Polk Audio T15 Bookshelf/ Surround Speaker

What Polk saved with that bland design, they’ve given back in hardware. Unlike most other bookshelf speakers in this price range, these actually come with a 5.25″ polymer composite driver. While we are still not firmly in woofer territory, that diameter is not all the common in affordable bookshelf speakers. On top of that, you have the .75″ Dynamic Balance silk/polymer composite tweeter that features neodymium construction.

Overall, the speakers themselves are pretty beefy. The overall power rating for the set is 100 Watts. That means you get 50 Watts per speaker. Lastly, both speakers come with a fair bit of magnetic shielding. This translates to a wide range of applications. You can use these as bookshelf speakers but also as a media surround system. Polk’s formula we’ve seen here might be simple, but it has brought us a very great performance in a price range that isn’t known for it.

Speaking of performance, let’s take a look at how these speakers behave in use. Trebles are pretty clear and defined, which is to be expected from a .75″ tweeter. Moving on to the mids section, we see plenty of girth and definition by default. However, there are few shortcomings which need to be addressed. First of all, low-end response is iffy at best. Once you start digging deep, the driver fails to keep up and starts to peak. Is this a deal breaker? Absolutely not, but you should know that you won’t be getting experiencing mind-boggling 808s. The other thing is the transition between trebles and mids. There is a very apparent dip right around the 2.5kHz point. We can attribute this to the lack of a crossover and the conflict between twotransducers. While this transition issue isn’t something you can fix, there is plenty of room for improvements if you take the time to EQ the speakers properly.

• Dynamic Balance drivers
• Magnetic shielded enclosures
• Keyhole slot for wall mounting
• Front mounted bass port for deep, punchy bass
• Frequency response: 60-25,000 Hz
• sensitivity: 89 dB
•  nominal impedance: 6 ohms
•  recommended amplifier power: 30-150 watts
•  1-1/8″ silk soft dome tweeter for smooth, detailed high-frequency response
•  two 6″ thermo-molded polypropylene textile Curv cone mid-woofers to enhance stiffness
  and reduce mass for greater speed and accuracy
•  curved cabinet for increased rigidity and reduced internal standing waves
• bass-reflex (ported) cabinet design
• high-quality crossover for greater accuracy
•  heavy-duty binding post speaker terminals
• included cradle base allows cabinet to be tilted up or down for directing sound toward your ears
• magnetically attached cloth grille
• Diameter:9-3/4″W x 8-13/16″H x 11-1/2″D
• weight: 21 lbs.