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Polk Audio CS10 Center Channel Speaker (Single, Black)
Brand | Polk Audio |
Model Name | CS10 |
Speaker Type | Center Channel |
Special Feature | stereo_pairing, bass_boost, Radio, lightweight |
Recommended Uses For Product | For Televisions |
About this item
- 1 Inch (25 millimeter) Fabric/Polymer Composite Dynamic Balance Dome Tweeter with powerful Neodymium magnet structure delivers clear and detailed high frequency response for realistic reproduction of vocals and instruments
- Two 5 1/4 in Bi Laminate Composite Dynamic Balance Drivers are lightweight and stiff with good damping for high efficiency, excellent bass and lower distortion
- Non resonant all MDF enclosure construction with 3/4 in thick baffles ensures cleaner, clearer, more lifelike sound quality
- Unique Reversible design cabinets can be turned upside down to aim “up inches when placed under a video monitor
- Five Way Binding Post Connectors for more secure hook up options
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Quality of material | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.7 | — | 4.6 |
Value for money | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | — | 4.5 |
Sound quality | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | — | 4.6 |
Bass quality | — | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | — | 4.6 |
Sheerness | 4.7 | — | 4.8 | 4.8 | — | — |
Sold By | — | Walts TV | Amazon.com | Amazon.com | CAPITOL HOME THEATER | Amazon.com |
speaker size | 5.25 inches | — | 200 millimeters | 280 millimeters | 5.25 inches | 270 millimeters |
power source | Corded Electric | Corded Electric | Corded Electric | Corded Electric | AC | Corded Electric |
connectivity tech | — | Speaker Wire | Dolby Atmos | Coaxial | — | Infrared |
speaker type | Center Channel | Component | Center Channel | Center Channel | Center Channel | Center Channel |
mounting type | Floor Standing | Tabletop Mount | Wall Mount | Tabletop | Tabletop | Wall Mount |
weight | 16 pounds | 8.45 kilograms | 14 pounds | 13 pounds | — | 14 pounds |
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CS10
- Combines smaller drivers and narrow baffle geometry for wider range and a more spacious sound stage
- Timbre-matched to TSi Series so all the speakers in your system produce the same tonal qualities
- Crafted to eliminate internal resonances and dampen energy-stealing vibrations
A Sound Foundation
The CS10 ensures every seat in the house hears a prime performance. Even in smaller home theater setups, the center channel speaker carries over 50% of a movie’s audio, from effects to directional cues to dialogue. Featuring angled CS enclosure flips for perfect aiming and more placement flexibility, this workhorse speaker delivers clear, warm and realistic sound from above or below your TV screen. It’s the ideal base for your small home theater setup.
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Product Dimensions | 9.8 x 20 x 6.5 inches |
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Item Weight | 16 pounds |
Manufacturer | Polk Audio |
ASIN | B0018QROM2 |
Item model number | AM1235-B |
Customer Reviews |
4.7 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #163,658 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics) #62 in Center-Channel Speakers |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | May 8, 2008 |
Speakers Maximum Output Power | 125 Watts |
Item Weight | 16 Pounds |
Number Of Items | 1 |
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Product Description
The CS10 center, like its larger brother the CS20 sounds just as good but is a little smaller. It still has an angled top allowing you to invert the speaker and place it below your TV directing sound towards the listening area. CS10 works great with the TSi100, TSi200 and others. Speaking of the cabinet (no, not the Presidential Cabinet), it's extensively braced from MDF with ¾ Inch thick baffles. Cheaper speakers will use other material such as particle board which is flimsy, robbing you of good sound. With pewter accents, a piano black top plate and removable black grille, TSi speakers look awesome and take up less than one square foot. All models are available in a choice of black or cherry wood grain, so don't be ashamed to show off your stereo equipment.
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Unlike the electronics, your speakers won't go out of date, so bring out the most in your entertainment experience with Polk TSi Series. A great match to the TSi Series, the Polk Audio CS10 center channel speaker--the most important speaker in surround sound--is smaller than its sibling CS20, but still sounds just as good. And it has an angled top allowing you to invert the speaker and place it below your TV--directing sound towards the listening area. The TSi Series and the CS10 were designed to be highly efficient, so they can be driven easily by unpretentious receivers, and they're voice-matched for lifelike surround sound environments. This speaker in black measures 6-1/2 by 20 x 9-3/4 inches (HxWxD).
