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Polk Audio Monitor 40 Series II Bookshelf Speaker (Black, Pair) - Big Sound, High Performance | Perfect for Small or Medium Size Rooms

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Style: Monitor 40


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Features

  • FROM THE BESTSELLING MONITOR SERIES This bookshelf is equipped with (1) 1" Dynamic Balance dome tweeter and (2) 5-1/4" Dynamic Balance woofers that delivers HIGH QUALITY AND GREAT POWER IN A 2-WAY DESIGN
  • INCREDIBLE SOUND AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE Enjoy clear, crisp and spacious stereo sound with wider dispersion for lifelike 3-dimensional audio in your bedroom, living or entertainment room
  • DELIVERS DETAILED HIGH FREQUENCY RESPONSE WITH REALISTIC REPRODUCTION OF VOCALS & INSTRUMENTS Powerful deep bass, better mid-range and superior audio are sure to bring your party and movie nights to life
  • CREATE A COMPLETE AND IMMERSIVE HOME THEATER SETUP by combining two bookshelf speakers with a Polk CS1 Center Speaker for any small or medium sized room and adding Polk Monitor 60 or 70 Tower Speakers for surround sound in larger rooms
  • Polk's UNWAVERING COMMITMENT, RELIABILITY, AND CRAFTSMANSHIP has made it one of the most trusted names in home audio speakers and entertainment systems. They bring out BEST IN TECHNOLOGY, so you can SIT BACK, RELAX AND LISTEN WITH YOUR HEART

Description

The name Monitor is special to Polk. The original Polk Monitor Series, produced in the mid-1970s, ushered in the modern loudspeaker era by setting the standard for performance and value. The original Monitor Series is the line that made Polk famous with its simple, sturdy construction, clear, accurate sound, powerful bass and superior imaging all at a price that made great sound available to everyone. The reborn Monitor Series is classic Polk: a quality-built, affordable line of high performance loudspeakers for music and home theater. They are highly efficient, so they can be driven easily by unpretentious receivers, and they are voice matched for lifelike surround sound environments. The Monitor Series boasts a stylish look that complements today's flat screen technology, with wood grain finishes and modern Titanium faces. Built for speed, sound and value, the Monitor Series is a great introduction to high performance sound.

