Buying cheap Polk Audio OWM5 Multi-Purpose Home Theater Speaker (White) Great sound from an easy-to-install speakerBy D. MathenyFor the last 7 years, we've had the entry-level Polk satellites+sub; but the placement of the front right & left speakers wasn't optimal since I basically had to hang them from the ceiling. I finally updated my receiver to a newer unit that supports HDMI and that gave me the itch to replace my speakers as well. This brought me back to the original problem that I faced in this room of how hard it is to fit good speakers. Fortunately for me; I came across these and they fit into my space perfectly. I was able to mount the right speaker in the corner and the left speaker was mounted on the wall - both point into the room at a 45 degree angle. The design of these couldn't be better! They fit into the room better than the small 3.25" satellites did, yet they sound much richer and fuller. Several sales people acted like these might sound just a 'little better', but let me say that they were full of it and these blow the smaller satellites out of the water! I know there are lots of speakers that sound better if you want to spend a fortune, but these sound great if you want to get good speakers without spending a lot of money. Originally, I bought three of these so I could use one as a center channel as well - but, for some reason, the OWM5 didn't work as well in the center. What I ended up going with was two OWM5's for the left and right, a Definitive Technology ProCenter 2000, and two Polk TC60i's for the rear satellites. Overall, the system sounds absolutely amazing! The auto setup on my Denon receiver set the crossover on these at 80Hz. All the other speakers were crossed over at 60Hz, which is probably part of the reason these didn't work great as a center channel. The one problem I ran into was the corner mount works better for running the wire out from the wall and into the left speaker since there is a hole and a routing channel on the right side of the mount. For the right speaker, I just drilled a hole under the mount and plugged into the speaker - then I filled around the wire with caulk. Overall, I highly recommend these - especially if you have one of those hard-to-fit rooms where bigger speakers just won't fit.See all 1 customer reviews... » More Information about Polk Audio OWM5 Multi-Purpose Home Theater Speaker (White).Thursday, June 30, 2011
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Buying cheap Polk Audio OWM5 Multi-Purpose Home Theater Speaker (White) Great sound from an easy-to-install speakerBy D. MathenyFor the last 7 years, we've had the entry-level Polk satellites+sub; but the placement of the front right & left speakers wasn't optimal since I basically had to hang them from the ceiling. I finally updated my receiver to a newer unit that supports HDMI and that gave me the itch to replace my speakers as well. This brought me back to the original problem that I faced in this room of how hard it is to fit good speakers. Fortunately for me; I came across these and they fit into my space perfectly. I was able to mount the right speaker in the corner and the left speaker was mounted on the wall - both point into the room at a 45 degree angle. The design of these couldn't be better! They fit into the room better than the small 3.25" satellites did, yet they sound much richer and fuller. Several sales people acted like these might sound just a 'little better', but let me say that they were full of it and these blow the smaller satellites out of the water! I know there are lots of speakers that sound better if you want to spend a fortune, but these sound great if you want to get good speakers without spending a lot of money. Originally, I bought three of these so I could use one as a center channel as well - but, for some reason, the OWM5 didn't work as well in the center. What I ended up going with was two OWM5's for the left and right, a Definitive Technology ProCenter 2000, and two Polk TC60i's for the rear satellites. Overall, the system sounds absolutely amazing! The auto setup on my Denon receiver set the crossover on these at 80Hz. All the other speakers were crossed over at 60Hz, which is probably part of the reason these didn't work great as a center channel. The one problem I ran into was the corner mount works better for running the wire out from the wall and into the left speaker since there is a hole and a routing channel on the right side of the mount. For the right speaker, I just drilled a hole under the mount and plugged into the speaker - then I filled around the wire with caulk. Overall, I highly recommend these - especially if you have one of those hard-to-fit rooms where bigger speakers just won't fit.See all 1 customer reviews... » More Information about Polk Audio OWM5 Multi-Purpose Home Theater Speaker (White).
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