Polk Audio R50 vs. Sony SS-K90ED

[reallybigafro]

the thing is i haven't heard the two to compare, so if anyone knows anything about these two that would be great. The polk's are on sale at Fry's for $159 a pair, and the sony's are $200 at costco. what are your opinions.

[Technophobia]

I haven't heard either,but I have heard the polk R30's which are the same thing only with a single 6.5" woofer,and they didn't sound bad.I liked the highs a lot.I've never heard a sony speaker I liked,even the es towers a friend tried to trade me for my paradigms.Those R50's used to go for $550,I'd grab em.

[reallybigafro]

wow that's a lot for the R50's. are you sure that's not in Canadian dollars??? ha ha ha. thanks for your quick reply

[Technophobia]

That's what their US retail was in 2002.

[reallybigafro]

that's just crazy! just curious but do you remember which store that was?? anyways, currently i have a pair of cheap Pioneer towers that i bought at circuitcity, i'm not sure of the modle number but i'm just looking for a a more bright, and punchier speaker, i guess it's kinda hard for someone to give a comparison if i don't know the model number of my current towers huh?

[Technophobia]

It was circuit city that had them for $550 a few years ago.They were over my budget so I listened to the R30's instead.They sounded pretty good,especially when playing metal.They were the 2nd best out of the speakers I looked at then.I ended up going with paradigm phantoms instead.You wont find those for $159 though.The Polk's have a silk tweeter which is generally less bright than metal dome's.What does your pioneers have for a tweet?