Name: Polk Audio Signature Series S15 Bookshelf Speakers
Brand: Polk Audio
SKU: 636edac7cca1ee3aa6c61a49
Rating: 3.0 (23 reviews)

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Built to bring the big surround sound theater and music experience into the comfort of your living room, the Polk Signature S15 compact bookshelf speaker continues in the Polk tradition of American HiFi. Featuring Hi-Res certification, a new Dynamic Balance designed acoustic array, precision cross-overs, an anti-diffraction grille, modern cabinet styling and exclusive Power Port bass enhancing technology, you get elevated sound for movies, TV and music in a totally re-imagined design. Works with the most modestly-powered amplifier or receiver to give you a sound reproduction that’s spacious, clear, enveloping, and realistic. Plus, it’s compatible with latest Dolby and DTS surround sound technologies.

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 Now, the power port is something Polk Audio has been doing for decades now, and essentially, it's designed to elongate the port, reduce chuffing, which is a major problem with budget speakers, which basically allows you to turn the volume up without hearing this weird port noise. And also, as Polk Audio advertises in their literature, it's supposed to allow you to get more bass extension from the cabinet. So overall, it's a very simple design. If you want more specifications, just click on the description box down below, and I have that information for you

 In fact, this is an evolution above the tri-laminate material, which they've used forever. On the bottom here, we have a five and a quarter inch woofer made of polypropylene mixed with some other materials. We have magnetic grills, and we also have this step baffle, which is basically designed to reduce diffraction and interaction between the drivers and the entirety of the front of the speaker. Now, overall, this is a very well-built speaker

 Usually they're very thin and they look very plain, and what's interesting about the Polk Audio Signature Series is, even though it's designed to compete directly with those plain looking speakers, it has a very robust, well-built look. It's something that you could put in your living room and it doesn't scream, hey, I cheaped out on my audio solution, and that transitions me over into the Signature 15 itself. So what you're looking at here is going to be a very simple two-way design. Now these speakers retail for just over 200 US dollars, and on the top here, we're going to have a one-inch soft dome tweeter made of tereline material, which is pretty new to Polk Audio

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 Initially, I thought the S15 are a little light on bass response. Living in an apartment, this isn't necessarily a bad thing. The speakers sound good and the bass isn't boomy or over the top. The mids & highs are where these speakers truly shine which is great for a 2-speaker setup for TV watching

 I think that these are efficient enough to produce good quality sound from a stout audio video or stereo receiver. Stepping up to an integrated amp or a separate amp + preamp will likely net even better results.  Compared to the other "budget" offering out there, the Polk Signature Series speakers actually deliver outstanding sound quality that is very well balanced from top to bottom.  If you "need" the extra bass response, spend a few $ more and step up to the Signature S20 but be forewarned, that is a big bookshelf speaker

 The speakers sound good and the bass isn't boomy or over the top. The mids & highs are where these speakers truly shine which is great for a 2-speaker setup for TV watching.  These speakers are big. The cabinets are pretty large and they make the 5 1/4" drivers look very tiny

  Compared to the other "budget" offering out there, the Polk Signature Series speakers actually deliver outstanding sound quality that is very well balanced from top to bottom.  If you "need" the extra bass response, spend a few $ more and step up to the Signature S20 but be forewarned, that is a big bookshelf speaker.

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 So I don't well based on this the build quality and everything else is very impressive. Sound quality is very uh above average. For now I will stay away from this speaker because of the front plastic piece is loose and they need to fix the problem. So sound quality rating instead you know I'll still give them a four stars but I will probably subtract minus one star from a five star rating on a built quality

 For now I will stay away from this speaker because of the front plastic piece is loose and they need to fix the problem. So sound quality rating instead you know I'll still give them a four stars but I will probably subtract minus one star from a five star rating on a built quality. That's it folks. This is my quick review

 I mean 229 dollars nowadays can buy really good mini monitors like Elec or Elec B5 or like you know some other manufacturers offering good sounding mini speakers. So these speakers what is the main difference from the rest is like better cabinet. So this cabinet is something worth noting because it does have very solid feel and it does provide a noise free, vibration free cabinet design for this budget speaker range and also it comes with the you know new power port technology that POKE been advertising. So that's the power port

 It's basically in this speaker it does have a little you know a little blaster piece right behind that base port of the speakers that they call a power port. So and this is a you know I'm playing really loud or like almost 90 95 db and then the cabinet is not making any sort of noise or vibration like I had experience in like budget Elec speakers like B5 or B6s. So that is a very impressive cabinet for the price. It's only 229 dollars and you got this kind of quality

