Polk Audio
Polk Audio
Also known as: Polk, PolkAudio
UnclaimedPolk Audio is an American loudspeaker manufacturer founded in 1972 in Baltimore, Maryland, by Matthew Polk, George Klopfer, and Sandy Gross, who met as students at Johns Hopkins University. The company began by building PA systems for bluegrass and fiddlers' conventions before pivoting to home audio, releasing the Monitor 7 in 1974 and the two-way Monitor 10 in 1976 — models that established it...
$399.00
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$1,199.00
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$399.00
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$299.00
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$449.00
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$279.00
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$119.00
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$599.00
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$399.00
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$899.00
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$449.00
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$349.00
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$299.00
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$179.00
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$249.00
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$299.00
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$449.00
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$374.00
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$229.00
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$249.00
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$179.00
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$349.00
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$499.00
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$699.00
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$449.00
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$349.00
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$279.00
in Surround Sound Speakers Rank
$349.00
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$549.00
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$499.00
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$649.00
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$199.00
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$184.95
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$699.00
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$699.00
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$899.00
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$899.00
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$799.00
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$699.00
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$399.00 - $479.00
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$349.00
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$599.00
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Polk Audio is an American loudspeaker manufacturer founded in 1972 in Baltimore, Maryland, by Matthew Polk, George Klopfer, and Sandy Gross, who met as students at Johns Hopkins University. The company began by building PA systems for bluegrass and fiddlers' conventions before pivoting to home audio, releasing the Monitor 7 in 1974 and the two-way Monitor 10 in 1976 — models that established its reputation in audiophile circles for combining the clarity of European designs with the fuller low end associated with American speakers.
The brand is best known for its Monitor series and for its patented Stereo Dimensional Array (SDA) technology, which uses arrays of drivers to cancel interaural crosstalk and widen the stereo image beyond the physical speaker placement. Its catalog has expanded well beyond traditional bookshelf and floor-standing towers to include home theater systems, in-wall and in-ceiling speakers, outdoor speakers, subwoofers, soundbars, and car audio components under the Polk Audio Mobile Monitor and DB+ lines.
Engineering and product design remain rooted in the Baltimore area at the company's Audio and Acoustics Research and Development (ARAD) facility in Owings Mills, Maryland. Polk occupies a value-forward slot in the hi-fi market, frequently cited for delivering audiophile-oriented features at consumer-friendly price points across its Signature Elite, Reserve, and Legend speaker lines.
Polk Audio has 47 products cataloged on Equipboard, including Surround Sound Speakers, Bookshelf Speakers, and Floor-standing Speakers.
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