The Polk Audio CS10 center channel speaker in black (see larger image).
Key Features
Quality built cabinets.
The cabinet is extensively braced from MDF with 3/4-inch thick baffles. Cheaper speakers will use other material such as particle board which is flimsy, robbing you of good sound. With pewter accents, a piano black top accents and removable black grille, the CS10 looks awesome.
High efficiency design.
Compatible with practically all electronics, these are speakers that produce sound that's open, spacious and clear, even when driven by modestly-powered amplifiers and receivers. No matter if you just bought a new digital surround receiver, or are hooking up this CS10 or TSi Series speakers to vintage electronics, they will still sound great.
Narrow baffle geometry.
Bringing the best of both worlds- narrow baffle geometry is a design that creates a sleek looking speaker with slick sound. First the high quality cabinet is slender (less than one square foot) and tucks away easily in your room. The smaller-diameter speaker components are lighter in mass, translating to clearer sound.
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Customers like the sound quality, value, quality and appearance of the speakers. For example, they mention that the voices sound perfectly natural, it's an excellent center channel speaker for the price and that the fabric front cover is really nice. They appreciate clarity, and performance. That said, opinions are mixed on size.
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Customers are satisfied with the sound quality of the speakers. They mention that the sound is fantastic, the dynamics, clarity, and authority in sound reproduction are excellent. The voices sound perfectly natural, and the speaker is a great product for the money. They also say that the center channel speaker is crisp and clear, and that the dialogue is crisp, clear, easy to understand, and full for its size.
"...The Dynamics , clarity and authority in sound reproduction is excellent .Its hard to get all the three right in a center channel especially the..." Read more
"...I love the full sound of the CS10 center channel speaker. The cones are the same size as the bookshelf speakers, so they are a good match...." Read more
"...Dialogue is a lot easier to understand, even at low volumes, and there is MORE than enough sound for those infrequent moments when I feel the urge..." Read more
"...to have like a static / buzz sound, this Polk center speaker sounds louder, and as other reviewer wrote I can hear when the people speak in the..." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the value of the speakers. They mention that it is an excellent center channel speaker for the price, and well worth the upgrade. Customers also appreciate the large magnets and the world class quality of the product.
"...I was completely wrong.The speaker is not excellent for the price i paid, its excellent for ANY price.It can excel center channels at ANY price range...." Read more
"...exceptional deals and piece together an outstanding system for a great price...." Read more
"...Build quality is excellent, and cost is more than reasonable for such an increase in performance. THIS IS THE UPGRADE YOU WANT!..." Read more
"...Outstanding unit with and outstanding price." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the quality of the speakers. They mention that it feels like high quality, has a quality finish, and is impressed with the value that Polk offers for the price. Some say that the speaker is durable and has solid reproduction at any volume.
"...Solid Build.* Decent looking Finish.* Will bring out the same clarity and depth in dialogues that you hear in real theaters...." Read more
"...Now that the whole system is together, the upgrade is astonishing...." Read more
"...Build quality is excellent, and cost is more than reasonable for such an increase in performance. THIS IS THE UPGRADE YOU WANT!..." Read more
"...Amazing bass, and it made my system feel so much higher quality...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the appearance of the speakers. They mention that it has a decent looking finish, the fabric front cover is really nice, and it looks expensive on their entertainment center. The speaker has beautiful sound, and is really amazingly crisp and clear. The polished sides are shiny and the top and bottom are made of black wood. The unit is pleasing and works great for loud action films, and matches well with Polk monitors. The mid-tones are perfectly brought out to enhance the vocals of the movies.
"...Solid Build.* Decent looking Finish.* Will bring out the same clarity and depth in dialogues that you hear in real theaters...." Read more
"...They really bring out the dialog in movies, and they also shine when playing music using all the speakers in the 5.1 array...." Read more
"...Polk Audio, however I can definitely say that it was the most pleasing in every category (price, build, sound) in comparison to any of the other..." Read more
"...Again, this unit really shined...." Read more
Customers are impressed with the clarity and dynamism of the speakers. They say the details are clear, the soundstage is complete, and the dialogue is more understandable. Customers also appreciate the nice clear highs and good base response. Overall, they say the system truly shines for movies and produces nice clear lows.