Polk Audio Signature S15 Bookshelf Speaker Review

 I'm still kind of irked that it left the factory so loosely fitted, but it works fantastically and sounds great now so that's what I'll focus on. *EDIT*  Unfortunately the tweeter on one of the speakers stopped working. It was pretty obvious as it happened mid gameplay. To be clear, the volume wasn't loud, and I have swapped cables and channels from L to R and back again on the receiver to make sure it wasn't that

 It seems the tweeter just gave up the ghost. This is a massive bummer since the speakers are only a few weeks old, and before this I was fully satisfied with them.  Before the tweeter ate it the sound was fantastic. Lows were surprisingly full and the highs were bright but not cold

After a little elbow grease they work wonderfully.

 This one feature like one inch soft dome tweeter and five and quarter inch bass driver. So let's get to it. So this is the whole series that they offer from POKE Audio, a new American Hi-Fi signature series. So that's the biggest to the all the way to the smaller satellite speaker and then also they do have a two center channel speakers

 My R300, Polk S15, LS50s and Pioneer BS22s side by side comparison. For $229 this little speaker have a very good quality. I tell you that. And then a size is about the same as the Kev LS50 speakers

 They call it power port. The cabinetry everything look nice especially in this price range. It looks better than a Elac B5 or even you know it even looks better than a cute acoustic 3020 in my opinion. Better quality

 Let's get those that little thingy out. So as usual so this is a side comparison. My R300, Polk S15, LS50s and Pioneer BS22s side by side comparison. For $229 this little speaker have a very good quality

Polk Signature S15 Bookshelf Speakers Unboxing

I am not an audiophile to begin with. What I could feel was that, these speakers have a pretty good bass response but the clarity of sound was not up-to the mark. May be I didnt wait for the break-in of these speakers. I have ordered KEF Q150 during Christmas sale (for 300$) and it was a pretty good upgrade from the polk S15 (which I returned)

Good but the clarity was not up to the mark

 That is a half-decent speaker. Connectors around there are good, nothing loose about that. See, this is what I was worried about. I've had a speaker where I dropped it, and this actually unlaminated from the back, and it was floating around, but nothing is loose, so I'm guessing it's pretty good

 They sound really good too, but a few issues, I'm not sure if it's from when it hit the floor, but the back is loose, and it vibrates a little bit, so we're going to take this off. We're also going to take the drivers out, make sure the magnets on the back of the drivers aren't glued, and they're just sitting there because they're stuck to the basket being metal, just to make sure there's no damage, so you get a good look at what it looks like without some of the parts. There's the porch. You can see how they did that, that's cool

 What's it going to take to get this out? It'd be nice if it just drops out, but I doubt it. Oh, hammer push. That is a half-decent speaker. Connectors around there are good, nothing loose about that

Polk Audio Signature Series S15*a look inside*

Nice inexpensive speaker, I'm using them for my TV set up and the speakers perform well with a mid line Yamaha receiver. I have them on 30" stands. Clear imaging and decent low end performance, but you will need a sub-woofer. Nice fit and finish for a speaker in this price range, made in China but they advertise "American Hifi" well that use to be Polk 20 years ago!

Nice inexpensive speaker

  This is a new series and the Sxx series is hard to get hold of. For laughs, while waiting for my S20s and S15s to arrive, I picked up the T15. The T15 is a great budget entry speaker. Something you can put in a dorm room or the camper and not worry about what happens

Not the 'old Polk' you used to know, you should give a listen

0C units to mount them from my ceiling. This required some careful planning and minor modification of the speaker back (see photos). I had to remove the plastic reflectors and cut a small slot in each, in order to to affix the mounting plates and then reattach them (see photos). For all but the larges of spaces, these speakers a a great value and provide excellent fidelity

 I had to remove the plastic reflectors and cut a small slot in each, in order to to affix the mounting plates and then reattach them (see photos). For all but the larges of spaces, these speakers a a great value and provide excellent fidelity. Highly Recommended!

Great quality and value for both home theater and stereo music listening. Rated #1 by The Wirecutter, these relatively small speakers are remarkably accurate, all the way down to the lower bass range. I turn my subwoofer way down when listening to music. I used Omnimount 15

Perfect for Home Theater and  Stereo Music Listening

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Polk Audio Signature Series S15 Bookshelf Speakers

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