polk audio surroundbar 9500bt bluetooth sound bar

Here are some original close-ups of the Surroundbar. Just remember that with any surroundbar you need a subwoofer to fill in the low end. The Surroundbar works well with music, too, including classical. The Surroundbar really put you in the middle of the race and the horses sounded like they were right in the room with you, as the hooves striking the turf and the sound of speed put you in the action. One of my most memorable experiences reviewing the Surroundbar was watching Seabiscuit.

This is hardly damning with faint praise as they do have truly good sound. They sound natural, clear, and very listenable with a nice warmth, but lack the breathtaking clarity and definition of the Definitive Technology product. The Polk Audio Surroundbar uses drivers that appear to come from the Polk TSi (formerly Monitor) series of speakers and share the same family sound. The technology is the same but the Definitive’s drivers are higher-grade and use more advanced, refined designs. After Polk Audio was sold to Directed Electronics, the parent company of Definitive, a higher-end version of the Surroundbar was developed to be sold under the Definitive name. Polk Audio developed the product first using their SDA technology, which uses signal processing and additional speaker drivers to greatly enhance stereo and surround imaging.

The Definitive Technology and Polk Audio single piece surround speakers are actually brothers. It’s important we not forget the Polk Audio Surroundbar, though, as it was the first product of its type, sounds quite good, and is significantly less expensive than the Definitive Technology SSA series series of speakers. The Definitive Technology Mythos SSA surroundbar has been getting most of the press around here lately, because #1 it is the best product of its type and #2 I used it in my tutorial Setting Up a SurroundBar Home Theater System.

Polk audio surroundbar 9500bt bluetooth sound bar