"...The Dynamics , clarity and authority in sound reproduction is excellent .Its hard to get all the three right in a center channel especially the..." Read more
"...The system truly shines for movies, where the receiver, speakers, and subwoofer act in concert to deliver sounds like I have never heard before in..." Read more
"...CS10 provides an ample amount of sound and quality, and excels in the high frequency range...." Read more
"...Everything is so much clearer, it has much more detail and depth...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the performance of the speakers. They say it does its job well, is very happy with the results, and is a great product so far. They also mention that it works great with movies, and works well with most signal sources. Customers also say that the setup works well, especially with true Dolby 5.1 sources.
"...watts per channel, so I bought the cheaper, CS10 and was very happy with the results...." Read more
"...we are very pleased with this and works great for us some may say it`s not perfect but nothing is and there are those who will nitpick anything to..." Read more
"...The type you typically see in the $300-$400 Range. The surround was fun, but for listening to music it was pretty muddy...." Read more
"...over all sound quality which produces nice clear highs and very good base response for this price range...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the size of the speakers. Some mention it's a decent size, not too huge, and easily fits on top of their entertainment center. However, others say that it' a bit bigger than they imagined and may not fit in a lot of people's setups.
"...It's big. It's very big. You could stack two Xbox Ones on top of each other and this is still taller. It's also wider...." Read more
"...the area you will put it in, too make sure it will fit there, the speaker is big. The Box came damaged, scratches on the side of the speaker :..." Read more
"...It easily fits on top of my entertainment center...." Read more
"...And due to its size, not only does it not physically fit in front of my tv, but even if it did, it would not only block the IR receiver on the tv,..." Read more
Customers are mixed about the weight of the speakers. Some mention it's fairly heavy, while others say it'd be better if it was lighter. Some say the sound is great, while other say it is hefty.
"...There was no weight, Depth and authority in the dialogues in previous speakers...." Read more
"...The wooden shell is robust and heavy, providing what I believe will be years of service unencumbered by vibration noises found in cheaper speaker..." Read more
"...As others have stated: This is a big, heavy unit. Not a bad thing but just make sure you have the room! Beyond the size it is really exceptional...." Read more
"...Build quality is superb. The speaker cab is heavy and beautiful, Piano black on both sides with a nice black wood grain that matches most other..." Read more
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I have been through the same struggle that most people go though.I used to increase the volume of the speaker to get the clarity in dialogues only to find that surround sound going up as well and drowning the clarity.
I have tried increasing the center channel volume up by fiddling with the receiver EQ but it generally ended up with a hollow sound. There was no weight, Depth and authority in the dialogues in previous speakers.
CS10 surpassed all my expectations when i listened to it.During my research, I saw the long list of positive reviews for CS10 mentioning how excellent the sound was.When i ordered the speaker and paid $120 , i was expecting excellent sound for the price.I was completely wrong.The speaker is not excellent for the price i paid, its excellent for ANY price.It can excel center channels at ANY price range.I setup it up with my pioneer 1020-K and it shines like a star when watching movies or listening to music.The mid range is amazing. The mid range frequency is where most speakers struggle.The bass goes down all the way to 50hz and its very clean and with no distortion or boomy-ness.Everything that comes out of this speaker is natural. Don't expect it to produce very low bass because that would be asking too much from a center channel. It does all the right things that a center channel is supposed to do which is to cover the mid range.I can hear all the Dialogues crisp and clear.
I hooked it up to my pioneer 1020K in 5.1 setup and put the setting in receiver to "neural" and the sound just blows me away every-time i listen to it.The Dynamics , clarity and authority in sound reproduction is excellent .Its hard to get all the three right in a center channel especially the Dynamics part.The Off axis dispersion is very good.make sure that you put rubber feats on this puppy if you put it on a entertainment center otherwise the vibrations produced by this speaker will interact with the cabinet below and can create resonance.I also suggest that you put your receiver in a setting where most of the sound is routed to this center channel.