Brand: Polk Audio


Model Name: AM4095-A Monitor 40 Series II


Speaker Type: Bookshelf


Connectivity Technology: Wired


Special Feature: HI RES AUDIO


Product Dimensions: 13 x 7 x 15.8 inches


Item Weight: 1 pounds


Manufacturer: Polk Audio


Item model number: AM4095-A


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No


Date First Available: January 25, 2012


Speakers Maximum Output Power: 250 Watts


Item Weight: 1 Pounds


Number Of Items: 2


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    • Impressive bookshelf speakers ! ! ! Update 30March2016
Style: Monitor 40 Pattern: Speaker
I wanted to downsize my speakers. After listening to some borrowed Polk speakers, I liked the Polk sound. So I started shopping around and settled on these Monitor 40s. I wanted to have a pair of woofers in each speaker that could handle the mid-bass well (I also have an 8" subwoofer made by MartinLogan to handle the lower bass). I have two pairs now and drive them with a vintage quadraphonic (4 channel) receiver that has about 16 watts per channel. That may not sound like a lot of watts, but it's plenty. (By the way, most people listen to music at about 1 watt of receiver power. Yes, that's true.) The sensitivity (or efficiency) of these speakers is 89dB. That means that these speakers will put out 89dB of volume at 1 watt of power from 1 meter away. 89dB is pretty loud. I rarely hit 80dB when listening to music. So, with these four Monitor 40s, I've got eight 5.25" woofers handling the mid-bass, and four tweeters handling the highs. To me, these speakers sounded great right out of the box. Some listeners report better sound as the speakers "break in." If that's the case, then they will only get better and better as time goes on. I've done some listening with just the front two speakers. The soundstage is quite wide. The detail is good without being harsh. I've not experienced any listener fatigue. These speakers are impressive as "bookshelf" speakers. The woofers can put out really decent bass all on their own without a subwoofer. Having a sub certainly helps extend the bass lower, but these speakers definitely impress with their bass output. Lots of other bookshelf speakers have a single woofer built into them. Having a pair of 5.25" woofers in each speaker gives them a little more "oomph," in my opinion. The grills are nice and do a great job of protecting the drivers. This is important to me, because I have a very active border collie that gives the word "fetch" a whole new meaning. Occasionally, an errantly thrown ball can hit the speaker, but the well-made grills prevent any damage. I have the speakers on some simple DIY speaker stands which tilt the front of each speaker up about 2 inches so that the tweeter is aimed close to my ear level when seated. Doing so with any speaker will often improve the listening experience. For the price, these speakers deliver a good quality audio experience. Sure, the sky's the limit when it comes to audio, but at $125-150 per pair, compared to similarly priced (and likely higher) products, these Polks are worth your consideration. The quality of construction is very good. They are attractive. I have one pair each of cherry and black speakers. These speakers can also be bi-wired or bi-amped. If you don't know what that is, just google it. In short, this is a method of splitting the high and low frequencies. Some persons report getting a bit better audio quality when so doing. In my case, I don't have my speakers bi-amped or bi-wired. But it might be a feature some are looking for. These speakers are worth considering. UPDATE: I wanted to upgrade my Polk Monitor 40s one step so I compared them to a pair of ELAC B6's which have received very positive reviews. My receiver is a New-Old-Stock Sansui QRX-5500 that I obtained about 2 months ago... so I have the capability of listening in 2- and 4-channel. I listen mostly to streamed music through 192Kbps Pandora One and 320Kbps Spotify Connect paid subscriptions. I use a Polk PSW505 12" subwoofer. However, while doing the A/B testing described below, I have left the sub off so just the bookshelfs were playing. My living room is my listening room, too. It's likely considered a "hard" room, with no carpet, lots of hard walls and windows, a soft couch and recliner and with no special sound treatment by me. I've had some Polk Audio Monitor 40s for about 9 months that have served as both the front mains and rear surrounds... with good results, at least to me. I got some ELAC B6 bookshelf speakers last week and have set up an A/B testing device using a Niles SPS-4 Speaker Selection System. I've been doing the A/B-ing since Thursday through to right now between the Polks and the ELACs. After reading about the ELACs I expected there to be a noticeable gain in audio quality over the Polks... but to my ears, that hasn't been the case. Since Thursday, I've listened to probably 20 hours or more and the Polks have hung in there very well compared to the ELACs. Before I go further, I'm 62 years young, have moderate to severe hearing loss augmented by use of a hearing aid. My loss is mostly in the high frequency regions. The Polks have a better, clearer, more pronounced high-frequency-end than the ELACs. Of course, this is the way my ears are hearing it. The upper frequency Polk sound, however, is not harsh or overly bright but definitely comes in as more noticeable than do the ELACs. It's almost as if the highs in the ELACs are muted to a degree. I checked and double checked that my speaker wire connections were correct. NOTE: I did some reading about speaker driver "break in" and the SCIENTIFIC view is that speaker "break in" is a myth. So, I am discounting any suggestions that the ELACs will get better over time. (Let's not go there in this post, OK?) However, the ELACs best the Polks in the bass regions, especially the lower bass. Again, the A/B testing has been done without the participation of the subwoofer. For what it's worth, the Polk cabs are about 10% larger than the ELAC cabs. Yet the ELACs have deeper bass than the Polks. If the ELAC highs are good enough for you, and you are not using a subwoofer, you may prefer the ELACs over the Polks. But once the subwoofer is introduced, then the Polks sound better to me than the ELACs. This is likely because the sub picks up the lower bass range that the Polks miss, and the Polks' high end bests the ELACs... again, to my ears. As for cosmetics, both sets of speakers look great. My Polks have the cherry finish. The ELACs come with "brushed vinyl," and they look great. It isn't trying to be wood... but it rather looks quite modern and I think attractive in appearance. The speaker connections on both sets are 5-way jobs... though I still prefer the pinch spring-loaded varieties due to the ease of connect/disconnect. The ELACs are about twice the price of the Polks currently. "Open box" and "scratch and dent" deals can save you some money. I had hopes that the ELACs would be my choice... but it ain't gonna happen. I'll be sticking with the Polks for now. I might upgrade to the Polk TSi200's since they are the heirs to the Monitor 40's and have a slightly larger cabinet. That's my take on comparing these two sets of speakers. I wouldn't even call this post a "review" of these two sets of speakers. It's just a comparison by someone whose hearing is compromised, and that "someone" is not an audiophile. I just like listening to good music over decent speakers that don't cost a fortune. As always, your mileage may vary. Thanks for reading. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2015 by Hal Nash
    • Fantastic Speakers
Style: Monitor 40 Pattern: Speaker
Shopping for a great bookshelf speaker can be hard. Getting the the most speaker for the money is key. I figured having two woofers would give these Polk Monitor 40’s an advantage over other bookshelf speakers and it seems to be true. I expected excellent Polk sound quality and they do not disappoint. These speakers sound better than many larger and more expensive units. And MOST any other speaker in this price range. I’ve got them running off of 2 channels of a Sony STR-DH590 which is very entry budget type receiver and puts out 90 watts per channel at 6 ohms. Now these Polks are 8 ohms, so power output will be lower but in even a large room, say 20x30 or more, these two speakers will fill the room with very high volume and very clear detailed sound. I mean it. LOUD and CLEAR. So good! Voices and high are crystal clear, and the bass is outstanding. It’s so good in fact that during testing my Sony Core 10” powered sub, also a very entry budget type unit, was powered off. Which I didn't realize, and didn’t even miss it! I was shocked that all that bass was coming from these Polks! When I put the sub on I dialed the crossover down to just the lowest of the lows to fill in. The Polks 40’s absolutely kick. I have them mounted angled down about 1 foot from the wall and ceiling, about 7’ above the floor, so acoustics for the rear firing ports are perfect. I’m loving the bass tracks. On all but the most intense tracks I can crank the volume nearly to max before any distortion is heard. With a little tweak of cutting off the low end slightly higher I’m sure I could go max volume without distortion. But I’m my small 400 square foot space with a vaulted ceiling, that would be painfully loud and just isn’t necessary. The fact that they can be bi-amplified is an impressive feature, also typically only found on much higher priced speakers. This gives a great deal of versatility. The only criticism I have is the lack of mounting lugs. They are cheap enough that I wouldn’t be afraid to put some screws in them for mounting, but that’s just never ideal. I devised a way to clamp them with two threaded rods and piece of 1x4, which worked great, looks neat and no holes required. For most people though I’d say some kind of factory lugs would be nice. Overall I’m just blown away how much value you can get today with bookshelf speakers. These Polk Monitor 40’s have to be on top of the list. I couldn’t find any others for such a bargain price that had dual woofers, and the sound quality is so good only real picky audiophiles might comment, but picky audiophiles are not buying $200 speakers. If you want the absolute best bang for the buck bookshelf speaker, you can stop looking or pondering. Just order these speakers. You will without a doubt be impressed. I’m smiling right now listening to some of my favorite tracks. It just keeps getting better! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2023 by sirmichael

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