any one give the Polk Lsi25 a good listen?

Terrible gear I owned the lsi9 when I was so novice that my audio store was J&R in Manahattan, after that I got the lsi15 and I was never engaged to their sound, from there I jumped to Dali Helicons 800 mkII, no kidding?
I did and I certainly understood the price to pay specially to your golden ears when you own Polk audio speakers making all the impossible to one day hope they will sound hi end! I did ......
Stay away from them please, waste of time, ears punishment.....

They aren't getting much love here, but my first 2ch experience years ago was at a Tweeter listening to the LSi25. My uninitiated ears like them a whole lot; they were a much more enjoyable listen than the other stuff in the store, which included a $3400 Martin Logan model, and the $3500 Sonus Faber Grand Piano. It was probably due to their non-offensive mid/highs and the powered 10" woofers (which seemed to be properly setup) providing a more full range sound than the others could manage.

I haven't heard them again in ages, but if you're dead-set on buying new with warranty, and you want something that approaches full range without a separate sub, then $1295 seems OK to me. You'll take a hit in resale, if it comes to that. I much prefer other brands, but $1300 isn't a lot these days to achieve full range with decent sound quality.

Unfortunately I made the mistake of buying the smaller LSi15 due to size concerns; the woofer section of the LSi15 was just awful. Some will advocate tons of quality power to fix the LSi15, but they're beyond fixing.

I'm also surprised by the Polk hatefest on this thread--on previous threads their avid fans have leaped to their defense. Personally, I think Polk's finest work was in the 80s--the SDA, RTA and even the low-cost Monitor series were really good in their own way. I've owned the more modern LSi-7/Lsi-9, which are well-balanced, high-value monitors, but would tend to agree with some of the above criticisms of the larger Lsi-15.

I have the Lsi15s. Have Loved them for 8 years now. May go with the LsiM 707 if / when I am convinced they are a 'real' upgrade. The biggest problem with POLK is the name POLK and the reasonabl;e price. Real people can afford them and can purchase them at real stores.. Now, if only a few fat cats could afford them, and you had to kiss some snobbish salesman's butt to buy them, they would be the darlings of all the anti-music, Audiogearphiles and their guru reviewers.
Cheers

>> Now, if only a few fat cats could afford them, and you had to kiss some snobbish salesman's butt to buy them, they would be the darlings of all the anti-music, Audiogearphiles and their guru reviewers.<<

Hardly. The Polks are mid-fi ar best. Go with the concensus...

-RW-