Polk Audio Signature S15 bookshelf speaker review. 

ah, the part about validation? Yeah that's a big trap a lot of us fall into :) thank you for subscribing.

Great speaker one of the Best right now if you want pay more pay more for another simple ❤polk

Hell Yeah man, I'm glad it worked out well for you!! One thing I'll admit is out of all the brands Polk does give you some good quality for the money at the lower end. Those cabinets were rock solid and the gunmetal POLK logo on the grill is one of the nicest looking I've ever seen! Those small touches really impressed me.

Would you go RP-41M or S15, based on just sound quality?

anytime man, thanks for tuning in!

Great point, you can even buy them from most local stores with a 30 day return policy.

@@NemoPropaganda Second-guessing my decisions is a habit I have in general. Did it with a pair of Dynaudios once. Ended up selling them on ebay, almost unused, and at a financial loss. But ultimately I am way happier with what I got instead. So I guess it kinda worked out that time.

Glad you liked it Joe!

nice, I havn't heard the newer ES version.

I'm not an emotiva guy per se but I do love the brand and I do think the their B1+ speaker is superior to this one :)

They should sound just fine mounted on a wall as the rear port exits the sides of the rear baffle so it won't have any problems.

That's a deal for sure!! Yeah I feel like Polk really spent their time on these. I certainly wish the mids had more to offer but at the price it's hard to complain.

in distance yes, toe in is 100% personal and every room is different. This might sound annoying but you're just going to have to keep on experimenting and sometimes toe in more or less on one side even makes a difference. In my room 1/4" makes a difference, it's was so annoying at first but now i have learned my room and can usually be all setup in 10 minutes.

Yes but you might be happier with the PSB P3, it’s smaller and has better bass :)

the tall one is Skylan, the short one is discontinued.

The R41m is most comparable in terms of price but the R51m is more comparable in terms of spec.

Imagine Mini is a superior speaker in every way. It will have less bass output but it's bass will be more distinct, articulate, and fast! The imagine mini is more a true audiophile speaker where as the S20 is a budget consumer level speaker with tilted up top end. It's like Honda Ford Mustang GT vs BMW M3, both are sports cars, one is far more refined.

@@NemoPropaganda Thank you kindly, you've helped me make a decision :). Btw, love your reviews and down-to-earth approach. Keep up the good work!

Thank you!

wow! that is a killer deal!!

That's excellent hearing at any age!

@@NemoPropaganda My fear is it'll one day just fall out like the rest of me.

@@jeffm2787 Nooooo! You are a warrior my brother!

No, the S15 is a normal hifi speaker and would sound great at ear level and pointed straight out into the room (no toe in).

Thank you for the help!

Emotiva SE8 would be great or a JBL 550P from amazon.

Yes I did, I can't remember anymore but I think I tried the Yamaha RS202, Emotiva TA-100, and my reference Kinki Studio equipment.

@@NemoPropaganda I'm going to run that s15s with a Cambridge AXA 25 and shitt dac for PC setup. I got the S15 in white only from Polk so should be nice. GR makes upgraded crossover kit for the polk audio S line cuz agree that the bill quality is just super great for this price range so people are looking to upgrade some of the downsides about the system which aren't too much.

@@tommygun5vsrocky If you're going to use that Cambridge axa25 on a desktop and won't need a remote control consider grabbing the Emotiva A100 instead, it has double the power and sounds excellent!

Yes, together they will sound very lively, if you want to tame that down set the treble to minus 1 or 2. That's probably how i would listen to that setup but we all have different preferences.

@@NemoPropaganda can PM 5005 drive the emotiva b1which require 50 watts

@@odannyblueso Yes, it's not a requirement, it's a suggestion. Some people use 10w amplifiers :)

Hey bro, I have not heard the fives but the fives are powered where these are passive so it's not really an apples to apples comparison.

I would use the smaller Polk S10 for surround, they look identical just smaller :)

They are great with stands.

I don't know, I have not heard the ES. I would email Polk audio and ask them.

@@NemoPropaganda plz do it as soon as possible bro as I have to complete my system and do let me knw in the comments section here....meanwhile thx in advance.

@@lovish9999 I don't have any interest in the Polk ES range, I will not review them.

@@NemoPropaganda who is asking u to review them.....u said I would email polk and ask them.

​@@lovish9999 I'm sorry, I can see how I typed my response in a confusing way. For primary english speakers the context would be clear but I think english is not your first language (not mine either) in the way I was saying "I would" what I was saying is "if I were you, I would email Polk" In other words I'm suggesting that you email polk and ask them.

I'm not really interested in Bose speakers but is there a particular model you're interested in?

not sure, haven't reviewed the E yet.

as long as you have an amp and phono preamp in the chain yes.

All three options are good speakers my friend. I say pick the one you think will look the best in your room :) To me the elac is ugly, and the Polk looks good but a little too attention grabbing so personally i would choose the 3020i even though i have never heard it.

