakers. This design is good for surrounds - cuz often times, the rear speakers in a 7.1 surround system is outputing "surround-background" noise. But - for fronts?-I'd say they'd work - but not well. Furthermore, checkout its overall freq. response: 130hz-20khz +-3db !!! Huge gapping difference to the P4's.
Anyways... you can tell I wish I had them... but for now, the Klipsch reference series are good nuff.