any one give the Polk Lsi25 a good listen?

I owned LSi9's for years - fantastic speakers. They're a great all rounder. Other speakers I've used in the past include Aerial Acoustics, Totem, Tannoy and Dynaudio...the Polks were up there - the ring radiator was special.

I used Krell or Simaudio amplification and a number of digital sources and cables.

With regards to other speakers I've auditioned...too many to list but all the usual suspects...Wilson, Revel, Focal and many others...

The LSi series wasn't 'mid-fi' in my opinion - Every speaker has inherent weaknesses.

I've used the following over the years: Aerial Acoustics, Totem, Tannoy, Dynaudio as well as Polk Audio LSi 9's. I thought the Polks were excellent and certainly not mid-fi. Switching to Totems was a major disappointment for me in my system with all of the genres except Jazz that I listened too.

The Polk name is mid-fi but the LSi's certainly weren't. I've listened to all the usual suspects - Wilson, Revel, Focal as well as rarer brands like Krell, Reference 3a, Kudos and various Italian brands.

The LSi's were a poor mans Krell resolution - the bass wasn't as tight or clean but the airy sound with the Vifa tweeter sure was sweet. The LSi's benefitted from power. I used SimAudio and higher powered Krell, the LSi's benefited from the Krell power output.

A great fun speaker that is easy to listen too. Doesn't have the 'audiophile badge' but is certainly an audiophile speaker capable or resolving complex music with a warm tone and deep soundstage with pin point imaging. At three feet from the back wall with proper toe in (I used WASP) they really shined, a dedicated 250wpc power amp probably would have kicked things up a notch or two.

Rok, every now and then you accidentally say something that's most profound. "I think 'audiophiles' listen to test tones or pink/white noise."

I don't know what they listen to, but this is the worst "music forum" I've ever seen. No longer do I bother to attempt a "thread", because you're the only person here who can even engage in a conversation about any music worth listening to. I could get more conversation from randomly talking to whoever I met walking down the street. Maybe I should start a conversation about test tones or pink and white noise.

During the time when I just about lived in "high end emporiums", we were jammin with all ARC electronics and Thiel speakers, when a customer came in wanting to audition a Rotel amp. Before the Rotel amp was inserted in the mix, all the instruments in the music occupied a place in space. You could point to the trumpet or sax, and all of the odd percussion instruments just popped out of the air, while the bass was solid as a rock emanating from it's place in space.

Once this Rotel amp was inserted, the music became one big "gumbo soup" again. My point is, even with "gozillion" dollar speakers, if you don't have a complete line up of "gozillion" dollar electronics, you ain't got squat.

Vintage Polk..Good! New Polk ...who cares..they don't; why should you??