Polk Audio - T50 150 Watt Home Theater Floor Standing Tower Speaker (Single) - Amazing Sound | Dolby and DTS Surround - Black

Bought 4 of these to go with a Denon receiver. Great sound for the money. Look sleek as well.

It's only a two way. The other two are not real speakers. Are just cones. With no magnets

Very cost-effective. The sound is wonderful for the cost.

Very surprised and relieved that you can get a high quality performance speaker, for a reasonable low price.

I bought the T50s after praise by an excellent audio reviewer on youtube (ZF). This is a very well balanced, well rounded pair of towers which do not require a lot of amplifier power, as they are quite sensitive at 90db. No shrillness in the treble area, gentle and neutral, no overly sweet sound or coloration. Some of the reviews mention the bass which they find excellent. I agree that they have a nice bass level, but if you are a bass head you will want to consider options or add a subwoofer. If you like your music neutral, with some sweetness but nothing that colors unduly the whole audio spectrum, you will like them. Now, it all also depends on what you have them hooked on. I have a very modest, lo-fi set up consisting of a Kinter 2020a+ digital amp which has a tube-like sound that I affectionate. It can power way hungrier speakers than these and they work very well in tandem with them. Returning to the subject of the bass, one thing I did notice is that the mighty little Kinter did not generate a lot of bass with them; that is: until I switched the tone controls on and boosted the bass by about two thirds. Until then, with all other speakers I have associated the Kinter with (and some were excellent speakers like the Triangle Antal EX), I always bypassed the tone controls. In this case, upping the bass as indicated works wonders. Even with the bass boosted, though, the sound remains balanced, not boombastic (which I would not like at all). So, with this tweak, I have a pair of dedicated speakers that are able rivals to some much more expensive hi-fi alternatives (they do not replace them but you'd get close to 90% of the more expensive alternatives against a much lesser expense). I also like their form factor: they are quite small towers and do not take much space. I would also caution that you need to give these quite some time to warm up after the first use. It took about three days of constantly running the radio through them for the T50s to open up. The difference was dramatic when that happened. I do not remember hearing such a marked difference with other speakers before, and I have had a few. All of a sudden after these few days, the music will stop you in your tracks, whatever it is that you were doing, and you will understand the praise. Two areas of improvement I would suggest to Polk are: one, the binding posts in the back do their job but are quite flimsy. No impact on the sound there, but nonetheless. Secondly, the reviewer suggested to put the T50s on solid wood plates to improve their sound further (and also bring the tweeters in line with the listener's ears when seated). I have not tried the trick yet, but I did notice upon unboxing and setting them up that the T50s stand on a larger base that does not feel very solid. I would improve the base, make it sturdier and add a few inches of height at the same time. These will affect (and likely improve) the sound. Altogether an excellent pair of speakers, natural sounding, and a serious option for audiophiles on a budget!