@@NemoPropaganda thank you for the quick reply . Polk setup is 80$ cheaper . I watch a lot of Hollywood action movies and my music is mostly edm,rap,house ,etc if it helps . Also if hts the. for rear t15,s10,owm3?also can you suggest a subwoofer 8-10inch ?

Speakers would be kept near wall because of space constraints . So backfiring port wouldn’t be an issue?

@@vipinsuriya007 For sure the S15 will be great for all of that bro and they look very high-end with the grill on in my opinion so something like this should be good: Polk S15 up front, Polk S35 center, and Polk T15 in the rear. For a subwoofer what is the budget?

S15, S10, and T15 will all be okay near walls because T15 is front ported and the S speakers are side ported so it should be okay.

I'm sorry brother Dali is not really popular in the USA so I've never heard them.

@@NemoPropaganda thanks

I think so but the Emotiva b1+ offers more performance for just $30 more if that's available to you.

no

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@@NemoPropaganda I have to live vicariously through online youtube reviewers such as yourself because I don't live in the US and everything I buy online is freight forwarded to my country with no possibility of low cost returns even under warranty as the return shipping always cost more than the item. I bought 2 laptops last month expecting them to come with backlit keyboards like the photos on the ebay seller page suggested and when neither of them had this when I unboxed them, my most fierce, no holds barred, deeply aggressive response was to click the "neutral experience" seller feedback button lol.

@@NemoPropaganda I sometimes only listen to music for weeks I sometimes only watch movies for weeks I guess it's 50/50. I did grow up playing musical instruments like the piano, trumpet and drums and i'm fussy about sound fidelity but never had the budget to get the best gear. I am also into movies to the point where the head projectionist at our local IMAX sends me a txt msg everytime they change to new bulbs and recalibrate the projectors and I have a modest collection of about 150 action bluray movies. Sadly the wallet supporting this AV enthusiasm is quite malnourished so I currently run an Optoma ML1050ST+ short throw projector on a 100" screen as my actual tv and my 40" flatscreen gets zero use. I also run Micca Mb42-X(C) for front-L/R/C and micca covo S surrounds powered by Yamaha RX-V377 AVR. Bass duties were handled by a make-shift re-purposing of my former sony bookshelf system using the RCA L/R aux in to accept the LFE output signal which I split with Y-adapter RCA jacks from the AVR to create a pseudo dual sub setup. This kept me happy for years till I burnt the bookshelf system amp during excessive quarantine use which brought me to this point where I'm trying to get the bass equipment up a more respectable standard. Since this mishap I have borrowed a friend's onkyo sealed 10" proper THX certified subwoofer and found that it sounds almost the same as my previous setup which gets down only to about 35hz. In onkyo's defense the sony bookshelf speakers were huge (almost as big as a sub enclosure) and each box had a pair of ported 5 inch woofers and a 4" coaxial mid driver/tweeter. I guess with all four 5" woofers performing LFE duties in unison the bass wasn't far off from a single driver fully built sub because they made the whole place vibrate. Anyway to make a long story even longer I got fedup of stressing out about this decision and just decided today to hang on to my friends onkyo sub for a few more weeks (he's not using it anyway) till I can afford the extra couple hundred bucks to get the SVS PB-1000. The footprint is smaller than the BIC F12 which I was considering before the PL200-ii and it gets to 19 Hz at -3db which is exactly what I want from a sub.

@@NemoPropaganda Thanks bro sorry about the novel lol. I'm going with the SVS sub it's a done deal. I was never considering the SVS before today (or even before my first comment) simply because I was working with a $300 budget... but since I was having such a difficult time choosing a cheaper sub I decided to expand my budget and get something I know for certain I would be happy with. I wasted too much time trying to pick a cheaper sub. Next step I will be upgrading to the emotiva airmotiv b1+ for my L/R front speakers next based on glowing reviews from your channel as well as others.

​@@NemoPropaganda I am fairly certain that I wouldn't get anywhere close to the value of it if I had to sell it used down here, but thankfully I've done a lot of research on this sub for years but I just never got one because I could never afford it. I have already put the wheels in motion now to get the SVS sub and the imagine mini's from psb you recommended. it will take a couple months for me to get both but I don't think I will feel the need to upgrade in a hurry as the space they have to fill is fairly small.

I don't think you will find anything better at that price :), but if you don't have a use for them then its still wasteful, hope that helps.

i already sold them, I'm sorry :(

If I didn't remember how much something costs it's because the cost was inconsequential to me. I think I have a few more pennies than you so I don't think we share the same perspective with respect to money. I'm sorry that bothers you so much but I don't know the price of a lot of things I buy, I don't know what gas costs, I don't even know what my car payment is nor the day it automatically comes out of my bank account. I have plenty of pennies, no need to hyper obsess on them my guy...