Polk Audio TSi500 Floorstanding Speaker
- Single versatile high-performance floorstanding loudspeaker
- Equipped with 1-inch silk/polymer composite Dynamic Balance dome tweeter
- Frequency response: 28Hz-25kHz
- Equipped with four 6.5-inch diameter bi-laminate organic fiber cone woofers
- Recommended Amplification: 20-275 watts/channel
Product Description
The Polk Audio TSi500 floorstanding Speaker is the flagship of the TSi series. With four 6.5-inch drivers, it has the power handling and bass response to sound spectacular. Pair them up with a CS20 center, TSi200’s for surrounds and a PSW series subwoofer and you’ll have one incredible sounding home theater system! This speaker is awesome for high impact movies and music. Its affordable price and small footprint means they can be used as the front channels in a home theater system or as the main speakers in a music system. For home theater, pair it up with some TSi100’s or OWM3’s for surrounds, CS10 center and PSW series subwoofer and you’ll have a spectacular sounding system! The new TSi Series is a quality-built, affordable line of high performance loudspeakers for music and home theater. The TSi Series boasts a stylish look that complements today’s flat screen technology, with wood grain finishes, piano black top plates and pewter trim rings. Built fo… More >>
Polk Audio TSi500 Floorstanding Speaker
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3 comments
T. J. Wark on March 20, 2010 at 6:28 am
I’m very happy with my Polk TSi500 speaker pair. They look as good in real life as they do in the pictures, although I prefer the look of the exposed cones to the speaker grille. The sound quality is about as good as you can expect for speakers priced in this range. They sound fantastic for music and as the fronts in my home theater. There is very little noticeable distortion until you’re really blasting them, and that can be mitigated by shunting the extreme lows to a good sub. I use them paired with a Polk PSW125 powered sub, and the system sounds fantastic.
For under $1000, you really can’t go wrong. Using these & the PSW125 it’s entirely possible to construct an excellent home theater system for under $2,000. Not including media players, speaker stand & the like, mine cost a little under $1800 and I’m very satisfied.
B. Clark on March 20, 2010 at 8:32 am
I bought these from Fry’s and got ripped on the price. They are not cheaper on here but you can get them on eBay for cheap sometimes, even the Rti series. I was set on these and didn’t want to get scammed somehow so I bought them there.
They look amazing. The top is the piano black gloss, the front screen is very nice and soft to the touch. The box is typical mdf wood so no surprises there. They can handle up to 275 watts each and are able to be bi-amped. They are bi-wired from the start so that is how I have them running since I don’t have another amp to bi-amp. My Onkyo TX-SR705 is running them in my 7.1 system. Meaning each one is only getting 100watts peak so they are way underpowered right now. Eventually I will get a larger receiver or another amp to really get some decibles out of them.
But don’t be fooled, even with them getting just the mid range of their power handling they sound great. Take off the grill for an awe inspiring view of the 4 6.5″ mid drivers and 1″ tweeter EACH. Have great highs and lows. I have a Klipsch 650 watt 12″ sub so I have the towers running higher frequencies but they sound great. I will be setting them up in a 2.1 system soon to see how they sound then.
kratos on March 20, 2010 at 11:04 am
Exterior Finish – Got the speakers and unpacked them to an amazing sight of cherry finish with the high gloss back top. My wife absolutely loved it. They are one of the bigger towers and will dwarf even a 40inch TV.
Sound – Listened to a lot of speakers..Paradigm studios, klipsch Icons, reference series, Polk Rtis, PSB image towers and Infinity towers….to me the paradigm studios were the best in sound but they were astronomical in terms of price. Finally it was between these and the PSBs, the klipsh Icons and the polks RTis sounded bright to me. Did a lot of listening with my own cd at Frys, my friends place, bestbuy and a whole list of places. The psbs seemed to have the best mid range but lacked the clarity at the highs these provided. The klipsch Icons were ruled out as even the TSI400s sounded better than those. Since i was looking for beefier mids I went with these and have not looked back since. Running them using an Emotiva amp. I have pushed them to a true 100 watts and they were wanting more. I could not go past this point as I dint want cops at my door…:) needless to say these performed like champs.
For HT these are beasts…provides an in theater experience once the lights go out. Pair them with a CS20 and you will have an extreme front sound stage.
Value – Must buy for the sheer value provided at this price range. An absolute yes to an audiophile who knows the law of diminshing returns or a practical person who wants most from his purchase.