Polk Audio Reserve Series R700 Tower Speaker, 1" Tweeter 6.5" Woofers & Dual 8" Long-Throw Drivers, Hi-Res Certified, Dolby Atmos & IMAX Enhanced for Dynamic Home Theater Audio, Black

These tower speakers have a great and full sound. Top is clear and a bottom with a hefty subwoofer-like punch. The speakers sit on spikes for Carpet or rubber for hard flooring. A nice touch. They are rated at 4 ohms and for my Marantz Cinema 40 at 5.6.2 Dolby Atmos (I use an Ayima AO7 to run the extra pair of Atmos speakers for 9 channels) they just crush every scene in my 4K collection. The uploaded video is for music listeners. That is with my Prima Luna Evo 400 tube amp. The sounds of Ray Brown laying down a line for Joe and Oscar makes me smile as a former bassist. You can’t hear how deep these speakers really go. My oak wood flooring rumbles with the sonics. Also Danny at GR-Research gave them a solid and no need for any changes to the speakers sound signature and I respect his opinions. These are basically the same as the Dolby Atmos version with a basic, but solid cabinet. They are quite heavy with the port on the bottom. I did remove the bi-wiring and replaced the connectors with Viborg pure copper lugs. This will improve clarity and detail if you have a system that can produce it. For movies and viewing or a normal audio system I would not bother. Just make sure every thing is tight. I run SKW copper cables to the Marantz and ELF silvers with Tuneful rhodium plated ccsilver z-cons for the music side. The Galion AS75 has plenty of power to drive them at 75 watts. I was getting 105-106 decibel peaks no issues and crystal clear. My wooden house shakes when that bass is rocking. I would say these punch up to the $3k-$5k range in sound quality. The R400 center channel I have is also big and has the wood vinyl; which looks very nice. White is probably long gone. I may upgrade the parts on these at some point in the future. Maybe not. They sound real good stock.

These speakers sound equal to my $5K towers that I restored post purchase of these. They are power hungry but in my opinion do not need the support of a subwoofer. They go low and project the bass very well, even on carpet. Always been a Polk fan since I bought my Model 10’s about 40 yrs ago. These just blew me away!

The R700 model Polk series tower speakers offer the clearest, precise, delivery being connected to my Pioneer VSX-LX505 model receiver delivering 165 watts per channel of a 9.2 surround platform. If you are an audiophile looking for a brand name make and model, hands down the Reserve model line gives you the.receiving end of an ELITE experience! I have, in pairs, the R700s, the R600s, the R500s in my surround speaker range and if you’re looking to save room from utilizing a subwoofer the R700s bough 2 tower speakers or more will eliminate any need for the bulky extra expense of needing or wanting one or two.. The subwoofers, mids, and tweeter are enough for you to be PHENOMENALLY BLOWN AWAY if you’re desiring or even questioning of buying the R700 reserve model line. Yes they are the price they are, but, each audiophile has there own preference! My contention and searching myriad is conquered! Try them buy them and overall this aircraft mechanic knows attention to detail and elite quality and craftsmanship when he sees, hears, and purchases sound of mind quality products! Get them on holiday pricing sales as they are at the highest I’ve seen for $1,199,99 EACH so Black Friday, Christmas and the alike holidays will give you the best price and trust me there’s no need to think of “BANG FOR YOUR BUCK,” involved here because the Polk Reserve series line is the ROLLS ROYCE or rather GULFSTREAM aircraft quality when it comes to the astounding effects of enjoyment with R700s!!! Professionally recommend and Audiophiles beware this model R700 model line is a flagship model for Polk that is going to inventoried for several years in the history books!!! Astoundingly recommend!!!

I auditioned several other tower speakers, including B&W 703s, KEF Q11, Martin Logan F10/F100, and Definitive Audio DM 80s, and these speakers sound better to me than all of them except possibly the DM 80 (which has built in 12 inch subs and is more than twice the price). They do require significant power (I ended up buying a couple of 200 watt monoblocks to power them, though they didn't sound bad at 90 watts either). Sound is very full, good stereo imaging and detail. They are not overly bright sounding (like the B&W's), and have solid bass, no need for a sub for listening to music.

What can be said that hasn't already. Almost my favorite speakers of all time below 2k. Definitely a quality product, just wish the highs had a tiny bit better definition, however it may just be my old ears. I have owned these for almost 2 years, and have not considered replacing yet. I am satisfied.