My favorite pastime is to watch Shawshank redemption in a home theater setup with this center channel. It feels almost like a theater.Most of the dialogue dominated or midrange frequencies dominated movies have become pleasurable to watch again. A big thank you to cs10 designers especially the cross-over designer.
If you know anything about speaker design, you will quickly realize that its more like art and cooking than anything else.Just throwing expensive components while designing speaker is not enough.The cabinet and cross over design ( most difficult part) is where the magic lies and i think CS10 designers hit a home run on this one.Sometimes, the most expensive restaurant in the town cannot make the same amazing burger that a cheap neighborhood restaurant has luckily come up with. The same way, this particular speaker is hard to beat by other companies ( or polks own other models) irrespective of the money they throw at it because speaker design is more an art than pure science.
+VE :
* Clear ,Crisp sound with Excellent depth and range.
* Extremely low distortion at low frequencies compared to other brands.
* Solid Build.
* Decent looking Finish.
* Will bring out the same clarity and depth in dialogues that you hear in real theaters.
-VE :
* Size ( i don't know if this can be fixed by any speaker designer without compromising low freq quality)
Note: I have been using this Center Channel speaker for more than a year. Center Channel used/listened before : Bose, KEF, definitive tech,Paradigm, B&W , Martin Logan.
Update - 2014 :
The speaker still amazes me !
With the new receiver in hand, I wanted to replace my small satellites with nicer bookshelf speakers. And you can't have a decent home theater system without a center channel speaker to complement the l/r channels. Finally, my recent purchase of a new subwoofer a couple months ago (old one also bit the dust after 8 years) completed the system. I kept my small satellites in the rear channels, as they are wall-mounted and I do not want larger speakers in those locations. It's primarily for ambient noise and occasionally special effects in movies.
I love the full sound of the CS10 center channel speaker. The cones are the same size as the bookshelf speakers, so they are a good match. They really bring out the dialog in movies, and they also shine when playing music using all the speakers in the 5.1 array.
Here's my revised system:
LG 47" 1080p flatscreen TV (looking at buying a 55" LG LED)
Pioneer VSX-824K 5.2 receiver
LG Bluray disc player
Polk Audio TSx110 bookshelf speakers (x2)
Polk Audio CS10 center channel speaker
Polk Audio PSW10 subwoofer
Logitech Z-5500 satellite speakers for rear surround channels (x2)
Uverse HD DVR cable box
What did I pay in total to upgrade my receiver, L/R speakers, center channel speaker, and subwoofer? A miniscule $426. It helped greatly that I got the $229 TSx110 pair as an open box deal for only $39 (jaw drop), and the Pioneer VSX-824K as an open box at $199 (half the retail price). The CS10 center channel was $99. The PSW10 subwoofer was only $89 (price fluctuates up from there occasionally). I can even add a second subwoofer (the receiver is a 5.2 ), but that's highly unlikely in my family room, considering I can shake the walls with the one I have. I could have easily spent more than my eventual total on just a receiver if I didn't find a great deal.
It took a few months to assemble all of the new components, but my patience paid of with some amazing deals.
The system truly shines for movies, where the receiver, speakers, and subwoofer act in concert to deliver sounds like I have never heard before in my family room. It is also exceptional for music. There are many modes that tune the output for the type of music you are listening to, and how the system uses a 5.1 (or 5.2) speakers.
I don't like it when electronics give up the ghost, but out of adversity, comes opportunity. If you can be patient, you will find exceptional deals and piece together an outstanding system for a great price.
Now that the whole system is together, the upgrade is astonishing. The bookshelf and center channel speakers do much better across the entire spectrum that the 2.5" drivers of the satellite speakers I had up front.
I have another Z-5500 5.1 system in my sunroom, and it sounds as good as any 5.1 satellite system I've seen. Some may argue the Bose Lifestyle system is better, but the $279 Z-5500 beats the tar out of the $1,100 Bose system in terms of value.
I can't say enough about Polk Audio speakers. They offer consistently great sound at a bargain price. I would not hesitate selecting all Polk Audio speakers if I were building an entire system from scratch.
See my reviews for the other components in my system.