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Polk Audio Announces Two New Sound Bars

While the CHT500 won't be coming until 2011, the SurroundBar 6000 "Instant Home Theater" will be hitting shelves next month.

The Polk SurroundBar 6000 is billed as an instant home theater. It's about as simple as you can get, just plug it in and enjoy.

The SurroundBar isn't designed to take the place of a traditional home theater system, but to substitute when the usual approach isn't practical. It pumps up to 160 watts of power into four drivers, certainly besting a television's tiny built-in speakers. It also comes with a wireless 7 inch subwoofer. It's not the largest, but it'll do the trick.

The CHT500 boasts higher capabilities, offering 7.1 channel audio from a single unit. It consists of three 3/4 inch ring tweeters and nine 3.5 inch mid-woofers. The enclosure itself measures in at 49 inches, making it best suited for larger televisions.

Polk's new soundbar also comes with an SDA Control Module which handles all the processing that needs to be done. You can connect it directly to a receiver and it'll take care of separating the channels out. The CHT500 will be available in early 2011 at a price of $999.

Source: eCoustics

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Polk Intros the LSiM Flagship Speaker Line

There's a total of six new models, including floorstanding, center channel, bookshelf, and surround.

Polk is one of those companies that does sound really well while keeping costs from getting to the point of ridiculousness. The new flagship LSiM line is a great example of that. It's high-end, but it's still pretty affordable.

The big boys of the LSiM line are the $1,999 707 and the $1,499 705 floorstanding speakers. They're 4-way tower models that incorporate transducers packing Polk's Dynamic Balance design technology. Both feature 3.25 inch drivers and one inch tweeters, but the 707 adds a 6.5 inch mid-woofer driver to the mix.

Polk's new center channels offer some of the same tech as the floorstanding speakers. The LSiM 706c, which comes in at $1,099, uses the same AIR ring tweeter, and same 3.5 inch driver. It also packs a pair of 6.5 inch mid-bass drivers, unlike the LSiM 704c which only packs 5.25 inches.

You'll have a bit of a wait if you want to pick up Polk's new speakers though, as they won't be available until the beginning of 2011.

Source: eCoustics

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