No, They're American, been building speakers since the early 70s.
On 26 May 2014, at 7:28 am, John Gurd <j.g...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > Yeah, your spekers sound nice and punchy. I haven't come across Polk audio > before. Are they an Australian make? > > John > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Kulvinder > Singh Bhogal > Sent: 25 May 2014 18:45 > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Sample Of Polk Audio Speakers > > Perseption of sound and quality is subjective and therefore I tend to go > with what I like the sound of. It depends on whether or not you like bassy > or toppy or somewhere in the middle. > > Make of that viewpoint what you will. > > <smiles> > > Regards > > > Kulvinder Singh Bhogal > Twitter: @BhogalKulvinder > SKYPENAME: bobba2006 > Tel: +441332 514323 > Mob: +447581 483856 > > From: Dane Trethowan > Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 1:11 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Sample Of Polk Audio Speakers > > Yep okay, call me harsh and I can understand your point but I believe in > being frank and my description of the Jawbone Jambox as a toy is I believe > well justified, I owned one and I can't tell you the pleasure I had in > throwing that device into the bin. > > The hands free speakerphone on that device sounds God damn awful! the > problem again comes down to the narrow band width of Bluetooth 2.0 and > there's really no excuse for that given the price of one of these things, > the standard used should have been at least Bluetooth 3.0, that was around > at the time. > > As far as the sound for music goes? I think a friend of mine summed it up > beautifully when he said that the Jawbone Jambox sounded "Too Boxy". > > In all events we've moved on since the days of Jambox and Jawbone, one can > buy a far better sounding system for Bluetooth when it comes to music and > something far better for a speakerphone at fractions of the price. > > > On 25 May 2014, at 9:00 pm, Kulvinder Singh Bhogal <kbhog...@btinternet.com> > wrote: > >> I have to say that the Jambox sounds good but to describe it as a toy is > just a little harsh. >> >> The other thing I would say about your speakers is that providing a sample > file is never a true reflection of what the actual quality of a speaker > system is since the listener is playing the sound through their own system > and not hearing it through the speakers that have been sampled. >> >> >> Regards >> >> >> Kulvinder Singh Bhogal >> Twitter: @BhogalKulvinder >> SKYPENAME: bobba2006 >> Tel: +441332 514323 >> Mob: +447581 483856 >> >> From: Dane Trethowan >> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 1:37 AM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> Subject: Re: Sample Of Polk Audio Speakers >> >> Come on now! these are proper Hi-Fi speakers and not a toy. >> >> On 25 May 2014, at 10:19 am, Dave McElroy <d...@drakelroy.com> wrote: >> >>> how do they compare to the jam box? >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of >>> Dane Trethowan >>> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2014 4:39 PM >>> To: PC Audio Discussion List >>> Subject: Sample Of Polk Audio Speakers >>> >>> Okay, this seems to have worked though I'll let you be the ultimate > judge. >>> >>> Here's a sample of what my Polk Audio bookshelf speakers sound like, >>> they're not the top of the line speakers from Polk but for $400 >>> they're not bad either. >>> >>> I've provided 2 samples, they're the same but in different formats, >>> the first in FLAC and the second in MP3. >>> FLAC >>> <https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Sample%20Of%20Polk%20Au >>> dio%20S >>> peakers.flac> >>> MP3 >>> <https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Sample%20Of%20Polk%20Au >>> dio%20S >>> peakers.mp3> >>> If link doesn't work the first time then try again in a few minutes, >>> file may still be uploading to Dropbox. >>> >>> ********** >>> >>> Dane Trethowan >>> Skype: grtdane12 >>> Phone US (213) 438-9741 >>> Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 >>> Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 >>> Mobile: +61400494862 >>> faceTime +61400494862 >>> Fax +61397437954 >>> Twitter: @grtdane >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> ********** >> >> Dane Trethowan >> Skype: grtdane12 >> Phone US (213) 438-9741 >> Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 >> Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 >> Mobile: +61400494862 >> faceTime +61400494862 >> Fax +61397437954 >> Twitter: @grtdane >> >> >> >> >> >> --- >> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! 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