These new POLK LSiM's look tempting

The change's with the new LSiM serie's. Polk has done away with the Vifa ring radiator tweeter and now design's their own ring radiator tweeter they claim is superior to the Vifa. The new serie's are 8 ohms. The top model, the 707 goes down to 20 hz and can easily handle amps at 1000 watts
rms which Polk has informed me directly. The new serie's has greater detail. The biggest change is they have greater echo decay, three dimensional holographic imaging and very deep hall effect which was lacking in the previous LSi serie's. Polk claim's the new serie's are their best and greatest speaker design in the history of the company since 1972. The new cabinet design and the dark mahogany finish is gorgeous. If their statement's are true, they have achieved the best high end value ever in the history of high end Audiophile speaker's. For the 707, a four way speaker to
achieve all of this at $4K a pair is simply unheard of. It appears they have produced an all time winner!

Vapor, I don't buy in too what your saying. You must be with the anti-Polk camp. Way out of balance with the rest of the spectrum? Baloney! Polk's recent merger with Defined Electronic's who also owns DefTech, makes them the largest speaker company in the U.S. Polk has several anechoic chambers and has the most advanced high tech R&D lab in the country for speaker design. The driver's used went through 16 month's of research and design before production. The upgraded race track woofer is an original Polk design that Polk manufacture's for DefTech's Mythos speaker's, since the Deftech President, Sandy Gross, was a co-founder and Partner in Polk. The 707 speaker has a razor flat response and must be placed in a large rectangular room to avoid a standing wave problem since they go very deep down to 20Hz and need to burn in for 100 hours. What Polk has achieved with the 707's for $4K a pair
is a model that has all the best qualities of Wilson, KEF,
B&W and other best speakers up to to $40K a pair. If I were a principal in these companies, I'd be crappin my pants over the 707'S. Polk has finally after 39 years, designed a true Audiophile high end speaker that has it all at a ridiculous price of $4K. The new midnight mahogany finish is gorgeous. Polk offer's a 30 day money back guaranty if your not satisfied with the performance.

Richidoo..One of the experiences on the 707's was Home Theater Magazine's review from the November 2010 issue..quote, " I listened to the 707's with an all tube set up from AR, and what I heard was staggering, there was tremendous clarity, very strong imaging on and off axis, and very high impact but tuneful bass transient's. I almost
never hear sound this spectacular! Top to bottom, the LSiM series is a heckuva lot of speaker technology for the money." Also, a member on the Club Polk site who is a dealer, displayed the 707's at a recent show and stated they were equal and in some area's and sounded better than his Wilson Sasha's he has at home. For the $27K pair of Sasha's to meet its match from a pair of speakers costing $4K is amazing! In 1976 one out of four pair speaker's sold worldwide were Advents. No one has beaten that record.
Polk just may be the one to break that record since the LSiM's release five week's ago. I need to correct myself. Polk was bought out by Directed Electronics, not Defined Electronics as I stated in this thread. I have been hoping for 35 years for any speaker company to come along
and make a world class speaker at a budget price. The Polk wholesale Manager in my area, Andrew Ward, stated to me the 707's will go up against any speaker costing up to $40K a pair. It looks like Polk not only hit a home run with the LSiM's, but hit a grand slam.

Rok2id..The reason for the higher cost for the LSiM series is that the components in the crossover boards are of much higher quality and cost more. All drivers are now made in house which increases labor costs.Their midrange driver is more sophisticated then previous designs, and the cabinets with there internal isolated chamber's for each of the
drivers result in more wood and labor time. Previous full range models from Polk could not compete against the top models from B&W, Wilson and KEF. With all new driver designs and crossovers, and all wood cabinets instead of
just wood side panels, result in a whole new performance that is true high end sound at its very best. Polk makes only 15 pairs a month of the 707's. The LSiM series make's Polk the reigning King of the very best high end budget speaker's in the U.S.

Rok2id...The 707's are in stock at their Vista, Calif. warehouse. But just the light cherry finish. Sold out of the dark Mahogany which is in great demand which will be back in stock by mid-December. Polk has warehouse's in Maryland and Calif. I doubt they will increase production since they are made from scratch with loving care. A lot of time to make each pair. Polk sell's direct so if you want the 707's you can reserve buy now and get on top of the list for the December supply. I have spoke to several Audiophile's who have listened to the 707's at show's in California, Denver and Montreal. They are stunned what you get for $ 4K. A remarkable achievement to say the least.