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08:17 AM
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Joey_V
ChiTown, IL
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i went to tweeter with my m22s in hand. i did a head on audition between the polk rti (4,6,8) against the m22s. the m22s handily beat the rti4 in all categories. the rti6 seemed to have a wider soundstage than the m22s - at times when i switched back and forth, i felt that the m22s were boxed in. however, the m22s had better midrange clarity and better, crisper highs - the rti6 were on the verge of becoming sibilant.

i also tested the rti8, which handily beat the m22s in overall full range sound and the midrange clarity was better on the rti8. so it seemed like i found my speaker... well, not quite. the rti8 had the same sibilant tweeter that the 6 (and the 4) had... this is what turned me away from the 8s, otherwise i wouldve brought them home with me.

dave, the salesman, showed me the highest end polks... the lsi series. i listened to the lsi7 - highs were cristalline.. better than the m22s, but the midrange was not as controlled - yet the lsi7 did have a wider soundstage.

then came the m22s worst nightmare... the lsi9. OH MY GOD.... WOW... my jaw dropped. the m22s were bested in every category i knew... from lateral soundstage width, midrange production, bass production, highs were done with a radiator tweeter (not unlike the rockets by onix)... and man oh man... i just sat there in amazement.

something actually sounded better to me than my m22s did. wow... i couldnt believe it. the axioms seemed boxed in afterwards. the polks appeared coloreless too - although the m22s appeared to be more colorless, but i think that it is the added bass response in the polks lsi9 that make it seem less transparent. in all actuality, the lsi9 was so accurate, so lifelike... i wanted to take it home with me. however, the pricetag of 899$ asking price was too steep.

i came back home with the m22s and have decided to hold off on selling it indefinitely. the m22s are great speakers - it is just that the lsi9, imho, are better in every way.


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Joey's PC speaker system:
Axiom M22ti (x2, mains)
Axiom M2i or QS4 (x2, rears to be... SOON!!!)
SVS 25-31PC+ (subwoofer extraordinaire)
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NO MULTIMEDIA SPEAKERS FOR THIS KID!!!!

Thanks for the review! One thing to note is that those Polks are more than twice the price of the m22s...I wonder how they would compare to the m60s (still $100 cheaper.)

Just to clarify I didnt write the review, just passing it on. I would love to see the M60's compared too

You know, I hate to be defensive or picky. Having heard neither, I'm sure that both the M22 and lsi9 are great speakers.

I would counsel the reviewer that a more careful attention to punctuation, capitalization and grammar would increase his credibility tenfold. I am appreciative of the data point, and am justifiably encouraged and intrigued by the Polks in a new way. And, use of the phrase "more colorless" and knowledge of "PC System" as his platform dampens my enthusiasm that this reviewer and I have a highly correlated frame of reference.

One man's opinion on the internet - probably highly accurate, and certainly of value. It's just that I'd have enjoyed it more if the same care was shown in expression as was obviously committed to the process.

spleling and punkchooayshin are ovrerated what gives you, the right too critisize???

Tom, you are such a pedant!

Not always, but guilty in this case. Sorry.

I guess I've just seen one too many iterations of "U R 2 xlnt!" lately.

U mean U don't like the way prince writes? Even the classic "I would Die 4U" ??

INANE you r0x0r!