We've been spending some time on budget bookshelf speakers from the likes of Monoprice and Dayton Audio. Today,, we look at the Polk T15 bookshelf speakers, which are among the more affordable choices out there at $100 per pair (
$69/pr on sale right now).
Loudspeaker manufacturing giant Polk Audio has the resources to engineer a good sounding low-cost speaker, but the question is what approach would they take? Polk pulls out a few tricks to optimize this speaker for the conditions that a low-cost bookshelf speaker will likely be used in, which are typically not the perfect placement and setting that hi-fi speakers usually require for great sound.
We go into extensive detail as to what Polk has done to make the T15 bookshelf speakers produce audiophile sound in imperfect circumstances. We also provide placement tips to maximize their sound quality based on objective measurements.
Read: Polk T15 Bookshelf Speaker Review