Polk Audio, Inc is a ubiquitous and well-respected speaker manufacturer that has been around for a long time; longer than me, in fact. I’ve read the great reviews, heard many good things, and seen some impressive demonstrations. As a reasonably priced, mainstream speaker manufacturer, it is no stretch to call them a reference for value and performance for the consumer. It seems that with each product cycle, Polk has some serious kick butt performer for not too much money.
Polk Audio, Inc. is a private company founded and located in Baltimore, Maryland, that specializes in home, car and marine audio as well as other consumer electronics. Polk Audio expanded from its initial home audio business into the mobile field with the introduction of the Mobile Monitor series of coaxial and component loudspeakers in 1983. In 1999 Polk Audio and MOMO collaborated on a line of premium mobile audio products co-branded as Polk/MOMO. MOMO Designs of Italy brought their incredible sense of Euro and Formula 1-inspired industrial design while Polk brought their loudspeaker and amplifier engineering expertise to forge a line of products with stunning performance and styling.
In 2005 Polk Audio’s engineers accepted the challenge of developing a line of mobile products that pushed performance and value envelope. The first product of that effort was the Signature Reference 6500, a 6-1/2”convertible component/coaxial system that Car Audio & Electronics magazine praised as “…the best performance, the best engineered, the best cosmetics…” In 2006 Polk has expanded the Signature Reference series with a 5-1/4” component/coaxial system and two subwoofers, the SR104 and SR124.
Polk Audio has become one of the world's most successful brands of high quality home and mobile audio equipment. Polk's products include loudspeakers and electronic components for home, auto and marine applications, the first XM satellite home component tuner, the world's first active IP-addressable loudspeaker, and the I-Sonic a HD radio.
Polk audio products are generally found at high end audio retailers, but if you have trouble finding them where you live they are readily available at most online retailers like crutchfield.com
