Polk Audio L800SDA floor-standing speakers

Description

Polk’s best ever floor-standing speakers The early 1970s saw two fledgling audio companies spring up on the East Coast: Crutchfield, born in 1974, and Polk Audio, founded in ’72. Over the decades we’ve worked together to help customers enjoy the best listening experiences possible. Well, what’s “possible” has just been reimagined by Polk. Let’s take a closer look at what makes these unique speakers so special. Each L800 features a pair of angled baffles for a one-of-a-kind stereo listening experience. Stereo playback the way it was intended In 1985 Polk introduced a patented technology called SDA? (Stereo Dimensional Array) that aimed to preserve stereo separation from your speakers to your ears. In other words, your left ear heard the left speaker, and your right ear heard the right speaker. Polk’s SDA design uses an extra set of drivers on each speaker to produce an acoustically inverted dimensional” signal that cancels “interaural crosstalk” – the phenomenon with conventional front-firing speakers where sounds from the left channel are heard by the listener’s right ear, and vice versa. SDA design advancements All-new SDA-PRO(tm) technology improves on this unique design by angling each speaker’s baffles by 15 degrees . This enhancement allows the L800s to deliver an exceptionally wide soundstage with pinpoint stereo imaging. It also adds depth and realism to your listening experience that isn’t possible with traditional forward-firing speakers. There are two things to keep in mind when setting up these speakers. First, they connect together with a special cable that Polk includes, which allows the SDA channels to communicate with each other. Second, you need to have a minimum of three feet of space between each speaker and its respective side wall for SDA to work as intended. If you don’t have three feet of open space to the side of each speaker, you won’t hear the ultra-wide soundstage that the L800s are capable of creating. An array of high-tech drivers