Polk Audio Reserve R200 Large Bookshelf Speaker for Dynamic, Detailed Home Theater Audio, 1″ Pinnacle Ring Tweeter & 6.5″ Turbine Cone Woofer, Dolby Atmos & IMAX Enhanced, Wall Mountable, White

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Polk Reserve R200 Large Bookshelf Speaker with Exceptional Audio Performance. The Polk Reserve R200 Bookshelf Speaker is a high-performance loud speaker that delivers ultra-clear and crisp highs, smooth and detailed midrange, and effortless bass. It features a 1″ Pinnacle Ring Radiator Tweeter and a 6.5″ Turbine Cone Woofer that produce unmatched audio clarity with Hi-Res Audio Certification, Dolby Atmos, and IMAX Enhanced support. Whether you’re listening to music, watching movies, or playing video games, the R200’s bass reflex cabinet with a rear-firing port and Polk’s Patented X-Port Technology with Eigentone Filter (ETF) ensures tight, distortion-free bass for an immersive audio experience. The premium, large 5-way binding posts ensure an easy and efficient setup with a lossless connection. Place this large speaker on a stand, shelf, tabletop, or any flat surface, and add another R200 speaker & pair it with two R700 towers and an R300 center channel, or pair it with three R350s as L/R surrounds and center channel, and add R900 height module for depth (all sold separately) to create a multichannel surround sound system. The R200 is compatible with the latest file formats like DSD, FLAC, WAV, ALAC, and MQA, so you can experience superior audio performance at home.
TECHNOLOGICALLY SUPERIOR, LARGE BOOKSHELF SPEAKER – The Polk Reserve R200 Loudspeaker features a 1″ Pinnacle Ring Radiator Tweeter & a 6.5″ Turbine Cone Woofer that deliver ultra-clear, crisp highs, smooth, detailed midrange & effortless bass
EXCEPTIONAL AUDIO PERFORMANCE – With Hi-Res Audio Certification, Dolby Atmos and IMAX Enhanced, this speaker delivers clear and dynamic high-frequency response with unmatchable audio clarity. Supports hi-res audio formats like DSD, FLAC, WAV, ALAC and MQA
DEEP, IMPACTFUL BASS – Features a bass reflex cabinet with a rear-firing port and Polk’s Patented X-Port Technology with Eigentone Filter (ETF) that eliminates unwanted noise, offering tight, distortion-free bass for your music, movies, and video games
COMPLEMENTS ANY HOME THEATER SYSTEM – This large and loud speaker can be used as a front, side, and/or rear surround for any multichannel surround sound system. The premium, large 5-way binding posts ensure easy, efficient setup with loss-less connection
CAREFULLY ENGINEERED, ELEGANT DESIGN – The Reserve Series cabinets are carefully cross-braced to minimize interior resonances, while the acoustically inert anti-diffraction magnetic grilles offer a clean, modern aesthetic without sacrificing sound quality

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Reviewer: Chuck Conrad
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Polk R200 Outstanding Sound Quality Highly Recommended
Review: I listened to far too many speakers to list here before buying the Polk R200. The R200 speakers are a must audition for any serious music listener. I had to listen to the KEF LS50 as it was so dominate for many years. This speaker was at the top of what I would spend. The LS50 at twice the price has excellent mid and treble but too bright to me, and lacking the bass quality of the R200. I also auditioned Wharfedale Denton 85th and was surprised to hear the bright treble. I did liked the sound quality of the upper/mid range of the Elac unified 2.0 UB52, but compared to the R200 the Elac lacked bass and sounded thin. The R200 has a beautiful full sound that is easy to listen to all day. It is not harsh and will not cause ear fatigue. The sound stage is wide and imaging is excellent. You can listen to these speakers with a wide listening sweet spot. You can sit stand or be off axis of center and still hear a great imaged sound from both speakers. The instruments are right there in my room. It is amazing. I like jazz and Oscar Peterson on piano and Ray Brown on bass have never sounded better before the R200. The clarity and details especially of the bow on the upright bass are beyond what I have heard from speakers this size. These speakers are heavy and solidly built. I prefer listening to them very slightly toed in and with the speaker covers off. Another great thing about these speakers is that you can listen to your old recordings such as 50’s – 80’s and also hear them at their best. This was important to me as I have a large collection of analog and digital music. Many upper end speakers are too revealing of poorly recorded music. Whether listening to classical, jazz, rock, easy listening, folk etc (analog or digital music) they will sound great on R200 speakers. I listened to Deep Purple “Machine Head” CD and it sounds fantastic. These speakers can also Rock. I hear details in all genres of the music that were missing before. I listen to these speakers in a near distance position of 9ft. They very good soft as well as well as loud. Believe me I know how hard it is to decide on the next pair of speakers to purchase. I am very excited listening to the Polk R200 and every time I turn this sound system on I hear amazing beautiful sound. These speakers disappear from the room as I enjoy the sound of the performance. I highly recommend the R200 speakers for their outstanding sound quality, but also that they compete far above their price range.
