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In Reply to: Boy, that catches me right before I first read Stereophile..... posted by JMCIII on November 17, 2004 at 13:37:03:
...also had the older Polks. They were GREAT, as I remember. Another store in my area (Audioden.c.m), still in biz, c.rried that line.I remember my friend Joe saying "I like them!" looking in in the window, not listening, to a pair of Polks... lol. Tweeter on top, side-by-side 5 (?) inc.ers, and a drone on bottom. Well, he was right - they did sound good.
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- Re: Great post (long thread) cool history, reading everyone! (nt) - Mike Mount 23:46:46 11/17/04 (0)
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