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Review on πŸ”Š Enhanced SEO: Polk Audio Signature Series S10 American Hi-Fi Compact Satellite Surround Speaker Pair - Classic Brown Walnut Finish by Sean Maples

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Much clearer and more accurate sound for the money

I replaced Yamaha's entry level front top surround speakers with a Polk S10 and greatly improved the sound of my system. The S10 seem to produce a punchy sound at every audio frequency from low to high. I got the smallest series Polks brand so I could replace the ceiling speakers in the front with them. I've added these Polks to my system: I have a pair of refurbished Cizek stereo speakers with Pioneer 8" portable woofers and Visonic dome tweeters, which are the least equivalent in tone and performance to the original Peerless tweeters. My bass is well powered by a homebuilt Kicker 10" X2 subwoofer on a 150W Onkyo X2 stereo amplifier. But then I had barely adequate sound from 6 other speakers including 4 entry level Yamaha NS SP1800 surround speakers and 2 Advent bookshelves Speakers with 8" drivers that I bought years ago for $100 on sale at Crutchfield are brand new. For that money, the Advents reproduce medium bass. Well, they never had clarity, and the Yamaha surround speakers sound exactly the same. They do too. Consequently, my system sounds brilliant to mediocre depending on your position in the room, as I've found after months of fine-tuning the sound in each speaker. But the highs are at their maximum, with only Cizek in the background (on the front channels because they are 4 ohm impedance and only my front channels support 4 ohm speakers plus the cizek are not shielded) am top end brilliant. len with his investment in this S10. I think they should have better mounting options in the back, like a pair of 1/4" threads in the raised sound reflector in the back, not in the middle. in the back under the reflector.

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