Reviewer: Nathan Bulley
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Incredible sound but requires 4ohm compatible amp or receiver.
Review: I was aiming to wait a few months in before reviewing these speakers however they’re good enough to review within a few weeks of ownership.Bass is excellent I ran a frequency test and could hear the frequency start to fall off around 35hz. But is still audible at 30hz. When it hits 29hz you can hear the bass start to really dissipate. The bass is clean and thunderous. Not at all muddy or distorted. Also the bass does not drown out the treble or mids at all no matter how loud I’ve turned them up.Mids are clean and non fatiguing. Mids and bass preform correctly without sounding like they’re drowned out at loud volumes. The sound is not warm or forward but just neutral.Treble. Well treble is very detailed. Not bright or harsh just very neutral and pleasant. Depending on your stereo equipment treble can sound a bit sharp on the esses with female singers however all together this is a very smooth tweeter with even sound distribution. sound is not colored at all. Just very pleasant.These speakers are very power hungry. You’ll want an amp capable of running 4ohm speakers. I gave these a shot on my onkyo budget receiver and the receiver was running extremely hot within a few minutes. However after plugging them into a 150watt emotiva power amp and processor the amp runs cool to touch at any volume level.Speaker built quality is great and modern with it without the grip. The magnetic wrap around grill protects the entire top of the speaker and front from dust and the magnets they used are very strong.These speakers are a steal at this price I’m very happy with the performance and extremely low distortion. After about 10 hours they really started sounding amazing.
Reviewer: Conner
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: tears in my eyes.
Review: these have ruined every other speaker for me. every time i turn them on, my knees go weak. oh my god. you don’t know what you’re missing if you haven’t experienced high end speakers like these. I got them on sale, but they’re worth full price. songs I’ve heard 1000 times sound like they’re brand new. I haven’t felt these emotions anywhere outside of concerts until now.
Reviewer: Claudio C.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Assolutamente soddisfatto. Le casse suonano e suonano bene. Suono tondo, piacevolmente caldo, grande ariosità. Qualità costruttiva molto buona, le casse sono solide e ben fatte. Rivestimento in finto legno di buona qualità. Provate in coppia con Mission 778x, tutto molto bene. Consiglio di posizionarle ad altezza di 1.5m da terra per ottenere il meglio dal twetter.
Reviewer: Pebo
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Richtig Gut.
Reviewer: ShoppingGeek
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: The speaker are nice. The treble is low and diminished. Drum beats are chest pounding but at a very high volume. Build quality is good. Compared to Cambridge SS-6 audio speakers , these are preferable. Cambridge audio has very clear and high volume treble but poor base. I have combination of both of these speakers and my yamaha amp has output for two set of speakers, so the combination sounds great. 🙂 Also the seller sent almost 3 year old product by date of manufacturer. This one costs 20K less in USA. but still ELAC and others could be probably better. Netx will evaluate ELAC.